D65 is not selling widgets It’s not Walmart The old run down schools are neighborhood schools. They serve a community It’s not like a business being “cost effective “. They are building Foster School to give that community their own school. So BR s school community doesn’t get to keep theirs. And Orrington “ an old run down school” doesn’t get to keep their school community. ???
D65 is not selling widgets It’s not Walmart The old run down schools are neighborhood schools. They serve a community It’s not like a business being “cost effective “. They are building Foster School to give that community their own school. So BR s school community doesn’t get to keep theirs. And Orrington “ an old run down school” doesn’t get to keep their school community. ???
Not defending the logic, but I think the argument is the fifth ward is not "fine" and hasn't been, in part due to the lack of a neighborhood school AND related bussing (operative word "and"). Other areas, like Orrington, could be more "fine" even if their school closed. It's more complex than that, of course, and they've steered WAY clear of connecting the two of those together.
Reality is even if we right the enrollment ship a bit, we simply don't have legit evidence today that we need the amount of buildings and capacity we have currently. You could absolutely make an argument that we've established/retained too many buildings relative to the overall students we serve, and that's part of why running deficits has been fairly common here historically (though not to the degree we have in the past 3 years).
D65 is not selling widgets It’s not Walmart The old run down schools are neighborhood schools. They serve a community It’s not like a business being “cost effective “. They are building Foster School to give that community their own school. So BR s school community doesn’t get to keep theirs. And Orrington “ an old run down school” doesn’t get to keep their school community. ???
Not defending the logic, but I think the argument is the fifth ward is not "fine" and hasn't been, in part due to the lack of a neighborhood school AND related bussing (operative word "and"). Other areas, like Orrington, could be more "fine" even if their school closed. It's more complex than that, of course, and they've steered WAY clear of connecting the two of those together.
Reality is even if we right the enrollment ship a bit, we simply don't have legit evidence today that we need the amount of buildings and capacity we have currently. You could absolutely make an argument that we've established/retained too many buildings relative to the overall students we serve, and that's part of why running deficits has been fairly common here historically (though not to the degree we have in the past 3 years).