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Thursdays SD 52 Board meeting
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While
everyone wants what is best for children – not clear what that might be I
suggest more discussion but also ‘testing’ proposed solutions Here
Port Ed and Alternative Schools |
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Present
school layout |
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We
have seen closures on East side so presently tilted to west side with the 2
high schools centrally located ---- But declining enrolment and little
prospect that town will grow dramatically in near future |
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Matrix
projections and present use |
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Testing the
hypothesis Do
Port Edward kids do better or worse when finally come into PR schools in
grade 8? And
what about the costs? Do Port Ed taxpayers pay for the school or is the
rest of the school district subsidizing Port Ed? If
all the funding is coming from Port Ed, then I would suggest it is up to them
to decide --- but if others are subsidizing Port Ed – then must ‘prove’ worth
the subsidy (in my opinion) |
The Case of
Port Ed school |
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School
has capacity of 186 but presently only 51 or 27% capacity utilization (see
Matrix Planning slide above) --- While Port Ed wishes to maintain the school
etc not clear if that is really in the students’ best interest – note the
school goes to grade 7 – if it were only catering to grades K to 3 then
perhaps a good case could be made for it – but suspect wasting money and
students’ potential by going to grade 7 |
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Testing the
hypothesis Lothar at the December 8th Council
meeting spoke how he had been an intelligent student that just did not fit
inside the boxes of school system in his younger days --- He further
suggested the Alternative School should be given a trial period – say 3-5
years to ‘prove’ if it was an effective teaching instrument |
Alternative School – thinking
outside the box
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While
it might not be true – the Alternative School when on Fraser s was blamed for
being the source of much of the downtown vandalism – kids hanging around at
all hours of day during summer and fall etc How
effective was the Alternative School? – I am told many (most?) the students
would not even show up for classes – the implication being that ‘everyone’
was just going through the motions of ‘education’ --- but again these are all
testable – what were the grades? What were the completion rates? The
Attendance? |
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See my
previous links |
Vandalism
looked at in 2007 article PR
as worst schools in Province But
Poverty is main explanation That
and EDI as ‘cause’ low marks etc Crime
Stats in July 2006 Other
BC stats Indicators from 2006 And
Geography as destiny –
Skeena R and race etc |
Created by LG on 14/12/2008
Last updated on Monday, December 15, 2008