NYC private school tuition now higher than HARVARD

emeraldkity4
Thu, 16 Mar 2006 11:03:21 +0000

* sometimes even what grade they were in.*

That is scary!

Our district is looking at closing /consolidating some schools to offer better services and to save money.
One of the schools only has about 200 students in a building that can hold twice as many and doesn’t even have a PTA, another building has about 110 students. The school would be able to offer better services to families by economies of scale- my daughter has so many more opportunities by attending a larger school. BUt when ever it is mentioned to consolidate the school, the paper interviews with the very few parents who do know whats going on, and makes it sound like everyone else is heartless to even consider that these kids could recieve a better education if they were in a building with more parental support.
I have been in several kinds of buildings and what I have observed is that some neighborhoods/communities just dont get that involved in the school- however, when combined with another group of parents who are involved, that seems to spur the first group on and show them the way that they can participate. It doesn’t necessarily go smoothly and it takes some time, but kids really need adults besides paid staff to be involved, whether it is their own parents who are involved or a classmates