Ross & Reduced Class Sizes

[Wildcat12]

From the Daily Globe:

The school, which cost upwards of $13 million, is part of the district's plan to reduce class sizes and alleviate crowded hallways in its existing elementary schools.
"By putting another elementary school online, we can reduce class size to closer to 18 to 21 students per classroom districtwide," Eckelman said. "That's part of the Schools for Fair Funding lawsuit. That's where we said if we had fewer students per class, we could do a better job of educating."
Eckelman was referring to a now-settled lawsuit over inequities in school funding, which prompted the Kansas Supreme Court to order lawmakers to earmark more money for public schools.

What the district isn't putting in the paper is that they took full classrooms from other schools to put them in Ross. However, they are not making the students go to Ross. That's fine, students shouldn't be forced to go to any specific school. But here's the problem: By taking those classrooms & not the students, they've forced larger class sizes at the schools that lost those classrooms. If the families don't transfer to Ross, Northwest & Linn classrooms will be maxed out. So instead of lowering class sizes around the district they've actually caused classrooms to grow. If nothing is done, classrooms can be maxed out for the next 4-5 years. A class that had 18 last year will have 28 this year. Ross classrooms could have 10-12 per classroom. (If this happens, the new school won't receive any new funds from the State. This is counterproductive to what they're doing.)
Does this make sense to anyone? Did the district meet the promise they made? Eckelman states that "by putting another elementary school online, they can reduce class size to closer to 18 to 21 students per classroom districtwide. That's part of the Schools for Fair Funding lawsuit. That's where we said if we had fewer students per class, we could do a better job of educating." It doesn't sound like it to me, unless they only meant it in the Ross Elementary school. What are your opinions on what they did/are doing after they spent more than 13 million dollars?

[doc holliday]

From the Daily Globe:

Quote:

"By putting another elementary school online, we can reduce class size to closer to 18 to 21 students per classroom districtwide," Eckelman said. "That's part of the Schools for Fair Funding lawsuit. That's where we said if we had fewer students per class, we could do a better job of educating."

This is where we (the majority of citizens), said if something would be done about the ILLEGAL aliens there wouldn't be over crowding in our elementary schools. Oh, but then Seth probably wouldn't have a job, and there wouldn't be the need for new schools put online. And, heaven forbid, our taxes might be lower, or at least be going towards making our city and county roads better.

[doc holliday]

You know what? Just forget everything I wrote in my last post. What a complete waste of time discussing/bitching about the illegal immigration issue. This government (local, state, federal) only cares about getting reelected and gaining more power over us poor commoners. We are screwed. As I see it there is only two choices: Revolution, or stick our heads in the sand and say, “Please use plenty of Vaseline.”

[Detector]

I feel your frustration Doc. As far as the public we're preaching to the choir. As far as local government, we're preaching to deft ears.

Far too many people only looking at retail sales from illegals, and not the cost to the city as a whole.

[jeezeweeze]

Originally Posted by Detector

I feel your frustration Doc. As far as the public we're preaching to the choir. As far as local government, we're preaching to deft ears.

Far too many people only looking at retail sales from illegals, and not the cost to the city as a whole.

Yep and they do their business with cash which = no taxes

[Tee]

Originally Posted by jeezeweeze

Yep and they do their business with cash which = no taxes

So what you are saying is they monopolize the entitlements while circumventing the system that funds them...?

[jeezeweeze]

Originally Posted by Tee

So what you are saying is they monopolize the entitlements while circumventing the system that funds them...?

You put it much more eloquently

[old timer]

What the district isn't putting in the paper is that they took full classrooms from other schools to put them in Ross. However, they are not making the students go to Ross.

Seems only about 70 students of the right ages live north of the By-Pass -- and now the U$D wants to put the second middle school up north, too.

Where do the most students live ? South of City Hall. And what happened to the less than $20 million addition to the current middle school ? Not cost enough ?

The principal of the then Jr. High, in the mid 1960s, has told me that the school could hold then almost a thousand. What's happened to that space ? Offices, more offices, and more offices ?

Time to back down this massive new middle school rehab of Hennesey Hall project. It is just not needed when a much less expensive addition to the current middle school would work. And no matter the numbers in 4th and 5th grades, the school total number of students has gone down now for about three years. This is never talked about.

[357 mag]

I don't understand that either, when I went to school there, it was 6th, 7th and 8th, and they bussed part of the 6th grade to Hennessey Hall for classes. Now they only have 7th and 8th graders there, why do they not have the room. Also I never understood why they put the 5th and 6th graders at the old high school, instead of the middle schoolers.

[KONQ RADIO]

Fifth & sixth grade people are better able to use (run up) the stairs?