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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Probably some $$ to be saved by getting rid of H-B and converting it to a regular school.[/quote]

How would it save money? Right now it has the regular complement of staff at the same staffing ratios as other schools so its operating budget is no different than a "regular" program.  And where would you put the hundreds of kids being sent back to their home middle and high schools? The only potential savings is buses since it is countywide, and they don't purchase any buses for it, they just run 6 buses for two extra routes each day, plus three sports buses go to the comprehensive high schools at the end of the day.

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It can become a neighborhood school, therefore eliminating the need for buses.

Also, [b]are HB’s staffing ratios similar to the other overcrowded high schools[/b]?

Let’s get rid of ALL option schools. All of them.[/quote]

uh, yeah

only Montessori gets away with having extra staff [/quote]

Montessori does not get extra staff. First of all, any prek class must have second adult, so unless you want to eliminate prek the argument is moot. Second, the pedagogy requires second adult so lead teacher can teach individually or small group in the moment. It is individualized learning, which many parents prefer to the classic teacher lecturer. If you accept the pedagogy you must accept second adult. There are actually many ways to save money in Montessori that APS doesn't do: 1. Cut textbook allotments, they are unnecessary in the Montessori hands-on method. Cut tech allotments too - Montesso kids don't need iPads or whatever latest IT is as core instructional instrument. What you see as "extra" - because you don't understand the pedagogy or don't care to - could be better paid for within the existing budget now. Then there is the fact that APS Montessori brings in $1.4M in tuition, which goes into gen fund, ANd the fact that MPSA pupil costs are below many neighborhood schools such as elite Jamestown. APS Montessori should be expanded to monetize on the huge wait list and to leverage the below-average pupil cost...oh, and to give parent what they want. [/quote]

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