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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why, why, why can't we just work on 26 strong high schools that all offer a variety of leveled work? Why can't all students just go to their zoned school? What if we used all of this money from their "Research," buses, program procurement etc, to add more teachers to the county and reduce the size of classes? Why does everyone need a program? [/quote]

Have all students attend their zoned schools and just focus on making them all strong. Utilize virtual education and dual enrollment if needed to add rigor and equality. Stop wasting money. [/quote]

Great.  Except the virtual/dual enrollment bit, which is a huge equity issue, offering a diminished experience and/or additional burdens.

If you want local-only schools, vote to provide enough differential funding to allow all of the same classes to be available at each local school whenever there is a student who qualifies for them.  You might have to pay more in taxes, of course, or be willing [i]not[/i] to have certain classes offered at [i]any[/i] school if the funding can't be found to resource them at [i]every[/i] school.[/quote]

Do you think that even with these regional programs, there are going to be seats for everyone who wants each program? This is going to create more disparity between schools, not less.

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Who knows? They have no way of knowing demand. The kids who have historically applied to countrywide programs might not be interested in a brand new untested regional program. The kids who haven’t considered countywide programs due to geography might be more interested if offerings are closer to home or in their home school. Some people may use programs as a way to boomerang back to a school that got changed in the boundary study. I’m just not sure that many kids want to leave their home high schools and friends unless programs are very attractive and offer them something they can’t access at their zoned school. I think they are overestimating demand tbh. [/quote]

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