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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Lewis families were informed about the meeting. The Lewis community has been begging for more communities to be zoned into the school.

And please, no comments about eliminating IB and adding more programs. It's been said and done, so thank you.

What Lewis needs is more kids. What happens when there's not enough students to enroll in a class? The class gets cancelled. That means the more specialized classes end up not being offered because the population's not large enough to support that niche subject.

Then parents move into other school districts, because they want the more course offerings, and Lewis shrinks even more.

The school needs a healthy, growing population.

Either the school board grow a freaking backbone and move kids into Lewis, or they just admit that they don't want to invest in the school and shut the damn school down. They don't seem concerned about student population or overcrowded schools, so let's just let the other high schools absorb the population.[/quote]

WSHS has had classes cancelled and they have tons of students.

Music Theory, for example, was cancelled several years because the number of students registered did not meet the staffing ratios.

Advanced robotics was combined with a lower level class due to low enrollment.  The entire latin program was cancelled.  Theater 3 and 4 are often combined due to not meeting the staffing ratios.  German combines upper levels to meet staffing ratios.  The list goes on and on.  WSHS is one of the fullest schools in the county, and every year they cancel or combine classes due to low enrollment.

Lewis should offer smaller classes, or combine levels into one class, such as a level 3/4/AP class (one of my kid's German classes one year.)[/quote]

Such a tone deaf comment

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Why do you say that?

Did you miss the part that said Lewis should be allowed to run smaller classes?  If they only have 12-15 students capable of calculu, run a 12-15 student class.  If they only have 10 or so, in a specialty elective, combine levels amd do a 3/4 class or a 1/2 class.

Lewis is bigger than most private high schools.  They can find ways to offer a robust selection of courses

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The original comment was saying WSHS can’t offer music theory and advanced robotics.

Meanwhile Lewis is so small they didn’t even have a baseball (or was it softball?) team.

What other advanced courses is Lewis not offering because it is so small. I’m sure it’s more popular courses than music theory. [/quote]

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