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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We really do need to abolish the choice schools, and make real ones about learning style if at all.  Need applied learning? Add that to all schools. Need the double literacy that ATS offers, do that too. Need bilingual education, well, that one I don't have a good solution to; might need to keep them but NO Free Summer School for just them. WHat's HB's learning style? Make that a 70 person section in each school and we wouldn't need an HB and the urban center could have their own walk-to-it high school.[/quote]

I generally agree with your direction. I believe all of our schools should be able to serve all of our populations, or from another perspective, a student should be able to transfer from any school to another and still have their needs met (such as a low-income ELL who moves from the Carlin Springs district to Cardinal, for example).  I do think there is need for very specific programs such as MIPA or hard of hearing, etc. that are better served as a program in specific location(s) mainly because of #s and the specific resources needed.  The HB program is not one that would easily, or effectively, be duplicated in little sub-groups within a school. That would just be creating a school within a school.  If that program actually served the type of student learners it was intended to serve, it would be fine to retain it as a separate program in its own location.

I also agree that summer school shouldn't be free just on the basis of being an immersion student, theoretically. But the main purpose of making it free is to facilitate the low-income Spanish-speakers who would benefit from summer school. If that works, then keep encouraging them with free summer school. But it should be need-based. Families able to pay should pay for whatever summer school services they need/opt for.[/quote]

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