School Mergers

[alohabear]

This report in the Star Bulletin, makes a lot of sense. It saves money that can go into new supplies and repairs of schools.

Schools that could potentially be considered for closure need to be experiencing vacant classrooms and a drop in enrollment. Other factors include whether adjoining schools can accommodate the extra students without spending too much money to build more classrooms.

IMO, there's no reason to keep a small school open just because of public outcry.

Moore said small schools that are having trouble enrolling students are more expensive to run and maintain.

But he acknowledged that resistance to a school closure can come from everyone -- from students, teachers and parents to alumni and the community.

HT, what's your take on this?

[Glen Miyashiro]

Re: School Mergers

Cost isn't the only factor in whether you should run a school or not. If it was, then we could save a hell of a lot of money by simply closing all the schools.

What's a school for? To teach kids. So the question I am wondering is, does the size of the school make a difference in how well kids will learn? Bigger schools may be cheaper to run per student, but are they good for the kids?