indraknits's comments:

on Rethinking Schools

When I moved to NoPo 15 years ago I thought that Jefferson would pull it together by the time my kids went to HS. It hasn't happened. Nobody seems to know what to do with the school which has many fewer students than it was built for, but the district pays to keep it open, heated and lighted. My daughter went to a big high school, Grant, and got lost by teachers who have too many students to keep track of. We went to private school and it didn't work. Now she is at LEP charter school and she loves school the way Kx3 kids do. She gets herself up to go, and talks on and on about the day's discussions and lessons. LEP pays its own lease, and gets little to no support from the district. It is obvious to me that the district has little or no interest in our school or maybe charters in general. I have always been a proponent of small schools and continue to hope that the school board will have an epiphany and decide to vote to keep LEP open. What a waste of time and energy this process has been. If only our Principal, teachers and volunteers had been able to use it for the school and not the school board. Imagine what could happen!

Indraknits, NoPo

posted 3 years, 2 months ago
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