Of course you will take statements as whatever you choose regardless of what they actually say. You demonstrate a real committment to that appraoch. Just as you take your "this is gonna happen just you wait and see ..." as "fact."
Don't blame me for being able to see through your bullshit.
Bobb sets town hall meetings on Detroit school closings
03/26/2010
Detroit -- The Detroit Public Schools' financial manager has scheduled a series of town hall meetings to get parental and community response to a plan that includes closing schools.
Under the five-year master facilities plan announced by Robert Bobb last week, 44 schools would be closed in June.
From The Detroit News:
Bobb sets town hall meetings on Detroit school closings | detnews.com | The Detroit News
Budget, Quality, Population Issues Lead Cities to Close Schools: Is Yours Next?
Kansas City, Mo., to Cut Nearly Half of Its Public Schools, Officials Cite Drop in Enrollment, Funding
By HUMA KHAN
March 17, 2010
Jermaine Jenkins has no idea where his 4-year-old son will be going to school next year.
Jenkins is one of hundreds of parents in Kansas City, Mo., who will be impacted when the district shutters nearly half of its schools in the fall, a move that could put Jenkins' son out of school.
Of the district's 61 schools, 26 will be closed or consolidated come August. This includes high schools, middle schools, elementary schools and early childhood centers, which includes Faxon Montessori, a public elementary school and early childhood center that Jenkins' son attends. The remaining two public Montessoris, Jenkins says, are nearly at full capacity.
"They say they can't enroll any child right now. I don't know where my son is going to go to school next year," said Jenkins, who serves as the president of Faxon's Parent-Teacher Association. "They are not thinking of whole overall. They're just thinking capacity and money."
The Kansas City school board's decision last week sent shockwaves through the country, and experts say this could just be the beginning.
Experts say the district has long suffered from mismanagement and did not keep up with the shifting dynamics; hence, the cuts were long overdue. But while Kansas City's case may be unique because of the size of closures and the drastic reduction in enrollment, it does signal a trend that is likely to accelerate in these tough economic times.
"When districts are forced into draconian budget cuts, school closureis the last resort. It's a very painful decision to make but sometimes districts are forced to make them," said Tom Loveless, a senior fellow at the Brown Center on Education Policy at Washington-based think tank, the Brookings Institution.
It may be unpopular but, after Kansas City's announcement, both economists and educators are calling for other struggling cities to re-evaluate their school districts.
Tough economic times actually present an opportunity to school districts to evaluate the size of their student population and their building maintenance costs, which are the second largest expense after teacher salaries, according to Smarick.
"State budgets are in as bad a shape as they've been. Budgets are making them face tougher decisions," Smarick said. "This is actually a case where budget deficits can help districts make decisions they need." It's a downsizing many, including Kansas City's superintendent John Covington, dub as "right-sizing."
Yes, I made up the WHOLE thing.
Care to prove any of my other points false? I can post sources for those too.
