COMMENT OF THE DAY: What about elementary schools in Tacoma?

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April 4, 2011 at 1:53pm

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Today's comment comes from ThaLadee in regard to Zach Powers's recent interview with Kurt Miller of the Tacoma School Board and the REACH Center.

ThaLadee writes,

WHAT ABOUT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS?? Those are what getting hit the hardest! I am sorry but puttin 30 6 year olds in one room with one teacher is NOT a good idea. 30 16 year olds is better, at that point in life they know how to listen and sit still. How are you going to expect each child to get an equal chance to learn? After a recent sit in on a class of 19 kids and 2 teachers I noticed that half of the time was spent correcting bad behavior or gaining attention. Now you want to add 11 more kids and minus a teacher? lol...

Splitting high school in to day and night class is not a bad idea. 2 birds one stone... not only do they get the normal education but they also are able to get day jobs.

You ever been told "worry about your self before you start to worry about others" Why worry about the OUT of district kids? Did TPS ever think of the IN district kids. Put them as TOP priority make it harder to change schools and districts. A portion of my property taxes go to fund the school district I live in... why send your kids to a school I am funding send them to one YOU are funding. Serious if you minus the OD kids we will have a large drop in class sizes and school sizes and THEN evaluate schools to close. Its not at all wrong to tell these parent to send them to the school they are a few blocks away from. What is wrong is some parent in spanaway wanting his/her 3 kids to go to a tacoma school so now the tacoma school spends money on transport for those kids and his 10 friends who also wnat to go to tacoma now so they need to hire another teacher and build another class room....

"do you see what I see?" `little drummer boy

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Tacomamama said on Apr. 04, 2011 at 10:21pm

The problem is that it doesn't actually work that way. When kids attend from out of district, that district's funding comes with them. (This is why the home district has to grant permission for this to happen) In other words, Tacoma actually benefits financially from kids who come from other districts.

Part of the reason why we are having to cut schools is our declining enrollment. Increased enrollment (whether from inside or out of the district) improves our budget outlook and allows us to keep more schools open. I know that seems counterintuitive, but well, welcome to school funding!

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