The Board of Education received and discussed several options from the Superintendent’s Redistricting Task Force at its work session on Tuesday, January 26, 2010. The options included changing boundaries that could affect up to 226 students in elementary schools. The options showed potential changes that could occur if magnet-type high performance learning was offered in all intermediate schools or remained in the current centers.
The Board deferred action upon receiving the recommendation from Superintendent Fredericksen to delay the process until after the Superintendent’s High Performance Learners Task Force had an opportunity to meet to determine what changes or expansion of program would best serve Wicomico’s high performance learners.
The primary goal of the Redistricting Task Force was to help ensure that all school buildings have optimum capacity of 90- 95% with no school more than 5% over capacity (based on the State-Rated Building Capacity). In the school system, several buildings are over capacity and a few schools are under capacity.
The Task Force looked at the possibility of changes in capacity based on residential home sales and examined ways to improve balance by ethnicity and for the numbers of students receiving free and reduced meals (FARM). No changes were proposed for the boundaries for middle and high schools; the optimum capacity rates could be met or maintained through current enrollment processes.
The Redistricting Task Force met for three months and was composed of nearly 30 parents, community members, and staff persons.
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12 comments:
Don't forget to change the one mile rule, :)
ways to improve balance by ethnicity?
OK Jimmy no busing please.
Is the task force gonna meet in Las Vegas? Maybe some meals at Ruth chris? Or Hooters?
ANON 9:34>AMEN! They wouldva completed their task.Cant wait for their answer to Councilman Holloways questions and the responses from the other members of the council. Maybe Pollitt will chime in.
We look for ways to help the children who are above average and I dont have a problem with that.
Why dont we have school learning programs for children who are slow learners. Some interesting ways to learn. Instead of sitting them in the back of the room drawing pictures and keeping quiet. I think there is probally more children below the learning scale tan above it. There is got to be ways to make school more interesting so these students will want to be in school and not on the streets stealing/drugging.
Anon 10:13 have you visited a school lately? I had the pleasure of visiting my son during American Education Week at Wicomico Middle and I have to say I was impressed with the technology they had. I have to admit I enjoyed the science class. They had tools that were almost like video games and even with that there were still disruptive kids that didn't have a care whether a parent was in the room or not. It was difficult for the kids who were trying to pay attention.
10:13
Hundreds of thousands of dollars are spent in this county for slow learners. No other group of students has even 1/10 the amount spent on them that is spent on slow learners. Some kids have their own one-on-one assistant. The taxpayers would be stunned to know just what percentage of money goes to below average students. For those who can't behave in their regular classes, there is an Alternative Learning Center. For those who can't behave in the Alternative Learning Center, there is the Choices program. Why don't taxpayers complain about that?
the students at Choices/Alternative Learning Center are not slow learners, they are extremely disruptive and/or violent students. (there is a difference) I will agree that most of the funding is directed for struggling students though.(as their numbers far outweigh the gifted ones)
5:15
Just look at the per pupil cost--the county is spending so much more for those who have trouble learning or trouble behaving. It's not just that the total for them is more because there are more of them. As individuals, the cost of their education is at least five times that for other kids.
"The Task Force looked at the possibility of changes in capacity based on residential home sales and examined ways to improve balance by ethnicity and for the numbers of students receiving free and reduced meals (FARM)."
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"improve balance by ethincity"
WTF
Why do we have to be forced to "improve balance by ethnicity?"
You mean to tell me that a person spends his hard earned money to live in a moderate, above average community and he is forced to send his kids to school with inner city THUGS! Welcome to Socialism.
I'm glad they aren't penalizing the smart kids. Anybody go to that Veterans open house this week? If you didn't, you missed it. I had no idea what to expect and I was just blown away. These top kids did these amazing documentaries interviewing veterans. They're only in like 3rd or 4th grade. Amazing!
I got home and called my brother who served in Viet Nam. It made his day.
One dumb question though. Why is all the redistricting dependent on busting up the magnet program? That seems a little weird to me.
WTF another shame by WCBOE, income by the tax on homeowners. The main reason most people buy homes in certain areas is the school system that there kids will go to and now it will be f@#$ up.
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