Thanks for the thoughtful reply. It's refreshing to see folks actually willing to engage on these issues rather than use intimidation and gaslighting to attempt to silence those they disagree with.
You make strong points. The 5th ward school is really the sticking point for me. If we did not need to follow through on that plan we could av…
Thanks for the thoughtful reply. It's refreshing to see folks actually willing to engage on these issues rather than use intimidation and gaslighting to attempt to silence those they disagree with.
You make strong points. The 5th ward school is really the sticking point for me. If we did not need to follow through on that plan we could avoid closing (more) schools with the requisite transferring students. In addition, we'd hopefully escape from at least some of the damaging financial arrangements that taxpayers never agreed to.
I do wonder if, given the highly dubious (at best) legal strategies used to approve and fund this school, there might not be avenues to withdraw from the plan and regain at least some of the already spent funds. Continuing just to continue feels a little like falling into the sunk cost fallacy.
It might be divisive to abandon the new school (for now), but no more so than closing more schools, adjusting attendance boundary lines and expecting students to move to new buildings in the middle of elementary school. That would likely lead to a further exodus from District 65 schools, which would exacerbate the district's financial crisis.
Thanks for the thoughtful reply. It's refreshing to see folks actually willing to engage on these issues rather than use intimidation and gaslighting to attempt to silence those they disagree with.
You make strong points. The 5th ward school is really the sticking point for me. If we did not need to follow through on that plan we could avoid closing (more) schools with the requisite transferring students. In addition, we'd hopefully escape from at least some of the damaging financial arrangements that taxpayers never agreed to.
I do wonder if, given the highly dubious (at best) legal strategies used to approve and fund this school, there might not be avenues to withdraw from the plan and regain at least some of the already spent funds. Continuing just to continue feels a little like falling into the sunk cost fallacy.
It might be divisive to abandon the new school (for now), but no more so than closing more schools, adjusting attendance boundary lines and expecting students to move to new buildings in the middle of elementary school. That would likely lead to a further exodus from District 65 schools, which would exacerbate the district's financial crisis.