I’m not sure why Kingsley couldn’t be turned into the Tom Hayden Charter School of Jazz. It’s just an idea. Opportunity it hoarding is some leftist crap people in Evanston hurl in order to insinuate that white people are racist and to avoid having real conversations based in fact and reality. I believe BR should remain for the reasons st…
I’m not sure why Kingsley couldn’t be turned into the Tom Hayden Charter School of Jazz. It’s just an idea. Opportunity it hoarding is some leftist crap people in Evanston hurl in order to insinuate that white people are racist and to avoid having real conversations based in fact and reality. I believe BR should remain for the reasons stated here but if Kingsley is low in enrollment, why can’t BR be moved as a school within a school there? I bet a lot of families would decide to join the TWI program if it were offered. Seems like there are a lot of ideas that could be pitched, this Board just doesn’t want to spend one more minute in front of the public than it has to because they know they suck. There exists a fundraising pipeline for anyone who is interested in running for the Board. I think, based on comments even the RT is publishing, that the public is starting to see the light. There doesn’t need to be so much fear of running any longer.
That's definitely an option the could consider - close down and sell the existing BR building and move the K-5 TWI program to Kingsley. The only reason they wouldn't do this, though, is because it's so close to the new fifth ward school that they might as well not do TWI in the fifth ward school - which is probably a deal breaker for the Board.
I like the Tom Hayden school of Jazz idea too! Barring that, combining Kingsley and Bessie Rhodes makes a lot of sense. Speaking as a Bessie Rhodes parent I know our community is quite aware of the financial difficulties of the district. We're open to solutions that keep our community intact and we're not wedded to the physical building. We're just looking for a solution and a home rather than being scattered to the four winds and deprived of the language emphasis and inclusivity that make our current school a special place.
That seems like a reasonable idea? Move BR to Kingsley, give Kingsley parents the option to do Fifth ward school, Orrington, or Linconlwood. It's not like any of the schools are bursting at the seams.
OR they can just convert all walkable schools to Tom Hayden School of Jazz' and we can become a much cooler city.
I don't think they'd outright give those families the full optionality of "choosing" a school vs. being a little more lenient around attendance waivers in the years following the SAP3 recommended map going into effect. But don't you think there's concern that if you put BR in at Kingsley, it would dent the 5th ward school attendance enough to be a bad look? They have to want that school to look pretty full, right?
I’m not sure why Kingsley couldn’t be turned into the Tom Hayden Charter School of Jazz. It’s just an idea. Opportunity it hoarding is some leftist crap people in Evanston hurl in order to insinuate that white people are racist and to avoid having real conversations based in fact and reality. I believe BR should remain for the reasons stated here but if Kingsley is low in enrollment, why can’t BR be moved as a school within a school there? I bet a lot of families would decide to join the TWI program if it were offered. Seems like there are a lot of ideas that could be pitched, this Board just doesn’t want to spend one more minute in front of the public than it has to because they know they suck. There exists a fundraising pipeline for anyone who is interested in running for the Board. I think, based on comments even the RT is publishing, that the public is starting to see the light. There doesn’t need to be so much fear of running any longer.
That's definitely an option the could consider - close down and sell the existing BR building and move the K-5 TWI program to Kingsley. The only reason they wouldn't do this, though, is because it's so close to the new fifth ward school that they might as well not do TWI in the fifth ward school - which is probably a deal breaker for the Board.
I thought they were going to move Park School to Kingsley as that building is a complete toxic disaster to fix.
I haven’t seen anything formal on that
I like the Tom Hayden school of Jazz idea too! Barring that, combining Kingsley and Bessie Rhodes makes a lot of sense. Speaking as a Bessie Rhodes parent I know our community is quite aware of the financial difficulties of the district. We're open to solutions that keep our community intact and we're not wedded to the physical building. We're just looking for a solution and a home rather than being scattered to the four winds and deprived of the language emphasis and inclusivity that make our current school a special place.
That seems like a reasonable idea? Move BR to Kingsley, give Kingsley parents the option to do Fifth ward school, Orrington, or Linconlwood. It's not like any of the schools are bursting at the seams.
OR they can just convert all walkable schools to Tom Hayden School of Jazz' and we can become a much cooler city.
I don't think they'd outright give those families the full optionality of "choosing" a school vs. being a little more lenient around attendance waivers in the years following the SAP3 recommended map going into effect. But don't you think there's concern that if you put BR in at Kingsley, it would dent the 5th ward school attendance enough to be a bad look? They have to want that school to look pretty full, right?
Yup, I think that's right. They care a lot more about the optics of this new school than they should...