Thanks for this Tom, Risking jumping on a third rail here, I am very concerned about the clear decline in enrollment in District 65 schools and the wish to build a new school in the the 5th ward... This has a price tag of ~$50 Mil... I am all for social justice and equity but at what cost? This from the Evanston RoundTable in February o…
Thanks for this Tom, Risking jumping on a third rail here, I am very concerned about the clear decline in enrollment in District 65 schools and the wish to build a new school in the the 5th ward... This has a price tag of ~$50 Mil... I am all for social justice and equity but at what cost? This from the Evanston RoundTable in February of 2022 https://evanstonroundtable.com/2022/02/04/district-65-enrollment-decline-continues/
Respectfully submitted, Brian G. Becharas (Lincoln, Nichols, ETHS)
Hang tight, I’ve got a post coming on this! I actually don’t think it’s quite the crisis you describe (mostly because revenue and enrollment are uncorrelated), although, it does present some serious risks in other ways. The new school actually does present some financial benefits as well (bussing is very expensive 3-5mm per year). I will argue that enrollment is mostly not a financial problem, but it is a political problem.
Thanks for this Tom, Risking jumping on a third rail here, I am very concerned about the clear decline in enrollment in District 65 schools and the wish to build a new school in the the 5th ward... This has a price tag of ~$50 Mil... I am all for social justice and equity but at what cost? This from the Evanston RoundTable in February of 2022 https://evanstonroundtable.com/2022/02/04/district-65-enrollment-decline-continues/
Respectfully submitted, Brian G. Becharas (Lincoln, Nichols, ETHS)
Hang tight, I’ve got a post coming on this! I actually don’t think it’s quite the crisis you describe (mostly because revenue and enrollment are uncorrelated), although, it does present some serious risks in other ways. The new school actually does present some financial benefits as well (bussing is very expensive 3-5mm per year). I will argue that enrollment is mostly not a financial problem, but it is a political problem.