school closing

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

school closing

Did you know there are tons of free podcasts out there? All are mostly rubbish but yet I still bother to subscribe and listen to them. I thought it would be a good idea to listen to a French language podcast or a stopping procrastination podcast but I just seem not to pay attention to it. I guess that’s a good sign because it means I’m actually focusing on work, but am I really focusing when I’m constantly subscribing to crappier podcasts?

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So what’s been happening in my world? My high school is closing down. Apparently not enough students are enrolling and only 33% of students are actually graduating. Not to mention that out of those that do enroll about half (my estimate) drop out. So due to its dismal attendance and its graduation rate, the board of education for the state has decided to close it down. They informed the councilperson for that district the very same day the public was informed. Now the councilperson is fighting to keep the school open. I mean I completely understand and am well aware of how bad that school is, but is closing down a school the best solution? Their intentions are to close down the school and divide it into three separate schools. Since they claim enrollment has dropped, isn’t overcrowding not the biggest issue? You’d think the board of education would come up with better ideas than closing down a school. I mean I’m no fan of public schools, but I survived them. I know there’s goodness there if someone, anybody, even bothered to look or pay attention to. They blame the school’s failure on the minorities attending it. They claim that English is a second language for most students attending and that that’s their biggest problem. Well I did attend and graduate from the school within four years and English was definitely not my second language. I know I was bilingual (and now multilingual) but that didn’t hinder me from completing my necessary coursework.