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Parents of Ann Arbor high school children will have to find another way for their ninth- through 12th-graders to get to school come fall, and students interested in taking a seventh-hour course could have to pay up to $500 per semester, based on a budget discussion the Board of Education had Wednesday night.
Will there be waivers for students who have free or reduced lunch status? How will the school meet AYP for high school attendance if there are many students for whom transportation is an issue? Many unintended consequences will arise, I'm sure.
My sister's kids go to Ann Arbor high schools; busing has been reintstated, and the seventh hour charge has been reduced to $100. She said it will hit kids in the music programs the hardest, and other electives, since most are scheduled in seventh hour.
Regardless, it still stinks that kids have to pay to go to school. The seventh hour isn't required, but public classroom education, elective or not, should not carry a tuition charge.
My sister's kids go to Ann Arbor high schools; busing has been reintstated, and the seventh hour charge has been reduced to $100. She said it will hit kids in the music programs the hardest, and other electives, since most are scheduled in seventh hour.
Regardless, it still stinks that kids have to pay to go to school. The seventh hour isn't required, but public classroom education, elective or not, should not carry a tuition charge.
It absolutely stinks. Having an educated populace benefits everyone. Creating a two-tier system has already been tried because it led to socially unsustainable hostility. Does your sister know about what provisions, if any, are made for kids in the lunch program? I'll bet that transportation was reinstituted because that affects attendance and graduation measures for AYP.
What else can you do when you are running out of money ?
I can think of lots of things. For one, they are cutting janitorial services. How about eliminating it completely, instead of cutting it? In many countries the students are responsible for cleaning the school themselves.
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I can think of lots of things. For one, they are cutting janitorial services. How about eliminating it completely, instead of cutting it? In many countries the students are responsible for cleaning the school themselves.
