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If you're breaking it into two, why not even more. What happens at WHHS isn't the same at TR. Why should kids at WHHS not have to go to school when it's just TR?
That's my point. On this thread it is suggested that they draw the line at 85, but that still doesn't resolve the problem of TR having weather issues and WHHS/EHS not having those issues and still being closed because they are still in the district with TR.
It will take more than an interstate highway to divide Greenville County Schools into two or more districts. I would like to see a map of Greenville County Schools' geocodes by high schools. High schools could help determine the number of new districts and the territories of those new districts. Some districts may have two or more high schools.
I know you're trying to be cute but the two examples are not even close to apples to apples, they're apples to cruise ships.
The fact still remains that the weather at TR or Blue Ridge can be much different than WHHS or Eastside. You're still stuck with the same problem you're complaining about now with wasted days off.
The fact still remains that the weather at TR or Blue Ridge can be much different than WHHS or Eastside. You're still stuck with the same problem you're complaining about now with wasted days off.
"much different" between 9 miles? No, you're being hyperbolic. But when it's snowing and 38 at Tigerville Elementary and 58 and sunny at Fork Shoals Elementary, but they have to stay home because of what's taking place meteorologically 38.9 miles away, then we have a problem. To deny so is to ignore the obvious.
"much different" between 9 miles? No, you're being hyperbolic. But when it's snowing and 38 at Tigerville Elementary and 58 and sunny at Fork Shoals Elementary, but they have to stay home because of what's taking place meteorologically 38.9 miles away, then we have a problem. To deny so is to ignore the obvious.
Actually given that freeze line generally moves right through the county a few miles can make a substantial difference in the road conditions. WH and TR is just a bad example as they are both generally on the same side of the freeze line. I've witnessed this more than once going from Five Forks to Taylors (< 10 miles).
But back to discussion as a whole, a few things that make redistricting a bad idea IMO:
1. GCS doesn't zone its schools based on a feeder system. Its based on trying balance capacities at schools. So its not easy as splitting based on High school zoning. I could easily see a redistricting result in some schools being pushed above capacity, while leaving some schools under capacity.
2. Increased overhead through the introduction of a lot of redundancies. More than just admin staffs, think IT resources, specialized maintenance resources, special ed etc.
3. I could easily see redistricting going from a geographic issue, to a money issue, with wealthier pockets of the county try to form districts while excluding poorer sections. This will hurt the poor families a lot more than a few snow days. The prospect gets even more scary if you factor in the bond repayments from the BEST program. You could potentially end up with a private entity owning some of the school buildings if a district is unable to make its bond payments.
Most of the "problem" could be solved by identifying "snow routes" for busses and then using the "snow routes" in specific areas on days when there is a bit or residual ice and/or snow.
Creating a separate district with all of the associated overhead to remedy the inconvenience caused by 3-4 snow days per year would be a colossal waste of resources. As has been pointed out by others, the rain/snow line frequently shifts north or south by a few miles so creating 2 districts might not even address the issue.
I've been thinking about this for a while and after the snowfall 2 weeks ago, I decided to create this thread. I believe, and someone please correct me if I'm wrong, that Greenville County is the largest county in the state size wise, and I think the most populous, if not second most populous. It stretches to the north to the NC border and south to almost Laurens; the topography and even climate are different. I live up in the Blue Ridge side of Greer near BR High School and my dad lives in Simpsonville off of W. Georgia road. When we get snow, he doesn't. When it's 96 degrees there in July, it's 92 by me. In other words, the county is huge and very diverse, yet for some reason we only have one school district in the entire county. When it snows by us, all of the schools in the county close down, even if there is literally not a drop of snow on the ground in the southern part of the county. The kids in south Greenville county suffer for what happened in the northern part of the county.
So my proposal is a very simple one, break up the county into two school districts, Greenville County North School District and Greenville County South School District and let 85 be the dividing line between the two. On a side note, Spartanburg County, which is smaller in both size and population than Greenville County has 7, yes, 7 distinct school districts.
Doing a street view tour of Greenville NC it's a HUGE area with a lot of differences for one county. People are too lazy these days to get a good comprehension so will ignore most of your links plus most folks are on phones so it's a lot harder to see on a tiny screen and whatever they call a "keyboard".
Doing a street view tour of Greenville NC it's a HUGE area with a lot of differences for one county. People are too lazy these days to get a good comprehension so will ignore most of your links plus most folks are on phones so it's a lot harder to see on a tiny screen and whatever they call a "keyboard".
But this isn't NC, is SC, so.....Live long and prosper.
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