Tuesday, March 29, 2011

What are Caddo school board members thinking?

The answer is they must not be thinking, at least about what is best for school children.  I could blast the staff for presenting a plan for school consolidation that ignores what's best for the students, but  they are trying to justify their jobs and high salaries.

I admit I don't know all of their proposal but  here's just part of it -- Abolish elementary schools Forest Hill, Southern Hills and Summer Grove, move all their students to Ridgewood Middle School.  How can that school take care of some 2,000 more students?  I don't want to call any school bad, but Ridgewood is rated low academically and it has a reputation of poor discipline.  Picture this -- the bell rings for classes to change and the students storm the halls, with seventh and eighth graders speeding through swearing and cursing as kindergartners and first graders move against the walls trying to avoid being trampled.  Listen, I've been in those halls when the bell rang and saw what happens.

Let's hope the school members come to their senses and aborts these plans.  Parents can always speak out and they will if the board tries to enact such a bad program.

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