In Philadelphia superintendent identifies schools he intends to close, Kristen A. Graham talks about how 37 school buildings are closing and relocating. They are also closing down buildings to save money and they are taking academics into consideration.
The article includes quotes and some facts. The Superintendent William R. Hite said, "If we don't take these actions now, we actually have no money to spend." One fact that I feel that got my attentions and also stood out to me was that the district has lost more than 50,000 students to charter schools in the last decade.
I feel that it would be a nice idea for schools to close down to save money. I also think that it is a brilliant idea because they wouldn't have to worry about paying bills after bills , after bills when they could just relocate students and save lots of money. Lastly, I believe that this plan will work for the better even though people probably be complaining about the new change but I do believe they'll get used to the new change and they will realize that school closing down can be for the better for the students and for the school itself.
This article has left me with some unanswered questions. Will this change bring more violence? what can students do to make this change more easier? Will the environment be more safer? I wished that my questions can be answer in the near future.
You ask some good questions at the end--questions that I think you could perhaps speculate on. What do you think will happen?
ReplyDeleteAlso, has the transition to Parkway ben difficult for you? What if you had to move to yet another school?
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