By next summer 24 schools in the District of Columbia will be closing. Just in the past year, records show that 55,000 to 49,600 students have dropped out. Instead of operating incomplete school programs, the Mayor and Chancellor proposed to shutting 24 schools, and using the money saved to strengthen existing programs such as art and music.
Attending a District of Columbia Public School I agree that we do need more music and art classes in school because it’s a way of expressing ourselves. And there may be less graffiti on the walls. Due to the budget cut, my school had to take out the “not so important” class which was art. When the school cancelled the art program I lost a piece of myself. If I were in Mayor Fentys shoes I would close at least five schools that are not up to par.
Below is a list of schools that would close before the start of the 2008-2009 academic years.
Elementary Schools:
Bowen
Bunker Hill
Bruce-Monroe
Burroughs
ClarkJ.F.
Cook
Gage-Eckington
Gibbs
Green
Meyer
PR Harris (Elementary)
Rudolph
Slowe
Smothers
Stevens
Wilkinson
Young
Middle & Junior High:
Backus
Ronald Brown
Hine
M.M. Washington
PR Harris (Middle)
Shaw
Special Education/Alternative:
M.M. Washington Special Education Center
Douglass Transition Academy
CHOICE Academies
If you were in Mayor Fentys shoes, how would you handle the situation?
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4 comments:
I fully support the Mayor and Chancellor's decision to close-down the schools that are not providing quality education for our young people. We always hear about the negativity in the schools; yet, there are amazing programs/schools that are exposing our young people to the arts/music/language. Even though I understand why so many people are angry and protesting such a drastic change, but in this situation, we are ultimately being a diservice to our students if we're just keeping schools running for the sake of tradition/history.
Excellent blog!!
i dont they should close schools. Where are the kids supposed to go now. All this will lead to is overcrowding an already crowded learning environment.
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Wow!.... 24 schools... that is a lot of school. To think I went to Meyer elementary school and at that time it had a music and art classes. I was in the bell choir when i was in 4th grade. Well its time for changes and Fenty is makeing a good choice, but where are the rest of the student going to go?
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