There is never enough money to go around for education. So, it does seem to me that all the transportation costs, not to mention ant potential liabilities, it would just make since to me that we should explore options about renting some space to handle the overflow. That way we could keep kids in their own communities.
I know, I know, I was originally for this Kindergarten Center but honestly my judgement was temporarily impaired. I had just been trampled by a huge CARBON FOOTPRINT!
Didn't Clair Crane mention renting during the school committee meeting where she was treated with such disregard and disrespect by some members of the school committee? If I am not mistaken, I believe she even mentioned she had talked to people who would agree to LPS renting their space. Am I remembering this correctly? Are there possible rental/leasing options LPS could be exploring in the neighborhoods of these 3 schools? Again, not a perfect solution, but one that should be explored (if it already hasn't)
ReplyDeleteWho would be paying all this rent while LVTI sits empty with two floors of available space we don't need to pay for? No extra buses are needed to take the kids on to the school after dropping off the older children.
ReplyDeleteI am glad you are concerned about waste. Can you tell me the justification for leaving the BENNETT ST. property stayed empty for how many years?
DeleteAs for the buses, they are I believe, going to be DEDICATED buses taking the kindergarten kids from the three schools.
Why move the kindergarten kids? Why not the Fifth graders, who are itching to move up anyway? The older kids already know how to board and behave on a bus. Kindergarten, really? Just not right! As a parent of first graders, my daily interaction with the teachers was extremely important to me (still is!) Where will that interaction take place? the teachers will not be on the buses. Many Kindergarteners still have separation issues that take anywhere from days to months to resolve, how will that be handled?
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