I like those odds

[sigma7]

Kansas City closing nearly half, 29 of its 51 61 schools. Buh. Interesting points FTA:

-- "Covington has stressed that the district's buildings are only half-full as its population has plummeted amid political squabbling and chronically abysmal test scores."

-- "Many students have left for publicly funded charter schools, private and parochial schools and the suburbs."

-- "Fewer students means less money from the state. For the past few years, the district has been plowing through the large reserves it built up when money from a $2 billion court-ordered desegregation plan was flooding its coffers."

This is going to get worse before it gets better.

Comments

[roseneko.livejournal.com]

The article (at least, now) says "nearly half, 29 of 61 schools". So they've likely gone back and corrected their math. ;) Sounds like you got out while the gettin' was good.

[sigma7.livejournal.com]

Heh, that may've been Ambien Walrus talking on my end.

Still, I have no small measure of trepidation for those who're still in the system, either as cogs or produce, especially when it becomes clear that those pushing the buttons and feeding the power don't know what they're doing.

[roseneko.livejournal.com]

So true. Although I'd argue (from my admittedly limited experiences with school bureaucracy) that it's been a broken system for a long damn time. The only difference is, now places don't have that cushion of cash/goodwill/wealthy parents whose kids MUST HAVE A DEGREE AT ANY COST to offset the inherent inefficiencies. There are a number of reasons I got fed up and quit after three years, and none of them had to do with the actual "schooling" part. :)