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.

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[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. :)