Every hundred feet- there's fifteen different places students can hide or exit the campus. |
Grouping makes tackling things like attendance more manageable. |
Really what this is about is working with teachers to talk about issues of consistency within the curriculum and more power to engage kids. |
The improvement for student learning became a secondary issue. |
The new school would have a buffer zone and limited places people can enter and exit. |
We have rooms that leak due to poor roof conditions. Also, take a look at class sizes. Thirty-plus full-grown seniors are stuck in a 600-square-foot room. At class transition times, students must cram into the small hallways. It is a safety issue. |
We learned some really great things (from having small schools) about how to set up the configuration of the school. |