Re: I want to cry

[Judi Hirsch <judih@OUSD.K12.CA.US>]

you cay: The only benefit you get with a small school that
you do not with a large is time per student
and I would like to comment. I spent the past 15 years at a very small k-12
school (280 students) and am now at a regular large high school. The
differences are enormous. Here are a few:
1. everybody knew everyone
2. no gangs
3. no fights
4. no bureaucracy
5. parents felt welcome
6. no permission needed for most things
7. most needs got met right away
8. easy access to everyone
9. peerness--since we all did everything, we were all pretty much on the
same plane
10. lots of student support--if a child needed attention they could get it
right away, including a place to sleep, breakfast, clothing, etc.
11. lots of love--we were a family and someone was always there with a hug
nuf said
Judi
----- Original Message -----
From: Amber Hall <WranglersCove@AOL.COM>
To: <ARN-L@LISTS.CUA.EDU>
Sent: Friday, January 26, 2001 4:56 PM
Subject: Re: I want to cry


> Hello all,
>
> I just want to say that the issue should not be the size of schools, or
which
> is better. I have an interesting perspective because I have attended
schools
> of all sizes and with different classroom schedules. I feel that the issue
is
> the quality of education. The only benefit you get with a small school
that
> you do not with a large is time per student. In small schools the teachers
> have more time per student in class. Everything else is negotiable. One of
> the main rebuttals our governor used in defense of our CSAP was since one
of
> our small poverty schools brought their students up to " proficiency "
that
> the rest of them could. When you know the truth, it took that town's
entire
> community to improve the "proficiency" level. People, even if their
children
> did not attend school, volunteered at the school to help improve students
in
> all subjects. Parents held special meetings to strategize how they could
keep
> their school out of the charter companies hands. I have also seen the same
> involvement and dedication at larger schools. The size of the school does
not
> matter it is the people that live in the community and the people that run
> the schools that make a difference.
>
> Amber
>
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