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The Lack of Trustees voted to make GISD a "Schools of Choice" experiment hoping that grant funding will continue in the future and that families flock to the Island to enjoy themed elementary schools and the GISD Menu of special programs!!
And they did it without flip-flopping the Central Vote!
Now, no matter where you live on the Island, you can attend whichever school you want to! Unless, that is, there is an application process or a lottery process or your parents aren't paying attention! Then you just get whereever there is space for you!!
Next year it will be First Come, First Served!!!
Despite prior praises for such in the past, Kelly "code word" Chambers, revealed that her experience with neighborhood schools was not rewarding. So, she defended her position of elementary themed schools of choice yet voted to grandfather all the students currently enrolled in that school to attend that school next year despite its theme!!
If themed schools of choice are so great and in such demand, why would you grandfather in those students who live in its current zone? Wouldn't that be aknowledging that the majority of parents WANT NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS???
Symbalism over substance.
And what of the poor students in the temporary buildings at Morgan? Well, they'd better get their enrollment papers in early because those buildings won't be there next year and neither will those students!
The Lack of Trustees also turned Weis into the Early Childhood University complete with nursery school all the way up to 6th grade!! So now you can take your baby to Weis and they'll attend that school until they are 13 years old!!! Cradle to grave education!
So now if I am correct, every school that was closed prior to Ike has reopened in some capacity despite the "underutilization" of the school. We'll have more Principals than ever before!
We have re-opened closed schools under a "bad" budget!! I should be happy about this. But I can't be happy about a striated, segregated, gimmicked school district that will probably change again in 2011. That's not planning, that is self-serving TAKS gerrymandering. Again.
Well, at least some of the GISD teachers are happy!
And the boot lickers are happy.
Watch for your application or lottery ticket or enrollment form and the GISD Menu of Choices!
Good Luck to You!!
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