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Topic:  RE: Where are millennials moving to? Surprise. . .

Topic:  RE: Where are millennials moving to? Surprise. . .
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  Message Not Read  RE: Where are millennials moving to? Surprise. . .
   Posted: 10/19/2017 12:10:47 PM 
Alan Swank wrote:
DelBobcat wrote:
OhioCatFan wrote:
Alan Swank wrote:
OhioCatFan wrote:


Let me add that the plan to consolidate elementary schools in Athens is something that I’m totally against, even though my own children have graduated and I don’t have any real skin in that game at the moment. But I do care about what’s best for the city’s children, and this is not a solution to any real or imagined problem, but a brand new problem in the making.


Brand new problem? This has been a problem since consolidation in the late 60's in Athens. If there is no problem, how do you explain one school passing 9 of the 12 state performance standards, one passing 8 and the other two including the one your kids would go to based on where you currently live passing ZERO.



What's your explanation, Alan? And, the solution to what you see as a problem is to do away with neighborhood or district schools and put everyone in one big school? This is really the best way to treat small elementary school children?



I'm of two minds on this. I think most research I've come across shows the consolidated school would lead to better educational outcomes. On the other hand I think there is value to kids being able to walk to school. This would be mostly impossible for almost all kids with the new consolidated campus. I also think there will be some serious traffic problems associated with the plan. So more congestion and pollution and less healthy lifestyles for kids and parents alike. I don't know how to compare the value of those things to the increased educational outcomes.


In the Athens school district, only about 15% of the students walk to the so called neighborhood schools. In fact, less than 50% of the kids in the schools live within the city limits. This is more about helicopter parents and those still stuck in the Leave It to Beaver era as anything. Children are much more resilient than we think. There are parents who are actually afraid to put their kids on the bus. They generally are the same ones who take the phone off the hook or turn off the stereo when their kids go to bed. Heck, we cranked up All Along the Watchtower and our two slept just fine (over generalizations of course but you get the point).


15% is a large number though. I don't think it has anything to do with resiliency though. I think the kids will be just find adapting to whatever. I'm just trying to parse out the larger social costs. Kids who walk to school grow up to be healthier adults. Not arguing it should be the over-arching consideration, but it's worth thinking about.


BA OHIO 2010, BS OHIO 2010, MA Delaware 2012

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