Let's talk about neighborhood schools!!

[sunny]

What needs to be determined is how is the switch to neighborhood schools benefiting the district? I think it would be helpful if the Lincoln Center showed us how we are going to benefit as a community from the switch. It is going to cost money to make the switch (Mailings to explain the changes, moving of students records, etc) but is it really worth it? I think a few years from now we are going to hear that the schools have decided to move back to mixed area schools due to certain school becoming very high performing and others tanking. Certain dempgraphics ( low income, low parental education level, extremely young parents, etc) tend to be less involved in their childrens education. If you have a large group of these kids in one school the results could be really sad. I think that was one of the reasons for the switch away from neighborhood school - to create more diverse school communities.