Susan

[This SB meeting has been much more revealing.]

There is an additional $25k potentially needed for adjusting some of the facilities (lower toilets, reconfiguring gyms for larger kids, etc...)

Susan: What other questions are there?

Steven: OV is there an advantage or disadvantage to having more teachers in a concentrated 4-6 area?

Don: It is more efficient use of teachers to smooth out class sizes and you don't go over the cap. Small building constantly struggle with large and small sized classes. Instructional advantage -- you can differentiate instructional programs for a larger class where teachers can be pulled to work with students that have specific needs.

Dean: With smaller schools - there would be some efficiencies in larger school - in a smaller school do we experience any more or less disruption in a class room. Is there a smoother running classroom in a smaller school than in a larger school.

Don: There is no research there.

Susan: They can not show a statistical relationship.

Steven: Enrollment center - some parents perceive it as a secretary sitting there taking applications. What is the EC really about?

Susan: EC is more friendly and customer sensitive. Had parents that had a difficult time going through the system. Idea is to provide a lot more services -- 80 languages in our district -- we have translators. Had children (special ed, not vacinated) who weren't starting school for 3 weeks. We were losing money everyday they were not there. It would cost $400k+ to setup. We would have so many more students start sooner that it would more than pay for it.

Kate: First year - FB calculated the loss of students not attending due to immunication issues was a loss of over $60,000 for first 5 days of school. Many were out longer than 5 days.

Dean: When we closed orchard lane several years ago. How many students elected to go to that charter school?