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Recommendations from the School Choice Task Group | |
The task group’s recommendations are listed below. Each recommendation is discussed in the following pages and is compared to the Schools of the Future Committee’s Guiding Principles. A. Criteria for Evaluating the School District’s Program of ChoiceRecommendation 1: The district has clear criteria for evaluating the school district’s program of choice. B. Equity Issue with School ChoiceRecommendation 2: District resources are distributed equitably to schools. Recommendation 3: All schools have an equal ability to set class size and enrollment targets. Recommendation 4: All schools are balanced and reflect the diversity of the school district. Recommendation 5: The system for awarding places in schools is equitable and is perceived as being equitable. Recommendation 6: Regions are redefined along demographic boundaries. Each region has a mix of types of schools. Transportation is available to any school within a student’s region and students are guaranteed access to some school within the region.
C. Program Identity and School ChoiceRecommendation 7: A diversity of programs exists within the school district. Within this range of diversity, some programs are geographically based and have a mission to serve a particular neighborhood, although, they can accept students from elsewhere in the district. Others are chartered on a particular program, and accept students who enroll from anywhere in the district. Recommendation 8: Both program diversity (providing each student a broad range of offerings) and intimacy of setting is available to all students. Recommendation 9: There is a great deal of integration between programs sharing the same building. Recommendation 10: Any publicly-funded school is held accountable to its own mission as contracted or chartered. Recommendation 11: The school district provides comprehensive information for students and parents about all schools and programs that are publicly funded. A Consideration: Neighborhood elementary schools form the core of the district’s education program. D. Program QualityRecommendation 12: Innovation is aggressively promoted and encouraged both within district-operated schools and district-supported independently operated schools. Recommendation 13: Magnet and independent programs "push the edges" of innovation and ensure that the needs of all students are being met. Recommendation 14: The district periodically reevaluates the purpose and relevance of publicly-funded schools. Recommendation 15: The district takes measures to preserve quality in schools with declining enrollment. | |
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