Monday, December 03, 2007
Big News Coming Out Friday at 5:00 PM
Well, this Friday at 5:00 PM the Draft Assignment Plan will be released on the WCPSS website. The stated reason for waiting until 5:00 PM is so that parents checking the website won’t be competing with schools for network resources. Click here for the WCPSS press release regarding the plan.
http://www.wcpss.net/news/2007_dec3_assign/
As of this point, any decisions regarding school calendar and student assignment are still speculation. A lot of the speakers at the Community Engagement Meetings stressed the importance of “creating” more traditional seats in the system. During the first 3 meetings Chuck Dulaney stressed “All 3 of the new elementary schools will open on a year-round calendar” and also “My department will not recommend converting any of the MYR schools back to a traditional calendar”. However, at the last Community Engagement Meeeting he did mention that “one option being considered is converting some of the MYR schools back to a traditional calendar.” Whether you believe he said that because he is truly considering this option OR you think that he only said it because he knows that the School Board is considering it doesn’t really matter. We’ll all see the draft on Friday and go from there.
Some of the speakers asked for special consideration regarding the assignments of their particular nodes. The whole concept of keeping track of neighborhoods and nodes is mind-boggling to say the least.
It’s no secret that we are one of hundreds of families at Leesville Elementary School hoping to be converted back to a traditional calendar. I know many other families are hoping for the same thing to happen at other schools too. Nothing has been said as to how they will evaluate which schools (if any) to consider in this draft plan.
Regardless of what you are hoping to see, this is just a “draft”, and there are 2 more revisions that will be done before the School Board signs off on the final plan.
No matter how you look at it, I sure don’t envy WCPSS for the task they’re being faced with.
As you think about the draft plan, what are you hoping for? What are you expecting to see? Are you anxious? Excited? Hopeful?
Have a GREAT week!
