Leopold expansion means cutting seven teachers?

Correct me if I'm wrong (as if I need to even say it).

If the Board approves an addition at Leopold from the operating budget (without a referendum), won't the Board also have to cut an additonal seven teachers from next year's budget to cover the cost?

I hope that I'm wrong, because that divisive course, which the board majority seems poised to approve, would certainly pit Leopold and its expansion supporters against the teachers and parents of each and every school that might lose a position.

A less divisive course would be to ask voters in a referendum for funds for the expansion in the context of a complete plan for growth on the boundaries of the district.

According to the district's figures, Leopold serves only 23 students beyond its capacity, but parents and teachers tell of severe overcrowding. Either the parents and teacher are wrong, or the district numbers are wrong. I'm going to believe the parents and teachers, forcing me to raise the question: how many other numbers are wrong in the administration's spreadsheets.

Posted by Ed Blume at March 17, 2006 3:01 PM
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