A Look at the Midvale / Lincoln Elementary Pair

Susan Troller:

The parents at Midvale Elementary School have heard it all:

It's a school no ambitious parent wants. The bus rides are long and unpleasant as children are sent far from their homes along the hazardous Beltline. After more than 20 years, the pairing of Midvale and Lincoln elementary schools, developed as part of an effort to desegregate two south side Madison schools, is a failed experiment.

"The misperceptions about our school are so frustrating, and so wrong," sighed Dave Verban, who is part of a group of Midvale-Lincoln parents that has joined forces to try to tell what they say is the real story of their school community.

The Midvale Lincoln pair was much discussed earlier this year as the Madison School Board and the Memorial/West Area Attendance Task Force contemplated options for Leopold Elementary school. One of the options discussed was changing boundaries and moving some children from Leopold to Lincoln Elementary. Some of Fitchburg's Swan Creek residents objected and petitioned to leave the Madison School District. More here. Task force insight.

Maps: Midvale | Lincoln | Distance between the two paired schools (roughly 5 miles).

UPDATE: Susan continues her article with a visit to Lincoln Elementary.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at June 7, 2006 10:08 PM
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