Edgerton High School could lose block scheduling
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Changing from block scheduling to a traditional, seven-period day at Edgerton High School was one option discussed by the Edgerton School Board on Monday to handle drastic staff cuts in the next two years.
The district has to cut $50,000 in high school staffing in 2008-09 and $500,000 in district staffing in 2009-10, Superintendent Norm Fjelstad said.
Other ideas discussed Monday were reducing the scope of Advanced Placement classes, increasing class sizes and reducing special-needs costs.
Dec 11, 2007 at 7:30 p.m.
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some of the money is being spent on students going to blackhawk tech or the uw and taking college courses , the four block limits whats available to them and when its not available they go and sign up and the edgerton school district is forced to pay for it
Dec 11, 2007 at 10:54 a.m.
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The school system has turned into a business that exists for the benefit of teachers and administrators and demented sport parents who want to dress little Johny up like a Barbie doll and play NFL or NBA with him. Our school systems need to get back to the business of turning out well-educated students to keep our country strong and competitive with the rest of the world.
Dec 11, 2007 at 9:38 a.m.
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The money is foolishly being spent on administration salaries and teacher's benefits. Health Insurance goes way up and the strong teacher's unions cry about shouldering part of the load. Not only that, teachers who already have more time off than any other profession demand more salary rather than get a second job - like others have to do. Over the years, administrators have done less, requiring more positions to be hired (remember the days when an asst. principal or teacher used to also be athletic director, AV director, etc...)now rather than asking anyone to do a little extra and face the wrath of a teachers union, everyone just says "raise the taxes and hire another administrator". If taxpayers complain about extra school taxes - teachers complain that we are "anti-youth" or "anti-education" yet many of them admit to being in the profession for "great benefits" and "long summer vacations and Christmas & Spring Breaks". Must be nice!
Dec 11, 2007 at 8:22 a.m.
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If a business is running at a deficit and the primary source of capital is running dry a "real" business would seek out alternative revenue sources as well as sustainable cuts. I don't pretend to know how schools have come across this deficit and they probably can't grow revenue enough to cover, but they could certainly make a dent. With schools it seems like it's either tax tax tax or cut cut cut.
Dec 11, 2007 at 1:04 a.m.
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On what is all of the education $$$ being spent???????!!! This is insane.
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