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Proviso Probe

Tuesday, February 21, 2006

ED, girl kept from school over residency feud [D87]

As I've explained before, keeping a small number of children out of a school district costs the school district more money than it saves because the district forfeits per capita subsidies from the state.

I can accept that a school district decides disqualifying non-residents is worth losing money from the state. But I can't accept a media and a public discourse that ignores the real life consequences of booting individual students. It's not that complicated.

Chicago Tribune (Crystal Yednak) has the latest foolishness.
A 7-year-old girl has returned to her Bellwood school after a residency dispute with Berkeley Elementary School District 87 kept her out of classes for six weeks.

2 Comments:

  • ms. coffee says: I was appaled that this poor girl was kept out of school for so long. She should have followed yur suggestion and said she was homeless.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 7:45 PM, February 21, 2006  

  • Watching you says: Ms. Coffee you should be appaled at what goes on right under your nose at Proviso. I see you!

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 12:02 AM, February 22, 2006  

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