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There is always a smallest school, ripe for closing. Isn't enrollment low because students were reassigned to Arsenal? Did the reassigned students stay at Arsenal or drop off to charters and other options?
Picture a parent of an incoming kindergarten student. Will that parent be more enthusiastic about sending that child to the small, cozy Woolslair K-5, or sprawling Arsenal K-8? Enrollment declines happen one by one... How much are the savings when the long term costs of paying additional charter tuition is considered?
We have too many bars here same repeats if chinese japanese and italian resturants and now too they added a hookabar then every turn you take its more apartments! This place is not family friendly anymore and is turning to be a college play ground! We need tge schools for our kids we need to better tge parks and add a kids store with clothes toys books ect. Oh a better store than shuresave!
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There is always a smallest school, ripe for closing. Isn't enrollment low because students were reassigned to Arsenal? Did the reassigned students stay at Arsenal or drop off to charters and other options?
Picture a parent of an incoming kindergarten student. Will that parent be more enthusiastic about sending that child to the small, cozy Woolslair K-5, or sprawling Arsenal K-8? Enrollment declines happen one by one... How much are the savings when the long term costs of paying additional charter tuition is considered?
Doesn't Woolslair -- in one of the hippest, most up-and-coming parts of the city -- seem ripe for a cool magnet program?
For those same reasons, it will not be surprising if someone has lined up plans to convert it to housing.
Yes! Go for it, community!
Let's have some real "envisioning" in more than ONE community in this city!
We have too many bars here same repeats if chinese japanese and italian resturants and now too they added a hookabar then every turn you take its more apartments! This place is not family friendly anymore and is turning to be a college play ground! We need tge schools for our kids we need to better tge parks and add a kids store with clothes toys books ect. Oh a better store than shuresave!
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