Annexing more West side students

Why is the MMSD annexing more students on the West side when there's such a concern about space? What attendance areas include the annexed land? I wonder too about the fiscal impact of adding more students. Will more students lead to more program cuts, so that the additions really become a fiscal drain rather than a fiscal benefit?

I'm not trying to be difficult, I'm genuinely asking why adding students is a good idea. It may be a perfectly good approach, but it just seems odd given the controversy about West side enrollment and overcrowding.

I've actually been wondering whether the MMSD shouldn't give up some kids to other school districts on the West side. In particular, I wonder about the penninsula that feeds into Leopold. Or by contrast, annexing the land and kids who lie between the penninsula and Chavez and building an elementary school in that annexed territory to relieve the overcrowding at Leopold.

I'm not advocating anything, so don't "bust my chops." I'm just thinking out loud.

Posted by Ed Blume at June 10, 2005 10:38 AM
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