Principals promote mid-sized schools

From a story by Susan Troller in The Capital Times:

Several principals spoke persuasively about the advantages of mid-size schools at Monday night's Madison School Board meeting, but they apparently failed to sway any votes in support of school closings.

Cherokee Middle School Principal Karen Seno said she has allocated resources at her school to emphasize small class size, and the result is a school where there are generally two adults in every classroom.

Principals are weighing in on their view of possible school closings.
"Cherokee feels to me like a happy medium," Seno said, neither too big nor too small. "It feels really intimate," she added, which helps students connect with teachers and creates a learning environment where no one falls through the cracks. But the numbers at Cherokee -- 538 students this year -- also allow for a degree of program options and staffing that smaller schools don't enjoy.

Newly elected board members Maya Cole and Beth Moss, who took their oaths of office at the meeting, said they were still inclined to vote against school consolidations. That seems to be the majority position on the board, with Carol Carstensen and Lucy Mathiak also saying they oppose consolidation plans that would affect a number of small schools on the east side.

Posted by Ed Blume at April 24, 2007 1:11 PM
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