Mequon-Thiensville School District's Declining Enrollment & Budget

Lawrence Sussman:

By this September, the number of teachers who work for the Mequon-Thiensville School District is expected to have shrunk 17% since January 2001, Superintendent Robert Slotterback said last week.

The district, like many others in Wisconsin, is functioning with fewer teachers and dealing with smaller student enrollments, rising costs and an electorate that in referendums in 2006 and 2002 told the district that it could not spend significantly more money.

Slotterback maintains, though, the district has not reduced its course offerings or lowered its standards.

"We have not really had to eliminate student options," he said. "Your class size may have gotten bigger, but I am not aware of any class option that we have eliminated. We have not purposely shrunk the options for kids up to this point."

Posted by Jim Zellmer at April 7, 2008 10:45 AM
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