The new charter school legislation gives anyone the option to buy a closed government shool for $1 and turn it into a charter school. The JG ran an article on that subject today citing Elmhurst as an example of a (perfectly sound) building standing empty. In addition to some other inane comments, FWCS spokesperson Krista Stockman added that they were "open to anyone who wants to make a reasonable offer."
OK, Krista, my offer is $1. Anybody want to go halfies? We can go together for $.50 each and create our own "high school of the future" (we get to define that ourselves like the board gets to define "fiscal responsibility") for one dollar instead of $100 million a new Snyder. And we can look at the FWCS "high schools of the present" as a model for what not to do.
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I'd be interested in renting the gym!
Probably no floor or bleachers left. So far nobody's offered to go in with me.
Be careful, buying a cheap property can sometimes come with unexpected costs.
Is Code Blue Schools a charter organization?
Phil - location, location, location.
Gadfly - we're not in the charter school business, although anybody could be with enough money.
Our schools test scores may look as thought they are going up - but its correlated to our students outside tutoring rate as parents begin to realize that all is not well with their child's math skills at home.
I'll go in for it. We will at least stop Wendy's South Side team from practicing on the turf that was unusable on Sandpoint Road. If FWCS can't use the building, give it back to the people of Wayne township that built most of it.
Tom Wolf,
Elmhurst class of '81
PS--Rip Mr. Richard Horstmeyer.
The 3-8 ISTEP+ scores have risen a few points relative to the state. The high school ECA scores have dropped for the last two years, which of course they haven't mentioned. If the ISTEP scores can keep improving, the high schools may eventually turn around. But that will take a decade.
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