When it comes to Choice the Red Clay Consolidated School District wins. Take a look at these numbers:
# of Students in District: 15,954
Total Choice Students: 4946
# of Students in District: 17,190
Total Choice Students: 1409
# of Students in District: 10,657
Total Choice Students: 1982
# of Students in District: 9,925
Total Choice Students: 296
First, I don’t have a problem with responsible Choice. What I mean is… go ahead and offer Choice if space exists.
But…
Red Clay has almost 5,000 Choice students. Which then begs the question… who exactly are they building the new elementary school and adding space at A.I. High for?
A.I. High School is scheduled for additional classrooms and they have 647 Choice students. Meanwhile, Dickinson High School’s capacity is 1133 students and they currently have 618 students. McKean’s capacity is 1383 with 897 students currently attending. That’s approximately 1,000 empty seats, and yet, District is asking tax payers to add additional classrooms to A.I High School?
And don’t forget… we have approximately 700 Choice students at the stated overcrowded elementary schools
Red Clay obviously loves, loves, loves Choice, but I’m wondering if their relationship with Choice isn’t an abusive one. One in which Red Clay taxpayers foot the bill.