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Pupil Rolls Drop At Schools (SoCal...guess why?)
The Whittier Daily News ^
| September 5, 2006
| Pam Wright, Staff Writer
Posted on 09/05/2006 7:07:49 AM PDT by truthkeeper
Pupil Rolls Drop At Schools
Officials fault rise in housing prices
WHITTIER - The surge in Southland housing prices has been cited as an important factor in an exodus of families from the Whittier area, causing a steep decline in K-12 enrollment in almost all local school districts.
The loss of students translates into big money, with the South Whittier School District losing more than a half million dollars in revenue during 2005-06 school year 2005-06 because of a 12 percent enrollment drop.
District officials project a loss of at least $1 million for 2006-07, said David Morton, the district's chief business officer.
"Declining enrollment has drastic effects," Morton said. "Average daily attendance makes a huge difference. In addressing it, you can't bring costs down as fast as you're losing revenue."
Whittier City Unified School District lost about 400 students in the past year, prompting Superintendent Carmella Franco to start tracking where families were moving to.
She found that nearly a quarter of those had moved out of state - even out of the country - the top three destinations being Arizona, Texas and Mexico.
"I was very interested to find out where they were going," Franco said. "So I asked my staff to build a record from transcript requests. Nearly 50 percent of California districts are experiencing declining enrollment. Meanwhile, the Inland Empire is growing like crazy. "They're getting the funds that we should be getting," she added.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: housingcosts; immigration; overcrowding; realestate; schools
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To: truthkeeper
"They're getting the funds that we should be getting," she added.
Interesting focus. It's all about the money, to these so-called 'educators.' Where is the, "We're obviously not providing what the people want, so they're voting with their feet," focus?
And, in another surprising newsflash, their wildly proclaimed 'friendliness' to homosexuals has resulted in a drop in population in the SF Bay area. Who'da thunk it?
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posted on
09/05/2006 7:13:49 AM PDT
by
Gorjus
To: truthkeeper
'"They're getting the funds that we should be getting," she added.'
You don't get the funds if you don't have the students.
Must be another whinnnnning lib.
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posted on
09/05/2006 7:13:51 AM PDT
by
mathluv
(Never Forget!)
To: truthkeeper
The same thing is happening in South Florida after decades of portable classrooms and school overcrowding. Now there is negative growth.
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posted on
09/05/2006 7:14:14 AM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
To: mathluv
I was going to post the same whining lib comment but you beat me to it.
Tagline bump! for emphasis
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posted on
09/05/2006 7:18:33 AM PDT
by
IllumiNaughtyByNature
(My Pug is On Her War Footing (and moving to Texas!))
To: Gorjus
Amazing, isn't it?
Enrollment has DROPPED and she's complaining about another school district getting THEIR money.
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posted on
09/05/2006 7:21:19 AM PDT
by
nmh
(Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God) .)
To: truthkeeper
Hope New Jersey is taking note of this ... .
We have more people LEAVING than coming to the state, LEGALLY.
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posted on
09/05/2006 7:22:02 AM PDT
by
nmh
(Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God) .)
To: truthkeeper
They're getting the funds that we should be getting," she added. In other words; We want something for nothing
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posted on
09/05/2006 7:26:16 AM PDT
by
The Brush
To: truthkeeper
Some are running screaming to homeschooling. Of course. The teachers' unions are accomplishing what the auto unions in Detroit did -- make things so utopian that the whole darned industry craters.
In this case, it will be a good cure.
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posted on
09/05/2006 7:41:48 AM PDT
by
bboop
(Stealth Tutor)
To: truthkeeper
If they could just find a way to tax the citizens of Mexico...
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posted on
09/05/2006 7:44:48 AM PDT
by
D-Chivas
To: D-Chivas
If they could just find a way to tax the citizens of Mexico...They have. It's called California Sales Tax.
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posted on
09/05/2006 7:47:19 AM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
To: truthkeeper
Meanwhile, the Inland Empire is growing like crazy."Inland empire???
To: truthkeeper
"They're getting the funds that we should be getting," she added.Maybe they should have "ghost" students like when New Orleans had "ghost" deputies on their police force.
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posted on
09/05/2006 7:52:38 AM PDT
by
chemicalman
(Doing my part to maintain global warming.)
To: Straight Vermonter
San Bernardino/Riverside counties..eastward. (Used to considered "the sticks.") Has undergone temendous housing, business, and population growth in the last 15 years, and is really going nuts now.
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posted on
09/05/2006 7:53:05 AM PDT
by
truthkeeper
(It's the borders, stupid.)
To: truthkeeper
Parents moving from CA to TX need to brace themselves, especially if they have kids in HS: their children will be far behind their peers, thanks to the poor education environment in CA.
My evidence is empirical, but the consensus among the teachers that I've spoken with, HS kids transferring from CA are normally two years behind their peers taught in TX schools.
Don't know what it is for other states--any and all input is appreciated.
It's sad: I received my education in CA public schools when they were excellent. Every student in my 6th grade class was reading at 11th grade level or higher. One novel we read in class was Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo.
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posted on
09/05/2006 7:59:00 AM PDT
by
Night Hides Not
(Closing in on 3000 posts, of which maybe 50 were worthwhile!)
To: nmh
Enrollment has DROPPED and she's complaining about another school district getting THEIR money.What they really want is just to get the money, without having all those annoying students around that they have to pretend to educate :-).
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posted on
09/05/2006 7:59:12 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Mother of a horde: it's not just an adventure - it's a job!)
To: truthkeeper
They have no supply of "undocumented" students?
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posted on
09/05/2006 8:05:21 AM PDT
by
Graybeard58
(Remember and pray for SSgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
To: Straight Vermonter
Inland empire??? Riverside, San Bernardino, Colton and Redlands. Southern CA
To: dearolddad
Perhaps I'm too sensitive, but with all the talk of "La Raza" and the "Reconquista agenda", as demographics shift in California, the term "Inland Empire" seems to have frightening connotations.
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posted on
09/05/2006 8:19:43 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(The broken wall, the burning roof and tower. And Agamemnon dead.)
To: truthkeeper
Maybe parents do not want their children in kindergarten being taught that homosexuality is normal.
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posted on
09/05/2006 8:27:11 AM PDT
by
xarmydog
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