If having smaller schools is so important, what is the plan for decreasing school size?
Our district is still reluctant to admit what other districts across the country are finally realizing: big districts create more problems than they solve and education becomes second to managing them. BVSD does not see the value of small schools (the Superintendent and Board President have referred to the desire for small, neighborhood schools as “nostalgia”) and has moved to close small schools, even ones with excellent track records. BVSD closed and consolidated schools under the mistaken belief that they would save large sums of money. The savings have not materialized. Under local school districts, each community will be able to promote its own values more effectively, whether it is for smaller schools or larger schools.
