Our third set of options considers what alternatives are available at Quincy High.
Quincy High student capacity is 810, a current enrollment of 341, and an annual utility cost of $188,571.
Pioneer Elementary student capacity is 350, has a current enrollment of 180, and an annual utility cost of $55,730.
Quincy Elementary student capacity is 400, a current enrollment 205, and an annual utility cost of $83,806.
Alternative 1 is to do nothing at Quincy High and consider only the options stated in the sixth option addressing consolidating the two Elementary schools.
Alternative 2 is to create a K-12 at Quincy High - recognizing that facility modifications would need to be made to Quincy High to accommodate Elementary age students.
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It seems as though Pioneer Elementary is sitting in the middle of a toxic "sphere of influence" area in our community. Is the additional cost of improving Quincy Elementary worth the possible negative impacts of spending 5 years of their lives in an area that also seems covered in a "white dust" every morning?
ReplyDeleteIs there any reason we couldn't look at restructuring our grade combinations to k-5 and 6-12? which would cut back on the number of kids still in the current elementary school classification since the highschool has the highest capacity. This would help when it comes to consolidating the elementary schools without completely bogging either one down by putting them at/over capacity and would allow more room to grow for future years when the school enrollment increases. Since the Highschool obviously has the greatest room to expand i think this is worth looking into.
ReplyDeleteI think it's interesting that our school district use to be one of the richest districts in the nation but because of the decline of timber sales, we have dipped to an all time low in many regards. But what I find most interesting statewide, is: As the State placed more "administrative" staff on board to "educate" our children, our education has become worse and the only threats I ever see are the closing of facilities and laying off of teachers...When are we going to start eliminating the fat on top and allow the teachers, staff and Principals to educate our children? We don't need a district office or the staff in it.
ReplyDeleteConsolidation of the elementary schools seems the most cost effective place to start in Quincy.
ReplyDeleteUltimate efficiency dictates the abolition of the district. There is no justifiable advantage in having 4 geographically separate communities forced to work in some faux unified effort. Control of and responsibility for running each school, and consolidations necessary in each community should be determined by each local community. Private schools run their operations under these constraints. When will government entities learn this lesson?
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