What a difference a year makes. Last year during Spring Break, the question of the upcoming ref played out on lawns across the district. This year, that is all just a memory, right? Next year????

Well if the district has even more mobiles at Hadley (item IV) then who knows how many the kids will be in mobiles. Maybe the district will be saying "2 school's worth of kids in mobiles." Yet, the enrollment continues to be flat, if not decreasing. As I review the 2/29/08 Enrollment Report, a few questions come to mind.

Why isn't the administration adhering to its class size targets? Will it do so next year? If so, there are grade sections that will decrease and thereby, lessen the demand for classrooms.

If the administration continues to harp on "600 in mobiles" then it needs to address the reason why the community was sold on a building referendum that was going to last the district for 20 years (2017) or for a peak enrollment of 3,600. They are also going to have to address why their recommended class sizes are set aside. If a school has, let's say, a 4th grade class of 19, and the administration recommended size is 25-27, and specialists work with several children at any given time of the day, then doesn't that class size drop even more?

Yes, the year between March 2008 and March 2009 should be an interesting one.

Perhaps we should hire some more administrators to assess the situation.