As noted here last month, the North East School District is facing an enrollment decline and needs to make adjustments. Also, as noted, falling enrollment is happening to school districts everywhere. In nearby Warren County, a board meeting tonight will be considering the closure of the high school portion, grades 9 through 12, of two schools, the Sheffield Area Middle/High School and the Youngsville Middle/High School. They recognize what is happening and are making necessary changes.
The NE School District needs to deal with this issue now adjusting future plans and spending accordingly. Business as usual will not work.
Richard Locke says
If North East would close a school, where would the students go? Harborcreek?
Has any of this issue been discussed?
Dennis Kershner says
NE schools have way too much overhead. The first order of business would be ONE administrator/Principal per school. No assistants! The next step would be to consolidate elementary and middle schools. Our grandparents were likely educated in a one-room schoolhouse. They probably got a better education than what we have today. Having students K through 8 in one building makes more sense than the school sprawl we see today. The Amish teach kids in a one-room school through 9th grade. I guarantee you they all can read write and do simple math better than some 9th graders in our current school systems. We have made basic education way too complex only to justify what a good education is really about. Reading, writing and arithmetic! Some life skills like home ec, shop and a good civics course wouldn’t hurt! I know, I am showing my age, lol.