18 months ago, AUSD and the Board of Education received a demographic study for the district from Lapkoff and Gobalet. This study came under a lot of criticism during the Edison enrollment/lottery discussion and I thought it would be interesting to look at how it has faired two years out.
Tag Archive for Kindergarten
AUSD needs to give Kindergarten Parents more info
by jknoxwhite • • 11 Comments
AUSD needs to identify its threshold for adding a new class at Edison so that incoming parents have some idea as to what to expect next fall.
Edison School to add a fourth kindergarten class…maybe
by jknoxwhite • • 1 Comment
USD has just announced that they will add a fourth kindergarten this year to accomodate the 78 children who have enrolled for next year’s kindergarten.
Forest….meet trees
by jknoxwhite • • 2 Comments
The School Board is being asked to look at changing enrollment on school boundaries. AUSD staff is working hard to clarify enrollment and reduce the unpredictable nature of enrollment, but are they focusing on small gains that will have large impacts on some families?
You’ve got to enroll with the punches.
by jknoxwhite • • 9 Comments
Edison’s kindergarten enrollment deadline was last Friday. And the damage is…..
My Girl Likes To Charter All The Time
by jknoxwhite • • 1 Comment
It seems that nothing brings out the passions of Alamedans more than school issues. Last year’s budget problem rallied hundreds of parents and residents, the Kindergarten Lottery issue roiled hundreds more, and now charter applications have the internet jumping. Reading…
Every Day I Write the Book
by jknoxwhite • • 2 Comments
Every Day I Write the Book At the end of 2007, during the penultimate 12 hours of the year, it seems to be traditional to look back at the year that’s past and the one just ahead. I went back…
Deep in the Heart of Texas
by jknoxwhite • • 9 Comments
Lauren Do has a great discussion on Charter Schools in Alameda. I noticed a recurring theme in a couple of comments made here: “My idea of the greater good is that the best and brightest kids get the chance to…
The Wall
by jknoxwhite • • 9 Comments
Tomorrow night, the school board will be discussing the short-term kindergarten enrollment policy issue (G-1 Revision of Enrollment Policy AR 5116.1 Inf/60). This issue has raised a lot of concern in the Edison district, but appears to not have caught…
Smells Like Teen Spirit
by jknoxwhite • • 2 Comments
Finally. The item we’ve all been waiting for at the school board! 5.) Superintendent’s State of the District – Focus Educational Excellence, Boundaries & Facilities Which is just a sexy way of saying “a long public process to discuss how…