Oh look, SVVSD financials are back in the news...

[wade carlson]

Today's Times-Call reported "A couple of hundred students from Rocky Mountin and Spangler elementary schools are going to have short summer vacations. The St. Vrain Valley School District plans to add seven weeks of summer school for the lowest-performing students at those schools. The Success for All Students program is estimated to cost $84,775 per school for one year,................"

Hooooray, for my money this is GREAT news. I don't mind contributing tax support for these kinds of programs. I am very pleased with this expenditure. I believe my education money is well spent in this instance.

[blues]

Today's Times-Call reported "A couple of hundred students from Rocky Mountin and Spangler elementary schools are going to have short summer vacations. The St. Vrain Valley School District plans to add seven weeks of summer school for the lowest-performing students at those schools. The Success for All Students program is estimated to cost $84,775 per school for one year,................"

Hooooray, for my money this is GREAT news. I don't mind contributing tax support for these kinds of programs. I am very pleased with this expenditure. I believe my education money is well spent in this instance.

I agree with the idea not sure I agree with the way of doing it. In today's tough economic world may it would be better to do it like they did in the old days. If you can't pass you get to do it over next year.

[wade carlson]

Blues, I am a product of "the good old days" and I can assure you that there were many good things about those days - but also some bad even in education. There were many students who did not get an education - many come out of school not knowing how to read (reading is fundamental), spell or cypher, even after repeating grades. I like the longer school days and year which is part of the reinforcement of the St. Vrain program. Also the level of student achievement is the same" lowest-performing" and this program will be targeting their needs better. I am of the opinion that the achieving students are the one's that get the most attention in today's classrooms. Students on the lower ends of the "bubble" are not normaly so blessed.