Parent of three. A part of the HCPSS community since 2009. Education advocate, volunteer, and leader. Authority: Ricks for BOE, Karen Lynch, Treasurer

Joined April 2022
Overall, no desire to underfill HS 13 due to expense and jeopardy of funding for future projects.
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Except maybe for the first three years?
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CDS off by one year, rising 9th were in 5th grade and missed all their end of elementary activities with covid closure, started middle school virtual and missed outdoor ed.
Maybe we could use actual numbers?
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There's no projection of direct certification, they just use current numbers for those polygons
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Dr Lu points out that percentage capacity means different actual numbers for differently sized schools
Did we balance capacity in 2019 though?
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J.Mosley impassioned plea for not having under capacity schools, less support, etc. 100% the goal
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State funding could be jeopardized by imbalanced capacity.
Dr.Lu: the data is not reliable so let's only use it to move HS 13 kids
Staff confused about Jen Mallo's question about how skewed numbers of one particular class cohort at different schools would affect class offerings. They're still discussing amongst themselves.
HS13 is not going to be utilized above 50% in the first year unless they're planning to really overcrowd it by year 3.
Request to look at 100 northern boundary recreates plan C
Board: please take a look at B-8 and improve these issues it has. Consultants:
Presentation from the consultants on things the board asked about last time. This presentation is available online.
The good spots still available at central office for the work session on redistricting. I'm going to try to live tweet
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I benefited from this program as a kid. It's more than just school lunch.
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