Costs driving school reform; Michigan school districts struggle to adapt as revenues continue to fall Kalamazoo News - - MLive.com:
"KALAMAZOO — School parents, brace yourself for larger class sizes — maybe even college-size lectures at the high school level.
Figure you’ll pick up much more of the tab for sports and other extracurricular activities, assuming they aren’t cut.
Small districts, the pressure to consolidate is going to be intense.
The reason: With state revenues in free fall, Michigan school districts could see their operating revenues drop 10 percent or more by fall 2010.
To put that reduction in perspective: A district could eliminate its athletic program and bus service and still need to find more savings.
“Fifty kids in a physics class. No sports. That’s what we’re headed to,” said Ron Fuller, superintendent of the Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency."
"KALAMAZOO — School parents, brace yourself for larger class sizes — maybe even college-size lectures at the high school level.
Figure you’ll pick up much more of the tab for sports and other extracurricular activities, assuming they aren’t cut.
Small districts, the pressure to consolidate is going to be intense.
The reason: With state revenues in free fall, Michigan school districts could see their operating revenues drop 10 percent or more by fall 2010.
To put that reduction in perspective: A district could eliminate its athletic program and bus service and still need to find more savings.
“Fifty kids in a physics class. No sports. That’s what we’re headed to,” said Ron Fuller, superintendent of the Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency."