DPI's Choice Rationing Plan
Because legislation has not yet been drafted, voted on and signed, the Department of Public Instruction has finalized its rationing plan for the Milwaukee Public School Choice Program.
JSOnline's Daywatch reports:
DPI said that, as of now, it would allow each of the schools planning to have voucher students in the fall to take in 47.13% of the number of voucher students each said it had room for as of Feb. 1.
The impact varies widely from school to school, but among the best known school on the list: Messmer Catholic Schools would go from 761 voucher students this year to 470 next year, Holy Redeemer Christian Academy from 307 to 148, St. Marcus Lutheran School from 223 to 134, St. Anthony Catholic School from 795 to 609, Pius XI High School from 217 to 141, and Believers in Christ Academy from 219 to 130.
The school where Doyle and Gard announced their agreement, CEO Leadership Academy, would go from 123 to 71.On the other hand, 40 individuals or organizations that applied to join the voucher program for next year and do not currently have any voucher students were assigned seats on the same basis as existing schools, including some that have applied in previous years but did not actually open.
For example, Greater House of Joy Academy of Excellence was assigned 132 students and Elijah's Brook God's Nation Children School was assigned 97.
Outrageous.
Even more evidence of the need to pass the compromise legislation.
3 Comments:
Where's your report on all the schools that applied for more choice seats than they can really offer based on available classroom space, fire code regulations, and other such obstacles?
All of this could have been avoided if Howard Fuller, George Mitchell, and John Gard had taken the deal that Doyle offered last year. But then the Mitchells wouldn't have made $100K+ per year with their manufactured "crisis"...
Anonymous, there was also the 2004 deal that Doyle offered.
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