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msanthrope

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27. Small class sizes are great, but you also have to look at the physical infrastructure...

Reply to Chisox08 (Reply #24)

Wed May 29, 2013, 02:49 PM

May 2013

It costs money to run buildings. So, if you have a 1,000-seat capacity school running at 500, you still have to repair, heat, and maintain that building and grounds. It's more cost efficient to combine physical spaces.

As for moving kids across gang lines, I think the time has come for the parents, teacher's union, and CPS to hold the CPD accountable--the gangs should not dictate where kids go to school. Something is seriously off when a city government is supposed to make educational policy around a criminal gang.

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Isn't small class sizes a good thing? Chisox08 May 2013 #24

Don't know that class sizes are affected that greatly frazzled May 2013 #25

Small class sizes are great, but you also have to look at the physical infrastructure... msanthrope May 2013 #27

Instead of dumping a hundred million dollars into a stadium Chisox08 May 2013 #28