School Boards (3)

Elaborate 3

1. In order to endorse the establishment of the Escalante charter school, I would need to know much more about the people who would be running and establishing it. Some of the paperwork recognized in the school board meeting is vague in stating its goals, and I have heard much over the past year or two about the workings of charter schools. There are many that are poorly/fraudulently run, and even some that have been shut down mid school year, leaving students without a school and in need of enrolling somewhere to continue their education. With the information presented, I feel that I cannot support the establishment of the prospective charter school.

2. School boards can often be resistant to change. The amount of paperwork and involvement in implementing change are certainly a deterrant to this -- after all, it is much easier to maintain what is currently in place than it is to make changes. Due to the uncertainty in many of these decisions, they often (sometimes quite reasonably) opt to maintain the stability of what is, rather than implement changes that they are uncertain about.


Notes on Evaluate:
I did not definitively know much of the vocabulary, but was able to figure out what was what with only one wrong answer based on reasoning and vocabulary techniques. As far as the school governing quiz went, that was about 50/50, so it seems there is much for me to look into, though the things that I got correct were things that I feel it would be in everyone's best interests to change (the cultural and financial composition of the school board, for example).