tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post2724541871955417440..comments2024-03-28T16:54:44.319-07:00Comments on The Emeryville Tattler: Will New Emeryville Families Choose The New Public School?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-68262016743134097292011-06-22T15:38:00.513-07:002011-06-22T15:38:00.513-07:00To the above reader-
Esquela Bilingue Internaciona...To the above reader-<br />Esquela Bilingue Internacional (EBI) has indicated that some students will receive some financial aid. Your comment gives the impression that any child attending the public school and wanting to take a class at EBI or those at EBI full time will be able to do so by dint of the financial aid program there. This is clearly not the case.<br /><br />Regarding how many students EBI will lure away from the public school; your guess that it will be insignificant is speculation. Unfortunately, the public school district's task of attracting new Emeryville students is so great that any force countering that task will be harmful, at least by degree. How much is hard to quantify. <br /><br />I don't share your confidence that the school board would not have supported the new private school if it had possibility to harm the public schools. There are many forces acting upon politicians and politics being such that they are, sometimes bad public policy flows from overly politicized governing bodies like we have here in Emeryville.Brian Donahuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12705682112476904502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-88511140803789588732011-06-22T14:19:30.377-07:002011-06-22T14:19:30.377-07:00It's ironic that I was just discussing this to...It's ironic that I was just discussing this topic with my colleague over lunch when I returned and read your post. We were both empathizing that it is really difficult to make K-12 educational decisions in this area. Those who have the ability to make choices do so (and who can blame them?) and those who cannot are stuck in underperforming schools and the situation perpetuates itself. It is a structural problem in our area/state that is much more complicated than any individual choice. <br /><br />I doubt that EBI's new location in Emeryville will lure significantly more students from Emeryville. If the school thought they would lose many existing students in the move they wouldn't do it, so I doubt they think they will gain many students from the move. I don’t think proximity is a huge factor for parents making decisions about schools. EBI's location 5 blocks from my house versus on Alcatraz would not factor into my decision to send my child there. There are many private schools in this area and I think I think if parents are looking for one they mostly choose based on quality and the needs of their child and much less on location. <br /><br />It should also be noted that EBI grants financial aid to those who cannot afford the tuition.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-17271128500919370072011-06-22T12:59:13.137-07:002011-06-22T12:59:13.137-07:00To the above reader-
We appreciate the kinds words...To the above reader-<br />We appreciate the kinds words but it should be noted that the Tattler is not the only Emeryville blog "tackling important issues" as you say. The Secret News has also tasked itself with informing Emeryville residents about these kinds of issues. Please click on the Secret News hyperlink under our masthead.Brian Donahuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12705682112476904502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-36220220114563897792011-06-22T12:26:08.113-07:002011-06-22T12:26:08.113-07:00I have been reading this blog for several months n...I have been reading this blog for several months now and I must say you do a good job tackling important issues that are not being talked about anywhere else. Despite a recurring glut of naysayer critics, the Tattler is doing a fine job raising important issues. Please keep on with your little blog regardless of those who want to shut you down.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-81575731832317522412011-06-22T11:56:00.656-07:002011-06-22T11:56:00.656-07:00The need for an adequate number of students in the...The need for an adequate number of students in the new school is also a reason the School Board should continue last year's practice of having four Kindergarten classes instead of three, which would slowly expand the size of the student body over the next several years. <br /><br />However, they have abandoned this approach and returned to three classes for the fall, and apparently even plan to redistribute one classroom of Kindergarteners into just three 1st grade classrooms (despite the general policy of "looping" where each class has the same teacher two years in a row).<br /><br />The new plan is apparently to hope that an attractive new building will bring in the enrollment. This is a dangerous gambit. Once a child starts in one school there is ENORMOUS inertia to keep them in the same school, with their same friends, etc. No matter how nice the new facilities may be, buildings alone do not build a community.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-49914225487476737032011-06-22T11:48:50.211-07:002011-06-22T11:48:50.211-07:00http://www.contracostatimes.com/top-stories/ci_182...http://www.contracostatimes.com/top-stories/ci_18208152?nclick_check=1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com