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School's Out for Summer

or rather, for two weeks, until summer school starts.

The last day of grading! Sadly, that's all I could think about... getting those grades in. Summer school is so much easier. No real grading, just sitting around discussing. With only four to six kids, it's pretty easy to just sit around working until they get it to the best quality, rather than moving on.

Which leads into an interesting conversation I had this week. Apparently, there is a group of parents in area who want to start their own school. Since charter schools aren't allowed in WA state, it would have to be an expensive private school. My reaction was an economic one - this is a rather rural area and there are already two private schools (rather small ones). Where would the number of students needed to support a school come from? The cost of tuition would far out of reach for 95% of local residents. The reactions of others I've talked to where much more interesting. One suggested enrolling in one of the private schools and taking it over or moving it closer to what these parents want. I can't imagine either one would turn down parents with enough money to build their own schools. Other suggested moving to our district- which, of course, rocks much harder than the districts. I have to agree, but I don't anyone going to the extreme step of building their own school would be happy with that. Let's face it... this is not a district where students retake classes over the summer for higher grades or to get ahead. This is a district where "alot" is always one word and kids still think they'll just go work in the mills instead of graduate (even though there are no mills left). At least something interesting is always going on.

I find out on Monday if there will be actual summer school class. This year, despite our usual failure rate, fewer that four students signed up for the class. Sad.

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