03-29-2008, 05:12 AM
My issue was, and still is the idea that this is an alternative for public school students when no effort was made to recruit students in the public school. The only kids recruited were ones who were already going to MWS, or wanted to, but couldn't afford.
When I started selling the idea to local parents with kids in Puna schools, the school was suddenly *full*. It's not here to serve the community at large. It's here to serve a small faction of the community with DOE dollars. That's the enrollment question to ask. How many students left Puna public schools to become enriched by this wonderful new school?
When I started selling the idea to local parents with kids in Puna schools, the school was suddenly *full*. It's not here to serve the community at large. It's here to serve a small faction of the community with DOE dollars. That's the enrollment question to ask. How many students left Puna public schools to become enriched by this wonderful new school?