09-27-2009, 07:52 AM
A couple of thoughts:
One of the big savings is to close the school buildings & grounds during the furlough days, but some communities have the park dist. programs in their school buildings.... so are these communities not going to have assistance while others do? Or are some school grounds going to be open while others are not....
Some of the school complexes will be limiting even more, and possibly eliminating field trips and other "non-instructional" days... perhaps community groups (and even some of the readers here on Punaweb that have the time to volunteer) can pick up the slack & volunteer at some of the many cultural organizations in our communities & volunteer to create programs... (the cost of developing, maintaining & providing these programs is normally not feasible for many of these organizations, but if there are enough willing to volunteer, and esp. those willing to assist in funding, I am sure there are many who would greatly benefit at this time.
ETA: To the call of $10 per student: in a school with 600 students, $10 would generate $6,000. 25-30 staff members (minimum) for the day plus the support staff to keep the facilities open.... the $10 figure doesn't look as reasonable, just bare bones, no meals, no supplies, very minimum utilies... $5-??? HOW???... most day cares charge much more that $10 per day because the base cost per child is more than $10 per day.
One of the big savings is to close the school buildings & grounds during the furlough days, but some communities have the park dist. programs in their school buildings.... so are these communities not going to have assistance while others do? Or are some school grounds going to be open while others are not....
Some of the school complexes will be limiting even more, and possibly eliminating field trips and other "non-instructional" days... perhaps community groups (and even some of the readers here on Punaweb that have the time to volunteer) can pick up the slack & volunteer at some of the many cultural organizations in our communities & volunteer to create programs... (the cost of developing, maintaining & providing these programs is normally not feasible for many of these organizations, but if there are enough willing to volunteer, and esp. those willing to assist in funding, I am sure there are many who would greatly benefit at this time.
ETA: To the call of $10 per student: in a school with 600 students, $10 would generate $6,000. 25-30 staff members (minimum) for the day plus the support staff to keep the facilities open.... the $10 figure doesn't look as reasonable, just bare bones, no meals, no supplies, very minimum utilies... $5-??? HOW???... most day cares charge much more that $10 per day because the base cost per child is more than $10 per day.