>The reduction of 608 teachers for next fall reflects an anticipated enrollment decline of > 4,600 students from Fall 2003 to Fall 2004.
4600 divided by 608 = 7.57 If there is going to be 4600 less students, at 25 students per teacher, 184 less teachers would be needed. Maybe Doug Mann has a point. Maybe the distict is laying off more teachers than necessary. Dan McGuire Ericsson REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
