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I know that some of the kids that attend the ALC are not from the Winona District. How many are from out of the district? If we took less of these students would the numbers come down to be more manageable at the ALC?
Has the criteria changed for a student to be able to attend the ALC? Has it gotten easier to be placed at the ALC? Are there more kids being placed at the ALC to drive the numbers up to force the construction of a new building? What is the draw for students to attend the ALC? Classes easier? I know that some kids at the ALC do attend classes at the high school. Would placing the ALC near the VoTech cause a busing issue if some kids wanted to take band, choir, or a shop class at the high school?
Lot of questions that I haven't seen answered on this subject to warrant a $2 million dollar building.
If there were to be a new building built it would be nice to see some of the kids that have no interest in high school and will never attend college be given the opportunity to attend classes at the VoTech. They would learn a trade while at the ALC earning their high school diploma. This might keep some of these kids in school and learning a trade at the same time. Then upon graduation they would be ready for the work force and not on welfare or in jail.
Chris
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Date: 01/23/06 13:17:40
Subject: FW: [Winona] alc
[Winona Online Democracy]
In 1964 when most buildings were full the Minnesota births in 1959 were
88,333 yet in 2004 down to 70,614 with the low hitting in 1973 at 53,783.
While not the educational issue that Chris may be after the Statistical Data
shows that in Minnesota in 1990, the age that may match the population of
the ALC, was continuing to decline from 67,986 births to 63,259 in 1995.
The Minnesota birth rate in 1990 was 15.5 dropping to 13.4 in 2001. Winona's
in 2004 was down to 11.2 percent. The Minnesota percentage of those giving
birth but not married went from 20.9 in 1990 (Current 15-16 year olds) to
25.8 in 2001 (Our current 5 year olds). Could failing relationships of kids
with their parents contribute to the increased ALC population? Is the ALC
caught with the parenting roll? Is the ALC growth the result of the
breakdown of the functional family? Should the ALC be run by Social
Services rather than the schools?
Paul Double
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 10:22 AM
To: Chris Nelson
"Why has the population of the ALC grown when the population of school age
children has decreased? "
I think this is the most important question in Education today and that an
honest discussion about this topic and similar issues across the grades may
be the key to real education reform.
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