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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.
> [Winona Online Democracy]
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