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Small high schools plan improvements, but produce little savings
- 05-26-2010
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Blog by Emily Alpert/Voice of San Diego
After San Diego Unified pressed the small high schools on the San Diego High and Crawford High campuses to find ways to save money and fix an admittedly choppy academic record, the schools pulled together and developed plans to help more students succeed and share teachers' expertise. But the plans don't save much money, which would leave a gap in the planned budget for next school year unless the small schools can improve student attendance to make up the funds. Bill Kowba, the interim superintendent, said improving the small schools, not the bottom line, is their focus. The plans were discussed at a school board workshop today. "We're not dictating them to get $300,000," Kowba said, referring to the initial amount that the schools-within-a-school were expected to cut. "It was a starting point." The schools-within-a-school were created in 2003 by dividing up large high schools into smaller, themed schools on the same campus.
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