Edgewood ISD is set to host three community Rethink & Redesign meetings to discuss possible changes due to dropping student enrollment numbers.
will host the first of three community meetings on Thursday to discuss the issues it faces with dropping student enrollment.Texas Tribune public education reporter Brian Lopez says “right-sizing” is something inner-city urban school districts in north Texas are also considering. He says factors like competition by charter schools, homeschooling, declining birthrates and the housing market are common denominators.
Lopez said school leaders have to be open and transparent about the hard decisions needed to save the district. “You’re never going to get a community to get behind you necessarily, right? You know, there might be people that understand, but that doesn’t take away from the anger they might feel or those emotions that their community school might be getting shut down,” Lopez said.Meanwhile, there’s been a student population growth in some rural communities as the population shifts.The community meetings for Edgewood ISD are from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on the following dates:Oct.
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