tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8895200797299787815.post-45826436690201295822007-09-11T18:57:00.000-05:002007-09-11T18:57:00.000-05:00Anonymous 7:04pm said "It is NOT a self sustaining program no matter how you sugar coat it for your loyal followers."<BR/><BR/>Since you know SAGE is not self sustaining, could you provide us with the amount the district spent last year on SAGE?<BR/><BR/>I don't know what you mean by "district is taking on a significant expense in the addition of classrooms, retention of staff, and additional busing to get the correct numbers that they need to have SAGE on one side of town."<BR/><BR/>Under the current proposal there will be SAGE at Jefferson... just so happens, the majority of low income families in Oshkosh live on the North side so with boundary changes there will be more SAGE schools on the North side than the South/West side. <BR/><BR/>As far as "if the district "picks and chooses" the students from certain areas, that can be viewed as discrimination and could be prosecuted by parents that are excluded from these wonderful programs." <BR/><BR/>The district has to pick students from "some area" to change boundaries, something that the distirct has every right to do under state law. Good luck suing over boundary changes. The federal government has Title I which provides additional dollars to schools with high numbers/percentage of students on Free/reduced lunch to provide additional reading services... are you going to sue over that too? As I said, good luck with that. Even the Feds. acknowledge that poverty requires additonal resources in schools.Teresa Thielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01097990067216672469noreply@blogger.com