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    Time for County-wide School Districts? | 19 comments (19 topical, 0 hidden)
    An Interesting Idea, But... (none / 0) (#14)
    by kenmatesevac on Thu Jun 04, 2009 at 11:31:59 AM EST
    ...as an educator myself, I think that the cost benefits of consolidation would be immediately eliminated by the "necessary" increases in administration.  Even a district the size of Kalamazoo, where I work, is bulky, cumbersome, and frequently inefficient at the administrative level.

    I also spent some time down South, where I did my student teaching and taught for six years.  County-wide school districts are common there (if I remember right, the entire state of SC has only 25 school disricts).  Their per-pupil spending isn't substantially different than other similar states.  

    Educationally, I don't think it will make much positive difference at all.  The parents and teachers of the students have the biggest impact, which, if anything, argues for smaller district sizes.

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