School Consolidation - How do we offer quality education w/out overrides?

Published on 11/21/08 09:22AM by Admin Account

The following was taken from a Cape Cod Online editorial on November 13th:

"......Two factors are largely responsible, according to Ken Ardon, an assistant professor of economics at Salem State College.

First, the commonwealth's population is growing at less than one-fifth the rate of national population growth.

Second, the Bay State's residents are older than the national average, resulting in a relatively small number of students for our population size. Add to that the fact that Cape Cod has the highest population of people over 65 in all of New England and it's easy to see why the number of school-age children is declining."

What can we do besides school consolidation?

How do we still offer top-notch education without overrides?

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