To The Editor:
I cannot understand why our district is not going to reconfigure the four K-5 schools in our district. Was the consultant hired just to support the wishes of the Administration and School Board? Did the consultant have access to minutes and letters when the district was determining how to handle its K to 5 students?
After many meetings discussions, and letters our district residents supported four K-5 neighborhood schools whose student population would never exceed 700 students. Currently three of four of our K-5 schools exceed their designed capacity. Only Unionville Elementary School is operation under its designed capacity, significantly under its design capacity.
Our district should be redistricting now to create more equal student density at each school. With proper redistricting each of the four K- 5 schools would operate at around 900/o of their individual design capacity. UES would see a large increase of about 170 students. The other three K-5 schools would experience minor drops in student populations.
Bruce B. Yelton,
Pocopson
