Education News – Grace Smith
“School districts in South Florida are large, mostly county-wide areas, but they could soon become smaller city and suburban districts if a legislative proposal passes…Florida has five of the country’s 12 largest school districts. But parents have been concerned that the broad divisions have allowed schools to fail or remain in a state of disrepair, or that some children are zoned to attend schools outside their home city. Scott Travis of the Sun Sentinel quoted Jack Scott, an associate professor of education at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton: “The size of our school districts is way larger than they need to be, and there’s a real heavy emphasis on bureaucracy. I think smaller school districts are often much more responsive to people in the area.”…The proposal is not without its critics…There could be problems with the smaller districts idea, including increased costs…”(more)