Small elementary schools have better learning results than large elementary schools. Long bus rides for elementary students mean time wasted. Local elementary schools encourage parent participation and “ownership.” Local elementary schools often serve as community centers.
In spite of this, the Lehighton School Board voted to close down three local elementary schools and consolidate all the elementary students in Franklin, Parryville, Mahoning, East Penn, Weissport, and Lehighton into one large elementary school. When a school board member who was an opponent of this policy unexpectedly died, his replacement was a supporter of the consolidation policy who had been defeated.
In three weeks the Lehighton Area School District will hold an election for the board. Far fewer than half of the eligible voters will bother to go to the polls. Fewer than half of the Trump supporters in that district who brayed about “Making America Great Again” will bother to go to their polling place and cast a vote. A large percentage of the people who do vote will not know the candidates.
It does get discouraging.
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