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Pupil Rolls Drop At Schools (SoCal...guess why?)
The Whittier Daily News ^ | September 5, 2006 | Pam Wright, Staff Writer

Posted on 09/05/2006 7:07:49 AM PDT by truthkeeper

Pupil Rolls Drop At Schools
Officials fault rise in housing prices

WHITTIER - The surge in Southland housing prices has been cited as an important factor in an exodus of families from the Whittier area, causing a steep decline in K-12 enrollment in almost all local school districts.

The loss of students translates into big money, with the South Whittier School District losing more than a half million dollars in revenue during 2005-06 school year 2005-06 because of a 12 percent enrollment drop.

District officials project a loss of at least $1 million for 2006-07, said David Morton, the district's chief business officer.

"Declining enrollment has drastic effects," Morton said. "Average daily attendance makes a huge difference. In addressing it, you can't bring costs down as fast as you're losing revenue."

Whittier City Unified School District lost about 400 students in the past year, prompting Superintendent Carmella Franco to start tracking where families were moving to.

She found that nearly a quarter of those had moved out of state - even out of the country - the top three destinations being Arizona, Texas and Mexico.

"I was very interested to find out where they were going," Franco said. "So I asked my staff to build a record from transcript requests. Nearly 50 percent of California districts are experiencing declining enrollment. Meanwhile, the Inland Empire is growing like crazy. "They're getting the funds that we should be getting," she added.

(Excerpt) Read more at whittierdailynews.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: housingcosts; immigration; overcrowding; realestate; schools
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To: xarmydog
Not so much of that going on in Whittier. (Still an old Quaker town.) I probably should have mentioned that the districts in the article, South and Whittier City, appear to be about 90% Hispanic (and probably mostly illegal in the South). We're in East Whittier, which is about 50-60% Hispanic (within the schools, I mean).

At least they haven't stuck my grandson in some bilingual class...yet...

21 posted on 09/05/2006 8:35:50 AM PDT by truthkeeper (It's the borders, stupid.)
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To: K4Harty

Welcome to TX!


22 posted on 09/05/2006 8:37:17 AM PDT by mathluv (Never Forget!)
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To: truthkeeper

And just what do they do with these funds? Certainly not educate the children.


23 posted on 09/05/2006 8:38:11 AM PDT by freekitty
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To: mathluv
Thank you. The deprogramming starts on Monday...

:o)

24 posted on 09/05/2006 8:41:39 AM PDT by IllumiNaughtyByNature (My Pug is On Her War Footing (and moving to Texas!))
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To: ClearCase_guy
I grabbed the wrong quote!

...the term "Inland Empire" seems to have frightening connotations.

Inland Empire has been used for a very long time.

26 posted on 09/05/2006 8:44:31 AM PDT by TankerKC (Step Back! Doors Closing.)
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To: truthkeeper

Whittier has a huge Hispanic population, largely illegal. So, all those rental properties are turning into newly gentrified neighborhoods. Sounds like a positive thing to me.


27 posted on 09/05/2006 8:47:09 AM PDT by Eva
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Uhhhh, did that go with this thread?


28 posted on 09/05/2006 8:49:20 AM PDT by null and void (Islamic communities belong in Islamic countries.- Eric in the Ozarks)
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To: TankerKC

Ah. Which thread did the quote come from? Looks like it might be interesting...


29 posted on 09/05/2006 8:50:28 AM PDT by null and void (Islamic communities belong in Islamic countries.- Eric in the Ozarks)
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To: Gorjus

I would bet you dollars to donuts these drops are really coming as a result of closer scrutiny of the student rolls by the state IG. 12% in a year is hugh!


30 posted on 09/05/2006 8:50:51 AM PDT by gridlock (The 'Pubbies will pick up at least TWO seats in the Senate and FOUR seats in the House in 2006)
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To: truthkeeper

Californians poison the political environment wherever they go. All across the West are areas where people are sick and tired of Californians taking over everything and re-making all of the CFs that caused them to leave California in the first place.


31 posted on 09/05/2006 8:52:13 AM PDT by gridlock (The 'Pubbies will pick up at least TWO seats in the Senate and FOUR seats in the House in 2006)
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To: gridlock
Yeah. That's why when I leave I'm getting a tee shirt that says

"Redneck in training - please be patient"

32 posted on 09/05/2006 8:54:38 AM PDT by null and void (Islamic communities belong in Islamic countries.- Eric in the Ozarks)
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To: Moonman62

The same thing is happening in parts of our district in San Jose also. The older part near downtown has declining enrollment, but the southern more suburban area has increasing enrollment. The district has declining enrollment overall.

The district decided to close several schools last year. You would think they would close them in the northern part of the district. But they didn't. They closed my kids' school in the southern part of the district.

It wouldn't have been good for the poor northern schools to have been closed, even if they have horrible test scores. Closing those schools would have impacted the neighborhood too much.

So they closed a school with great test scores in an an area with increasing enrollment.

We're in private this year, and we love it. It is full of sensible people running it.


33 posted on 09/05/2006 8:59:40 AM PDT by luckystarmom
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To: Night Hides Not
Every student in my 6th grade class was reading at 11th grade level or higher.

They would still be very comfortable there now, the 11th grade is reading at a 6th grade level.

34 posted on 09/05/2006 9:24:41 AM PDT by Mind-numbed Robot (Not all that needs to be done, needs to be done by the government.)
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To: null and void
Which thread did the quote come from? Looks like it might be interesting...

If it still existed...the mods got him quickly.

35 posted on 09/05/2006 9:52:28 AM PDT by TankerKC (Step Back! Doors Closing.)
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To: Eva
I hear you, but it's not happening just yet. So many of those rentals in the once-beautiful Uptown were the crummy garage conversions, big boxes, etc. The city finally cracked down a number of years ago, but we're still stuck with them.

Anyway, I guess I'm not going anywhere soon.

36 posted on 09/05/2006 10:00:53 AM PDT by truthkeeper (It's the borders, stupid.)
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To: ClearCase_guy
Perhaps I'm too sensitive, but with all the talk of "La Raza" and the "Reconquista agenda", as demographics shift in California, the term "Inland Empire" seems to have frightening connotations.

That,s one of the reasons Mrs. dearolddad decided to leave Southern CA about 10 years ago.

37 posted on 09/05/2006 10:04:34 AM PDT by dearolddad
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To: truthkeeper

"the top three destinations being Arizona, Texas and Mexico."

What that translates into is mostly illegals, since those going to Texas or Arizona are likely illegal as well.


38 posted on 09/05/2006 10:18:32 AM PDT by FastCoyote
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To: TankerKC

Dang.


39 posted on 09/05/2006 11:39:51 AM PDT by null and void (Islamic communities belong in Islamic countries.- Eric in the Ozarks)
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To: Tax-chick

Yeah - put up their feet and put a "Don not disturb" sign on the door. This attitude almost goes hand in hand when tenure is achieved.


40 posted on 09/05/2006 1:42:09 PM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God) .)
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