Separate but Equal?

"Montgomery Public Schools officials will host another public hearing on Wednesday, June 15,2011 to gather community input about potential changes in the alternative education program in the area.

According to the Montgomery Advertiser, the public hearing will center around the discussion of moving the two secondary education programs into the old Hayneville elementary building. The school closed down in May as part of a system-wide plan to close and consolidate several area schools.

The second issue to be discussed is the proposal to divide the Fews elementary secondary education program in three different hubs within the city, says the report.(Friday, June 10, 2011, 2:21 PM Updated: Friday,June 0, 2011,2:22 PMKneidinger, al.com" width="40" height="40"> By Christine Kneidinger, al.com)."

This Public hearing will center around the discussion of moving the alternative school-PACE into the old Hayneville Road Elementary Building. Again another waste of time and ridiculous recommendation from our Superintendent and Board Members. This is a waste of time because why now is Hayneville Road Elementary "fit" "cost effective" "a conducive learning environment" for Alternative Education and couldn't stay open for the children who live in the community? How much savings will this be for the system? If they are going to bring the Alternative School Program over why not just keep this school opened for those who live in the community and use the space that is not being used for the Alternative Program. How students many are in the Alternative Program at PACE and at any given time the numbers change because some of the students placed in the program do not have yearly punishments usually called expulsion. According to the DeJong Report pg. 40 Hayneville Road Elementary is under capacity by 236 students. Pg.41 of the report says "Hayneville Road Elementary and MacMillan International Academy are in need of major renovation and replacement. Approximate cost to replace = $4.9 million. Therefore it is again my opinion that if Hayneville Road Elementary is in need of major renovation so much so that the school was voted in a 6-1 decision to close how much of that $4.9 million dollar major renovation will be completed by Monday, August 22,2011 THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL?! There are so many questions that are not answered and while the Superintendent figures out and plays with her different notions it is ultimately putting the children of Montgomery County further and further behind.

al.com