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As the Kansas Legislature chews on plans to make more drastic cuts to an education budget that K-12 schools claim is already cutting into the bone, small rural districts grapple with a particularly complex set of issues.
In addition to facing the same questions concerning staff layoffs, increased class size and a decrease in service, small districts are inevitably forced to come to terms with the issue of consolidation.
Consolidation remains a sensitive topic for the many rural Kansas districts in which schools and churches play a central, if not singular, role in community life. That some consolidations are inevitable is clear; yet, because the small districts in our region are well-accustomed to the exigencies of survival, consolidation is by no means a given for many.
In fact, rural schools are already experts at cooperation and have been sharing their resources for years now.
For the full story, go to dodgecitydailyglobe.ks.newsmemory.com.
As the Kansas Legislature chews on plans to make more drastic cuts to an education budget that K-12 schools claim is already cutting into the bone, small rural districts grapple with a particularly complex set of issues.
In addition to facing the same questions concerning staff layoffs, increased class size and a decrease in service, small districts are inevitably forced to come to terms with the issue of consolidation.
Consolidation remains a sensitive topic for the many rural Kansas districts in which schools and churches play a central, if not singular, role in community life. That some consolidations are inevitable is clear; yet, because the small districts in our region are well-accustomed to the exigencies of survival, consolidation is by no means a given for many.
In fact, rural schools are already experts at cooperation and have been sharing their resources for years now.
For the full story, go to dodgecitydailyglobe.ks.newsmemory.com.
