Being different is not the same thing as being dangerous. A task force had been working on a larger diversity curriculum since December, but the Littleton shooting prompted school officials to move forward with the guidelines. Kids are cruel. If we don't establish boundaries now and there are fewer boundaries being established at home, we don't have a ghost of a chance. Kane hopes the new zero-tolerance guidelines in Corpus Christi will help avoid such cruelty between student cliques.
Educators say students also benefit from the personal attention afforded by smaller high schools.
School officials are discussing techniques for breaking into smaller units. Houston noted that he has seen some resistance to building smaller high schools from community members worried that such a move would diminish athletic opportunities for students. Rachel Smolkin covers education for Scripps Howard News Service .