It's partly our responsibility, too. It's not all on you. Enrollment at Douglass has waned. Only six kindergarten students registered for next year, compared with more than 60 for traditional schooling, where students go to class nine months a year. About five miles across town, Central Elementary struggles to find space in its year-round program.
Several grades have waiting lists for next year.
Parents argued Monday that year-round enrollment has declined at Douglass because it is poorly promoted, and even discouraged there. And recent surveys were confusing and may have forced parents to choose traditional over year-round, said Suzannah Foster, whose son is in kindergarten. None of it asked me if I wanted to keep him in year round in his class. Not all parents were worried about year-round schooling, though. Some asked what would happen to traditional classes at the school.