The student is required to attend with a parent or guardian. Contact Helen Devaney at 365-5197 for further details. These 2 -hour workshops are offered on a variety of dates and days of the week. The Columbus site is East HS, but interested individuals may attend any of the other sites available. For more information and other site locations, you should contact the Educational Council at 292-8707.
School choice refers to providing vouchers for parents to attend non-public schools.
This year, the support has dropped to 45 percent while the opposition now totals 52 percent. For all the negative talk about public schools, most parents are still happy with public education. The U.S. Department of Education reports that fewer students are being expelled for bringing guns to school. Three years ago 5,700 students were caught with a gun. Last year, that number had dropped to 3,500.