Lisa Freeman/tidbits

==Voters guide in spring, 2011==
Title 1 - Most people don’t have a full
understanding of what Title 1 schools are.
The funding formula used for Title 1
schools is not equitable and further
restricts schools that have varying needs.
Unfortunately almost all schools in the
District are Title 1. It’s a problem that
reaches higher than the School District
but a very important issue that needs
strong attention. An issue that correlates
to pittsburgh’s increasing high school drop
-out rate.
The increasing high school drop-out
rate. Honestly, I don’t know how to
reverse this trend. It goes back to my
statement of “shared responsibility”. I
can only say that it will take the “village
to raise a child”. All minds have to be
open and at the table to tackle this
problem.
I apologize for not sugar coating this
answer. The reality is that jobs will be
lost and cost savings have to be found.
Cutting early education funding is
something I would not consider.
Funding preschool education as a
preventive measure far outweighs the
high cost of funding special education
classrooms. Instead I would sell-off
district’s assets such as the high-cost
administration building in Oakland and
relocate offices to one of the district’s
low enrollment schools.