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Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Who can transfer now?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
DeKalb Superintendent Crawford Lewis said the district can no longer afford to bus students who want to attend better schools under No Child Left Behind.
Instead the district will reimburse families for the mileage, a practice permitted under federal law and already used in Gwinnett County.
Lewis said rising gas prices and the large number of students who want transfers led to the change. About 2,300 children requested to switch schools.
DeKalb schools, the state’s third largest school district, typically has the most transfer requests. Gwinnett, the state’s largest system, received 189 requests last school year.
Why are DeKalb’s numbers higher? I expect it’s because parents knew their child could ride a bus to the new school. Many working parents don’t have the time to drive their child to and from a different campus.
Do you think the new rule will lead to fewer students changing schools? Does that undercut the law’s intention of helping students attend better performing schools?
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