The Pros And Cons Of School Closures

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How does funding determine the best course of action for a student’s education? Despite the enrollment count, test scores, and economics, school closures can deter students from a sound education. Therefore, there should be more focus on educating students, and less focus on the intricacy of funding. When proposing to close an educational facility, the purpose should be prevalent, the involved parties should be concise in their stance, and the overall decision should be rational and innocuous to avoid any possibility of conflict. What is a conflict? Conflict is a one of the most common challenges, and is inevitable, whether the experiences are societal based or interpersonal. Conflict is a matter of differences between parties, some with …show more content…

The conflict that is prevalent in the school system in my city is that of school closures because of the lack of funding. Within the Shelby County school system, there has been an ongoing battle of the need to close schools. It was proposed to close ten schools by the Fall of the 2016-17 school year, however, the original intent was to wait until 2017-18 (Dries, 2016). The effective schools would consist of four county schools and six charter schools (Silver, 2016). The schools that have been recommended for closing are: Northside High School, Carver High School, Messick Career and Tech, Dunbar Elementary, Memphis Academy of Science and Engineering, KIPP Memphis Collegiate High School, KIPP Memphis Collegiate Middle School, Omni Prep Academy -North Point (Lower and Middle School), and Southern Ave Middle School (Pignolet, 2016). It was later decided that Dunbar Elementary would escape the wrath of this closure list for the 2016-17 school year, under the disguise that moving these students this year wouldn’t guarantee they wouldn’t have to change again next year (Pignolet,

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