tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186797.post115633776907589852..comments2023-12-29T05:24:43.830-06:00Comments on Kay Brooks: This isn't going awayKay Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06073075957511329333noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186797.post-1156369981935044232006-08-23T16:53:00.000-05:002006-08-23T16:53:00.000-05:00The downside, and I don't mean to defend it, is th...The downside, and I don't mean to defend it, is that it can cause a numbers shift. The argument a few years ago when the policy was changed was that once school started, it was disruptive to remove kids from the zone school- if enough transferred a school caould conceivably lose a position. I highly doubt it.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Yes, high school, magnets are staffed using the same formula that comprehensive high schools are, with the exception that magnets don't generally have special ed or voactional, which do have different staffing numbers as part of the agreement to accept federal dollars for these programs.<BR/><BR/>The two week window sounds wise, if the student is willing to accept that there may be some catch up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com