Our schools are needed by the growing number of families and children who live here.
They are part of our community life.
They occupy cherished, historic buildings that are vital to our neighbourhood’s character.
They attract others to our city.
They are healthy for the environment and for our kids, who can walk and bike to school.
In study after study, smaller neighbourhood schools consistently score higher in academic achievement, graduation rates, parental involvement, extracurricular involvement, school safety, financial and administrative efficiency, teacher job satisfaction, and many other areas. This is why American school districts are now desperately trying to reverse merger and closure policies of previous decades.