momto4kiddos
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Post by momto4kiddos on Aug 14, 2014 19:08:57 GMT
Private high school takes in their sister middle school (to cut expenses for middle school specifically.) Now some high school classes will be in a different building 5 minutes down the road.
On the one hand I feel like a helicopter parent, on the other I feel like schools have tightened security for a reason and this just seems to go against all that?
So the building is 5 minutes down the road. No idea how they will travel, on foot likely, but winters are rough here so that seems like it will be an issue. Some kids have cars, but that seems like it could open all all kinds of issues. Then the security issues. School is secure, how secure is the building? They currently post adults outside at dismissal times to make sure all goes smoothly...yet they'll likely have kids walking to/from at regular times of day (not sure how supervised.)
I don't hand hold my high schooler, but I just feel like they're opening up a whole lot of I don't know with this arrangement (and honestly i'm a bit peeved that the high school kids are the ones using this space instead of containing a grade of middle school there.) Not sure the reasons for it, wanted some feedback before I start asking questions....
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rosered
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Post by rosered on Aug 14, 2014 19:13:17 GMT
When I was in high school, the class was so big that Fresh/Soph was at one building; Jr/Sr in a building about 2 miles up the road. The kid will be going to that school in a year or two anyway, so I don't see a big deal.
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scorpeao
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Post by scorpeao on Aug 14, 2014 19:15:20 GMT
Is it just classes or grades that will be 5 mins away? If it's classes how are the students to get to/from class in the alloted amount of time? If it's grades it's no different than going from elementary to Jr high to high school.
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momto4kiddos
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Post by momto4kiddos on Aug 14, 2014 19:24:43 GMT
Is it just classes or grades that will be 5 mins away? If it's classes how are the students to get to/from class in the alloted amount of time? If it's grades it's no different than going from elementary to Jr high to high school. Classes only! As in they ran out of classrooms and put a couple in another building. |
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Post by brina on Aug 14, 2014 19:25:26 GMT
I would not think twice about my high school student leaving the building and walking 5 minutes to another building for a class. As long as they factor in enough passing time I don't see the big deal.
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scorpeao
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Post by scorpeao on Aug 14, 2014 19:26:05 GMT
So, are they giving them extra time to get to/from class? I guess the kids will learn how to walk briskly? It's good training for college.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2014 19:27:47 GMT
What is going on between the buildings? To me it seems more like a college prep step since college students change buildings and walk 5-15 minutes between classes all the time.
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Aug 14, 2014 19:31:56 GMT
As long as they allot time to get between buildings, and it is not a dangerous walk (adequate pavement), I would be okay with it.
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loco coco
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Post by loco coco on Aug 14, 2014 19:36:23 GMT
They will be having class in 1 building and then walking 5 minutes away for another class? i would think cutting class is going to be happening a lot more.
we were not allowed to leave campus, not even for lunch.
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Post by kmk1112 on Aug 14, 2014 19:40:54 GMT
a 5 minute walk probably wouldn't bother me, but a 5 minute drive would, unless the school had a shuttle bus. My dd goes to a huge school and it's about a 5 minute walk within the building between classes. I can see where there would be a safety concern though, any time they're leaving the building. Our kids used to be able to short cut across the courtyards at class change but those doors are locked during the school day now, so they can't.
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JustTricia
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Post by JustTricia on Aug 14, 2014 19:47:20 GMT
I can understand the safety factor. So many schools are on lockdown, only allowing people to be buzzed in; is that the case with this school? If so, how will they justify "we won't let you in without checking your ID, but we'll turn your kids loose to travel to a different location ~ hope nothing happens to them"? If they don't screen visitors, I don't see as big of an issue.
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georgiapea
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Post by georgiapea on Aug 14, 2014 20:27:22 GMT
Seems like bringing in portable buildings would be a better solution. Is a 5 minute walk about a block? That's not far if that's what the distance is.
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Peal
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Post by Peal on Aug 14, 2014 20:41:07 GMT
I don't think it would bother me. I would need to see all the specifics, but on the surface I'm okay with it.
My DS attends a STEM Academy attached to his High School. Students can begin the STEM track in the 6th grade and anyone in the district admitted to the program goes to the middle school down the street from the high school. In 8th grade they have a class or two on the high school campus. It's maybe a mile away, but those kids are bussed to and from the schools.
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Post by monklady123 on Aug 14, 2014 20:54:50 GMT
Our high schools allow juniors and seniors to go off campus for lunch so hordes of them walk down to the main business area where there are places to get something to eat. That's more than five minutes. So it wouldn't bother me if they had to go to a class in another building, as long as they were given extra time to get there. The school is locked during the day and you have to get buzzed in, but to me that's a different thing than walking freely down the street.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2014 20:59:22 GMT
I might have a problem with my student leaving the campus every day for a class down the road. I definitely wouldn't want her to ride with other students to get there.
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Post by maryland on Aug 14, 2014 21:02:37 GMT
I wouldn't like the idea, as it seems like it could be inconvenient. Would it make the school day longer because they have to allow more time for the walk. My girls wouldn't like that at all!
I have no problem with my kids walking as long it's a campus setting and they aren't walking on the side of the road (and at risk of being hit by a car - with so many texting/talking on the phone when driving, I don't think it's safe for people - adults or kids - to walk on the shoulder). My girls have always walked to the local mini mart and to the community park, etc. But there are sidewalks and they aren't walking on the shoulder of the road. The cold winter could be a pain. My kids have to switch buildings between classes sometimes, but they are on the same campus.
In our area, the kids are only allowed to have one child not related in the car, so driving lots of kids would not be allowed. Maybe it's different in other states.
I guess it's good practice for all the walking they will do in college.
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NoWomanNoCry
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Post by NoWomanNoCry on Aug 14, 2014 21:09:06 GMT
I don't see it as a huge deal...I had classes 10mins away from my HS for the last 2yrs of HS daily. I did drive and the people who didnt drive and had this class always got rides off us who did drive.
When I would finish up the day at the HS itself if I was late to class after driving my teachers always understood because they knew some of us had clinical class that morning.
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Post by moveablefeast on Aug 14, 2014 21:16:20 GMT
I am picturing a 5 minute walk from our high school - yes, it would be okay with me. They can dress for the weather.
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Post by peasful1 on Aug 14, 2014 21:20:57 GMT
If I were the administrators, it would only be the high level senior level classes in the 2nd building. But really, I don't see a big deal. My kids' high school offers a class for LDS kids and they leave the campus and walk over to the LDS church up the street and then walk back to the school campus.
Really, if a high schooler can not manage a 5 minute walk from one building to another, how on earth will they manage university?
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Post by picotjo on Aug 14, 2014 21:26:56 GMT
If the students have to walk 5 minutes to a building on the same campus that wouldn't bother me. If however, the OP literally means that the students have to walk down a real road with traffic than I would not be alright with it.
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Post by jojam on Aug 14, 2014 21:28:59 GMT
I don't see a problem with it. Many, many high schools have more than one building and students travel from building to building for class. Our town is moving toward this right now. We currently have 2 buildings for high school, and soon will have a third for fine arts. Students have to walk outside in ALL kinds of weather. Heat/snow/rain/freezing rain/etc.
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SabrinaP
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Post by SabrinaP on Aug 14, 2014 21:33:43 GMT
It's a 5 minute walk from one end of our school to the other end, so I don't see a problem. Students need to dress appropriately and have rain gear. I learned that very quickly in college!
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Post by anonrefugee on Aug 14, 2014 21:47:49 GMT
It depends on situation. It can take five minutes to walk from bldg to bldg on our HS campus, and some kids leave (bus or car) to go to other campuses with different course offerings.
But a separate, random building a few blocks away might cause concern, depending on what is between.
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