Highland HS Candidate Forum held Monday night
A forum hosted by the Highland High School PTA was held Monday, October 19th. About 65 people were in attendance and the discussion focused to a great extent on the PTA’s question of equitable Title I funding for schools. Currently Highland and Central High Schools are not eligible for Title I federal funds due to the School Board’s funding formula. The parent’s concerns centered on large class sizes (over 40 in many classes this year) and what having the Title I funding distributed to all high schools might do to alleviate that situation. I was surprised that no other candidate had taken the PTA up on their offer of a tour of the school prior to the forum, I visited Highland last week and saw the overcrowding first hand. Having 35-45 students in an IB science course which includes lab time is almost impossible for a teacher to deal with. Something needs to be done in this school year for these students and the incumbent board members responses were focused on making changes in the next couple of years.