FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
RELATING TO LINCOLN SUDBURY REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
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1.
Why don’t LS teachers teach more sessions (5 not 4)?
2. Why are there so many choices for electives when we could be teaching more curriculum-based subjects?
Isn’t the breadth of the curriculum overly expensive in a tough economic climate?
3. Wouldn’t it save money to have electives with bigger class sizes?
4. Why not cut a language? Wouldn’t this save money?
5. Last year, the School Committee and Superintendent threatened us with cuts if we didn’t pass an override, but the cuts never happened.
6. What has been done to trim the budget already? What cuts were made last year?
7. Why were sports saved at L-S instead of other more academic subjects/teachers?
8. Why do we have Housemasters?
9. How does Lincoln-Sudbury compare to other similar districts, in terms of overall cost, including per pupil expenditure and teacher compensation?
10. How do the pensions work?
11. How does Collective Bargaining work?
12. Why cut classroom teachers when you can cut maintenance, secretaries, administrators, and custodians?
13. What is No Child Left Behind and why is it a problem for our budget?
14. Why doesn't LS charge a bus fee like SPS?
15. Why are L-S students given unsupervised free time and are allowed leave campus?
16. Why are the lights at the high school on all the time?
Last Update: Thursday, March 19, 2009 1:02 PM