{"id":36765,"date":"2017-02-05T11:51:38","date_gmt":"2017-02-05T16:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brigantinenow.com\/?p=36765"},"modified":"2018-09-10T08:55:36","modified_gmt":"2018-09-10T12:55:36","slug":"2016-brigantine-schools-enrollment-grades-expenses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brigantinenow.com\/2016-brigantine-schools-enrollment-grades-expenses\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 Brigantine Schools: Enrollment & Grades Down, Expenses Up."},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_36766\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36766\" style=\"width: 666px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-36766\" src=\"https:\/\/brigantinenow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/2015-12-27_20-14-20-700x366-700x366.png\" alt=\"Brigantine Schools\" width=\"666\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brigantinenow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/2015-12-27_20-14-20-700x366.png 700w, https:\/\/brigantinenow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/2015-12-27_20-14-20-700x366-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/brigantinenow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/2015-12-27_20-14-20-700x366-20x10.png 20w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36766\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Declining Enrollment & Grades. Rising Costs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A recent letter was sent to the Brigantine Board of Education and School Superintendent. it came from the\u00a0Brigantine Taxpayers Association (BTA). Here are some of the bullet pointed contained within:<\/p>\n<p>Approx 1\/3 of each tax dollar goes toward the school district, one that has declining enrollment and rising expenses.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Declining Enrollment. 52 fewer students&#8230;year over year from 2015-16<\/li>\n<li>9% drop, pre-k through 8th grade<\/li>\n<li>Duplicated & rising administrative costs<\/li>\n<li>Need for consolidation of two schools.<\/li>\n<li>School Board & Superintendent continue to reject fiscally responsible proposals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>See: 11\/2016 Press of Atlantic City article by Paul D\u2019Amato. A graph shows Atlantic County school districts & administrative costs per student. The most expensive district is Brigantine&#8230;.Linwood is the second most expensive.<\/p>\n<h3>Brigantine\u2019s Test Scores. The 2016 PARCC test results are in. They are NOT good for Brigantine students or teachers.<\/h3>\n<p>Year after year, the people of Brigantine are told that we have great schools. Academically, that is false and misleading. Learning the fundamentals is why we have a public school. \u00a0Some students do well, but far too many are not.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>In most grades in English and Math, less than 50% of Brigantine students met grade expectations. <\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>False praise and\/or denial of serious academic problems in the face of these hard facts are dishonest. They lull the public into complacency and harm the students who aren\u2019t learning.<\/p>\n<p>Parents, and all taxpayers of Brigantine are being kept in the dark about these facts. Local papers rarely report on this data&#8230;or on what transpires at the school board meetings.<\/p>\n<p>We wonder: Why aren\u2019t the School Board meetings shown on TV via Channel 97&#8230;.or placed on Youtube for on-demand viewing at a later time?<\/p>\n<p>30% of Brigantine property taxes are dedicated to our public schools. Time to let the sun shine in. Public knowledge is better than public ignorance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent letter was sent to the Brigantine Board of Education and School Superintendent. it came from the\u00a0Brigantine Taxpayers Association (BTA). Here are some of the bullet pointed contained within: Approx 1\/3 of each tax dollar goes toward the school district, one that has declining enrollment and rising expenses. 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