As members of the Pemberton community, we are vehemently opposed to sending our children to a school that is further away from our home. If education is the main function of school, why is the school board considering lengthening the travel time for students? As an educator, isn't it imperative that the wellfare of students be the main priority?
- Lengthening commuting time for children will result in fatigue,
- leads to less productivity \ acquisition of knowledge on the students' part.
- This will lead to lower school grades, and increased frustrations for educators.
Updates
September 21, 2015
I have been hearing from so many of you who are losing sleep over these proposed travel times. The board remains quiet for now but your stories prove that families are united against this disruption to our children's daily lives.
September 21, 2015
Seeing this momentum grow proves that I am not the only one worried about the toll this commute will take on our children. It means everything to see so many of you standing together to protect our kids from this unnecessary burden.
40 Comments
As a recent home owner in wyngate subdivision only owning my home for roughly 1 year- a large portion of the decision was the proximity to the leesville schools. I chose this home for the school district and I do not want my future children bussed to inconvenient locations.
To ease over crowding in our local LES community, your recommendation is to redistrict and bus our children to a school that we are not a part of the community but continue to bus those students from SE Raleigh, therefore causing over crowding in our local community, this makes no sense.
This is an insult to the Leesville community and to all of the parents who participate and volunteer to MAKE this a great campus (all 3 schools), great neighborhood, and a great community. I cannot see the logic in sending Leesville children to a school that is closer to Brier Creek and Morrisville neighborhoods.
It doesn't make sense to go to the school that 20 mins away from our home, when our base school now is less than 3 mins away.
Busing kids increases air pollution, puts their lives at risk on the road and most importantly makes it more difficult for parents to be involved in their children's education. Parental involvement is critical to a child's success in school
I understand why rezoning of schools is done, but I do not understand why students within walking distance of a neighborhood school would be bussed to another school. Bussing students to another school further away increases transportation costs and the students would not be as prepared for their school work. The school board knows all this information, but their choices are usually based on blending student numbers to gain tax dollars and not was is in the students best interest. This is difficult to do, but I ask you to find a balance with this that would benefit the students in their neighbor schools.
Do not rezone
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As members of the Pemberton community, we are vehemently opposed to sending our children to a school that is further away from our home. If education is the main function of school, why is the school board considering lengthening the travel time for students? As an educator, isn't it imperative that the wellfare of students be the main priority?
- Lengthening commuting time for children will result in fatigue,
- leads to less productivity \ acquisition of knowledge on the students' part.
- This will lead to lower school grades, and increased frustrations for educators.
Updates
September 21, 2015
I have been hearing from so many of you who are losing sleep over these proposed travel times. The board remains quiet for now but your stories prove that families are united against this disruption to our children's daily lives.
September 21, 2015
Seeing this momentum grow proves that I am not the only one worried about the toll this commute will take on our children. It means everything to see so many of you standing together to protect our kids from this unnecessary burden.
40 Comments
We are opposed to the re-location of our child from Leesville Elementary School to Pleasant Grove. We currently live only a couple of miles away, and the disruption and inconvenience of re-locating our child to another school will create significant negative issues. We are also concerned about negative impact this would have on our home value as well.
As a recent home owner in wyngate subdivision only owning my home for roughly 1 year- a large portion of the decision was the proximity to the leesville schools. I chose this home for the school district and I do not want my future children bussed to inconvenient locations.
To ease over crowding in our local LES community, your recommendation is to redistrict and bus our children to a school that we are not a part of the community but continue to bus those students from SE Raleigh, therefore causing over crowding in our local community, this makes no sense.
This is an insult to the Leesville community and to all of the parents who participate and volunteer to MAKE this a great campus (all 3 schools), great neighborhood, and a great community. I cannot see the logic in sending Leesville children to a school that is closer to Brier Creek and Morrisville neighborhoods.
It doesn't make sense to go to the school that 20 mins away from our home, when our base school now is less than 3 mins away.
Busing kids increases air pollution, puts their lives at risk on the road and most importantly makes it more difficult for parents to be involved in their children's education. Parental involvement is critical to a child's success in school
I understand why rezoning of schools is done, but I do not understand why students within walking distance of a neighborhood school would be bussed to another school. Bussing students to another school further away increases transportation costs and the students would not be as prepared for their school work. The school board knows all this information, but their choices are usually based on blending student numbers to gain tax dollars and not was is in the students best interest. This is difficult to do, but I ask you to find a balance with this that would benefit the students in their neighbor schools.
Do not rezone
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We are opposed to the re-location of our child from Leesville Elementary School to Pleasant Grove. We currently live only a couple of miles away, and the disruption and inconvenience of re-locating our child to another school will create significant negative issues. We are also concerned about negative impact this would have on our home value as well.