Don't Be Gaslit by Todd Cummings, SBCSC Superintendent
1. Low Enrollment: How to empty Clay High School
- Close the feeder middle school and send the kids to Edison, which feeds into Adams. Kids follow their friends.
- Remove effective staff that kept school safe.
- Approximately 20% of Adams kids live in Adams District. The other 80% are bussed in.
- 7200 kids (ages 0-18) live in Clay and German Townships- 1/3 of all kids living in SBCSC District.
- Don't update building, such as no air conditioning in the gym.
Clay High School should be full!
2. Too Costly? SBCSC will Lose $ Closing Clay
- Clay & German Township paid for 40% of Adams and Washington updates and the Riley rebuild. Nothing was spent on Clay.
- SBCSC overstated update costs.
- Closing will only save $1.1 million. SBCSC plans to close all township schools. How much will bussing cost?
- Why would township families travel to failing schools? they would travel to good schools. How much money will SBCSC lose when they lose the township kids?-over $8,000 per head.
SBCSC used Referendum $ for Clay and Applied it to CTE - Theft?
- SBCSC took Referendum money stated to taxpayers as going to Clay High School and instead is using it for a CTE Center.
- The survey results showed overwhelmingly that taxpayers want 4 high schools for safety and better discipline. They wanted an updated CTE center in one of the 4 high schools-not in new place.