San Francisco usually gets all the bad press about public schools, so it was interesting to see this article today on SF Gate about issues up in Novato Schools.
Like overbooked airline passengers, 30 to 40 kids in Novato are getting bumped from their overenrolled schools two weeks after the first day of class – transfers that parents say are more about money and union contracts than children’s needs.
Third-grader Franni Moran was told to say goodbye to Olive Elementary and her new friends Friday, 10 school days after she said hello.
Betting some enrolled students wouldn’t show up for school, Novato district officials overbooked several elementary schools this fall to ensure class sizes of 20 students in K-3 classrooms – no more, no less. If too many did turn up, they would transfer the children who most recently registered.
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