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April 3, 2006

Evans to recommend closing Bishop Middle School

PROVIDENCE -- Schools Supt. Donnie Evans will recommend closing the Nathan Bishop Middle School at tonight's School Board meeting, a move expected to draw praise from concerned East Side residents.

If the board approves Evans' recommendation, the school would close its doors at the end of this semester. The superintendent has a complicated plan to deal with the 260 sixth, seventh, and eight graders planning to attend the school next fall.

Evans detailed his plan in an afternoon interview with The Journal.

Tonight's meeting location has also been changed, from the School Board's office to Classical High School. It will start at 6 p.m.

-- Journal education writer Linda Borg

Posted by Steve Peoples  at 5:26 PM | Permalink

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Another failure in the Prov school system. Nathan Bishops facility could be an outstanding school. What's up! Where spending Prov Tax dollars, and tax credits on loft apartments, Also we have the head up their asses eastsiders affraid of children, they would rather use their tax dollars to isolate themselves, but we can't design and facilitate a outstanding public middle school. I guest the kids are just in the middle...Middle school kids need a place where their homework is done before they leave the school shaping them to be indepent, they need to be observed in general. Also a course on boundries, and behavior consequences could be taught. The last two hours of middle school should be a place where teachers and students should all meet in the luch room and watch the kids attempt to do their homework, with teachers in a group effort. Finally, to educate your children properly. I mean the general ed basics, and maybe playing a instrument, plus some kid of sport, and don't forget they need a computer with Microsoft Office on it, by the time your done You could send them to Wheeler and pay $11000. a year.

JB | April 3, 2006 7:21 PM link

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