HammerTime wrote:ndlionsfan wrote:scruffy wrote:Financially it's hard to justify keeping a high school with fewer then 80 students open.
I bet that number is about 50% of the high schools in ND. Pretty difficult to say it's hard to justify when half are making it work.
I don't really know if they are, though. At some point, you also have to consider whether or not the school is "hurting" the student as well. When the cost of education is soaring, but the quality and opportunities available are as poor as they are in the small schools across the state, you have a problem. It's not really working.
I grew up and graduated from a high school with 70 kids. High school hasn't had any more than that since the 70s. Currently has about 45 students. I had every opportunity any other kid in a larger school did if I really wanted it. The kids in high school there now have even more opportunities than I did 20 years ago. I honestly believe that I wouldn't be as successful as I am now if I went to a larger school.