Fayette

County School Superintendent Dr. John DeCotis

passed out a survey recently at the community

round table meeting asking attendees to answer

five questions relating to use of space in the

schools.

"We

want to start exploring some options,"

DeCotis said.

The

survey comes on the heels of a failed one cent

special purpose local option sales tax

referendum. Options such as year-round school,

double sessions, and redistricting may become a

reality in the not too distant future as the

school population grows and classrooms exceed

capacity.

The

survey was distributed to those attending the

round table first, and will be given out to

teachers, and eventually to parents of children

attending county schools, DeCotis said.

The

brief questionnaire uses a rating system,

starting with zero for "no opinion" and

progressing through the numbers with one (avoid

at all costs), two (implement only as a last

resort), three (not desirable, but acceptable)

and four (use as a first option.)

Question

1: "When a school reaches capacity:

Trailers should be

added to the campus.

The school should

go on double sessions.

The district should

be redrawn.

The school should

operate year round with each child assigned to

attend three of four quarters.

2.

If double sessions should become a necessity:

Place only

overcrowded schools on double sessions.

Place the entire

system on double sessions.

3.

If a year-round school schedule becomes a

necessary alternative in one or more of our 26

schools:

Put only those

overcrowded schools on the year-round schedule.

Put all schools on

the year-round schedule at the same time.

4.

When a school cannot handle any more trailers due

to cafeteria size, hallway sizes, number of

lockers, media center size and resources and

other physical space/limitations:

Schedule double

sessions at the school.

Redistrict to

reallocate population.

Put the school on a

year-round schedule.

5.

To redistrict when most of our schools are at

capacity really does not help; however, if

necessary:

Redistrict based on

current number of students.

Redistrict based on

projected enrollment over the next few years.

DeCotis

said he would also like to form a 12-member

superintendent's discussion group that would meet

about two or three times a year to talk about

current issues facing the school district.

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