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Ideas on how Warsaw schools and the community can help students be their best were shared Thursday at the second town hall meeting.
Thursday's meeting built on last week's town hall, which concentrated on what Warsaw schools do well and what they don't do well enough.
School board president Ron Yeiter urged participants to look at all possible solutions to the previously expressed concerns.
"Sometimes we may not need to reinvent the wheel, just tweak the design a little bit," he said.
Attendees divided into focus groups, which then identified what they believed to be the most important issues out of a list of 26 topics. The topics were compiled from issues raised last week.
Priorities varied among focus groups. One group thought the most important of the 26 topics was "How do we academically challenge all students with such diverse abilities?"
Another group selected "What can we do to improve communication among all stakeholders (schools, students, parents, community, businesses, etc.)?"
While still another one chose "How do we address facility efficiency versus size?" And yet another group thought "What can our community do to understand the funding formula and communicate the community's thoughts?" as important.
No final solutions were reached Thursday, but participants tossed out ideas they believed would address the issues they found to be most important.
For example, a group that chose "How can Warsaw Community Schools individualize instruction given the diversity of the classroom and still address the societal concerns of our students?" as the most important topic talked about developing a more integrative curriculum, using more teachers' aides, introducing flexible groupings of students in and across grade levels and taking advantage of resources at Grace College.
All the information gathered at the town hall meetings will be compiled and presented to the school board at its meeting May 16.
