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1/26/17 • Jacksonville, FL • School Board Considers Access and Diversity for Montessori

David Ayer Posted On January 26, 2017
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1/26/17 • Jacksonville, Florida •  The Duval County School Board is “figuring out how to ensure diversity at a Jacksonville elementary Montessori school” according to a story on WJCT, a community-supported public broadcasting station in Jacksonville.  The Montessori program at J. Allen Axson Elementary starts at age three, but state funding starts at age four, and covers only half of the full-day program, so those children pay tuition.  Board members were concerned that “there might not be spaces in the kindergarten classes for students who couldn’t pay for preschool classes.”

The Board did note that the Montessori tuition is less than daycare, and that “Axson — with 13 percent African-American students — is more diverse than nearby Chets Creek Elementary, which is about 8 percent African American. ”  Jacksonville itself is about 30% African-American.

 

 

Dave Ayer
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David worked in private Montessori for more than twenty years as a parent, three-to-six year-old and adolescent teacher, administrator, writer, speaker, and advocate. In 2016 he began working with the National Center for Montessori in the Public Sector. David lives in Portland, Oregon.

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2 Comments

Marianne White Dunlap
February 5, 2017 at 2:14 pm
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There is no answer to this one, is there? Diversity or money – that is the reality. Very frustrating and sad for most Montessori schools, private or public.


    David Ayer
    February 5, 2017 at 5:17 pm
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    Thanks for the comment!

    Actually, I think there is an answer, and I think you said it: money. If we as a society decide that developmentally supportive care and education for young children is a public good — and I think that is inarguable, if you believe in public goods — then I for one am happy to pay taxes to support good wages for the teachers and caregivers and access for families who would never be able to afford it. And those two things can’t happen together without public support, it’s as simple as that. It’s all abut choices…

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