Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com
With just weeks remaining in the 2012-2013 school year, a group of students, teachers and parents spoke Wednesday before the Neshaminy School Board meeting Tuesday night about possible cuts to Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) classes that could take place by the start of the new school year.
Virgina Hartsfield, a Maple Point Middle School FCS teacher, appealed to board members and administration to save the class which she teaches. She said her class teaches students in middle school how to apply for jobs, balance a checkbook and live independently.
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She said administrators were “uninformed” about the value of the classes and curriculum maps and papers did not help.
Retired Bordentown Regional High School FCS teacher Barbara Johnson told the board she came out to support the FCS teachers and students. The Bensalem resident said the class teaches students a wide array of tasks from making healthy smoothies to creating a budget.
Aside from educators, residents and students spoke out in support of the program.
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“It’s not a fair to target to get rid of this class at all,” a Carl Sandburg Middle School student told the board.
District officials have previously stated the reason behind the cuts is not due to finance, but enhancing other areas of curriculum. If FCS classes are cut, teachers would be reassigned and the course curriculum would be spread throughout other core classes.
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The decision on FCS classes will be voted on at the June 18 school board meeting.
