A Golden Ticket to the Country Club School

Please come to our school. We have small classes, your child will have academic independence, and our students even have an opportunity to govern the school. We only have 400 students and incredible arts programs for "alternative learners". Also, your child will dine out every day at a small, boutique shopping area . We also provide private limousine service (buses) to take your child any hour of the day to any class they would like to take at another campus. Even though you attend this "alternative school', you may still participate on any sports team at your public high school and we will drive you there too. You will have it all and be among the academic elite of Ann Arbor.

Every year, 300-400 families line up to see they will receive one of 100 golden tickets to attend the Country Club of Ann Arbor Schools, Community High School. It a private school for public school kids that is paid for with your tax dollars.

Unfortunately, Community High School is no longer a school for artsy, alternative learning kids. It is just a place where smart parents know enough to get a private school education on the tax payer's dime. In the past, most art leaning kids did not take AP Physics or AP Biology, but since the school's enrollment has changed and new students pool want AP History, we will accommodate all of their needs and desires, and will spare no expense. We even bus them to these classes they would like to take. This is very expensive to do and is disruptive to everyone and just think about what it is doing to the environment

Wouldn't this money be better spent on the truly at-risk children? Also, the cost of running a public high school for 400 children is outrageous? We are suppose to gain efficiencies at the High School level not increase our cost per student. Why are we offering a boutique education to a elite (academically, financially, etc.) group of children. Look at the demographics of this school and more importantly, look at the composite Merit Scholar Scores. These kids would do fine anywhere.

Ann Arbor Community 25.1

Ann Arbor Huron 23.2

Ann Arbor Pioneer 22.3

Ann Arbor Roberto Clemente 14.8

Ann Arbor Stone School 14.2

If you want to go to Community High School, you need to accept that it does not have sport teams and you will not get the same classes you will get at Huron or Pioneer. What do you think about merging this this school into the Pioneer campus? Savings (remove the administration and building expense) plus save the environment!

Estimated savings: 12 teachers