Study could help schools plan ahead

Sunday, March 13, 2011

City, county and school officials in the Jefferson City area had a chance to find out just what the demographics of their community are on Friday morning.

For many community leaders, there are multiple applications for the kind of information presented by Preston Smith with the Kansas City-based Business Information Services.

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The most direct application of the figures, which analyzed the growth trends within the Jefferson City School District, are to the district itself.

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Gotigers 2 years, 3 months ago

According to the article.... A good portion of JC high school dropouts are students who have moved in and only been here less than 4 years. Our spike in crime is mainly those arriving here from Detroit, Chicago, ST.Louis and living in government housing. * The trouble at JCHS a few years back was kids from outside the area.

What am I not understanding? Diversity is good when it attracts upstanding, law abiding citizens, not when it attracts thugs, gangs and the like. Sad.

JCLifer 2 years, 3 months ago

That is all this town is good for, it seems. :-(

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