The importance of neighborhood schools such as Prescott School - a public school for public school children!

Prescott School Missoula used Google some time ago to see what the Internet would pull up on the importance of neighborhood schools.

One article that psm found sums up the importance of neighborhood schools beautifully which follows. When psm printed the article the source and author did not show up. Therefore, for now the article will have to be an "Internet find".

"The child does not know what is right and what is wrong, hence, it is the duty of the parents to take the right decision for him/her. The benefits for being in a neighborhood school are many. For instance, all the children in the institute are from nearby. This helps strengthen the social ties as the child plays with them also after school.

By walking to the school or going by a bicycle allows the child to explore more about his surroundings. It develops a confidence to venture further from home as he grows. But this is not possible if he is trapped in cars or school buses for long hours.  Although parents feel that they are doing it for the better of the child, but personally I feel it is child abuse. Spending so many hours in traveling and then coping with the studies and other activities, the high expectations of the parents from their children, leaves them with no time to explore themselves.

Neighborhood schools are not just places to teach children but can be an important linkage to other forms of childhood learning because children  are from all backgrounds at the school. The child is less biased. These schools also play a critical role in developing and sustaining social support between families.

It gives a sense of security and belongingness to the child because he knows almost everybody and everybody knows him. In fact, children are more accountable of their behavior, as they are known by all benefits provided by the  neighborhood school should not be surrendered lightly."





Note: psm noticed that the article needs some serious spell checking - will do this soon!


Later - This article must have been written by an English speaking person from another country so psm needed to add "American English" changes in a few instances.