2008.08.25
Radford city schools abuzz with priorities
Classrooms in Radford City's schools are full today, and with the buzz of new school bells comes new project plans for the district.
The school board is slated to meet Tuesday to discuss a few of their priorities for the coming year. Topping the list is:
* Completing construction of the new Belle Heth school
* Finding ways to update McHarg Elementary
* Adding personal finance and economics to high school required electives.
You can see the full list here.
What do you think the focus of the city schools should be?
We should be including personal finance into high schools. Students need to be prepared for all the credit card bombardments that they will receive once they go to college. Hopefully, if they get the personal finance education beforehand they will be able to handle their credit correctly and not have issues with it in the future when they want to buy a new car or home.
Comment by Cyndi — August 25, 2008 @ 9:24 pm