As a Brookfieldnow blogger, I am told I cannot edit anyone's comments. I must either present them as they are sent to me or choose not to post them if I feel they aren't appropriate. But last Thursday, my blog on Open Enrollment, Please Elmbrook, fewer open enrollment students, not more was edited and put into the Brookfieldnow printed paper.
Now, I can certainly understand that print space is limited while web space is not. I also know I am never a woman of few words. But by editing that posting, the paper eliminated my acknowledgment of the board's efforts to lower the number of open enrollment students by almost 50%. Of course if you only read the print version you would not know that; the editing changed the intent of my posting.
The good news is that the board did vote last night to hold the open enrollment numbers to 46 students next year, and the Schwei/Sylla sibling clause exception was rejected on legal grounds.
There are board members who think Open Enrollment is a money maker and others who question its financial merits. Certainly this is an issue that needs looking into, especially in light of the coming high school referendum.
Links: Betterbrookfield, Brookfield7, Fairlyconservative
