Comstock Public Schools Face Serious Fiscal Challenges

"Like trying to run with weights tied to your feet".

That's how Comstock Public Schools superintendent Todd Mora described the district's financial problems.  In a district faced with difficult problems like decreasing enrollment, student poverty and economic decline in the broader Comstock community, the sharp decrease in funds from the state are serious handicaps.

Julie Mack at MLive details the challenges facing Comstock's students, parents  and teachers in a community where parents who can are transferring their students to districts in less dire straits.  This only compounds the problem, as test scores (and, therefore, state funding) declines apace.

Read the whole article here.