Several of the recommendations put forth by the Future Organizational Alternatives document (which was issued in tandem with the demographic study) include the reapportionment of Partners-In-Education (PIE) classes. Two call for the outright closure of PIES. What none of them calls for is reapportioning classes in such a way as to help keep PIES open. In an email conversation I had with a very knowledgeable source inside the school, the following ideas were floated. Again, these are the kinds of alternatives we need to come up with to offer as a competing strategy. Click “continue reading” for the details. Continue reading