MIAMI SCHOOL DISTRICT NEGOTIATION

Miami school district negotiation

Miami school district negotiation

Introduction

The Miami School District is about to rezone the school boundaries for the upcoming year because of a huge influx of students. The problem with rezoning the school district's boundaries is the amount of students who will not be able to stay at their present school. Parents are not very happy about this situation and have given five different oppositions to this plan. The reasons are: quality of education, increased travel time, crossing economic and cultural boundaries, impact on property values, and social impacts on children. This paper will discuss the impacts of these reasons for objections, who the stakeholders' are, a negotiation strategy that will support the school board's need to redraw boundaries while addressing the concerns of stakeholders', and how the ethical and cultural differences will impact the decision made. (Bluehouse, 2003)

Impact of Objections

The parents of the students involved in the rezoning of the school district have given five reasons why they do not want the rezone to happen. The reasons are: quality of education, increased travel time, crossing economic and cultural boundaries, social impacts on the children. The first reason against the rezoning of the school district was quality of education. In this case, the parents do not know the teachers who will be involved with their children. Some parents may have to switch from a private school which has very few teachers, one-on-one time with their students, and very close to the family themselves. Now, their students are going to a school that was so big it had to rezone the boundaries. The teachers will not be able to give that one-on-one time with their children. This new school their children have to attend now may not have the same standards as the school they were previously attending. (Davis, 1996)

Another resisting factor that may be involved is if the children will have the same opportunities as they did attending the other school. The second reason was the increased travel time. Since the district is spreading across town, the district is getting bigger and including many people who may be on the complete opposite side of town. (Elliott, 2002)

The age of the house, updates, and area increase property values. With this being said when many people move into one area, the less dirt a city has to handle the transition, which in turn will increase the amount paid for the house. The last reason against the rezoning of the school district is the social impacts on children. Their children will be introduced to new influx of diversities. If a child goes from a private school to a huge school it can be mind-blowing. (Schneider, 2003)

They may not know the layout of the school, or the teachers, even most of the other children. Moving into a brand new school full of new students has it effects on children. These parents gave five reasons why they do not want the rezoning to happen to Miami School ...