1/2 A Student?

[Phil C]

I was just looking over page 250 of Dave Campbell's 2002 Texas Football Magazine and was looking over the enrollment figures used by the UIL for the 2002-03 and 2003-04 school years. Some of the schools have fraction students it seems and I wonder if anyone knows how they get them. For examble in District 1 Region one Dimmitt has 362.5 students. How do you get 0.5 of a student? Also Queen City has 376.5 and Progreso had 503.5. Is this part of a Newer Math thing? :)

[TarponFanInNorthTexas]

I don't know. Maybe they count a pregnant student as 1.5? Or maybe they count those that are in the Special Education program (mentally or physically challenged) as .5 instead of 1?

If that is so, that is a pathetic way for school districts to work the numbers to their advantage.

[pero chato]

It might be the average enrollment over a certain period of time--say a week or a month.

[big daddy russ]

Phil C:
I was just looking over page 250 of Dave Campbell's 2002 Texas Football Magazine and was looking over the enrollment figures used by the UIL for the 2002-03 and 2003-04 school years. Some of the schools have fraction students it seems and I wonder if anyone knows how they get them. For examble in District 1 Region one Dimmitt has 362.5 students. How do you get 0.5 of a student? Also Queen City has 376.5 and Progreso had 503.5. Is this part of a Newer Math thing? :) That counts as a part-time student, a kid who goes to school only half of the day. Some seniors get the second half of the day off, some students go to college the second half of the day and some schools have special programs for teen parents. A kid must attend school, I believe, for more than 4 hours per day to be considered a full-time student.

[Old Green]

It is the average enrollment for two years of a school . If you have an odd number of students for a two year period then you end up with the half a percentage of student.
Example: 1453 students attended school over a 2 year period. You divide 1453 by 2 and you get 726.5.
That is what you turn in to the UIL for that 2 year Re-alignment.

[fatcat255]

The ADA is a calculation based on a formula. Certain students with disadvantages or disabilities are given 1.25 or 1.5 ratings due to the increased manpower required to assist them.

Example; A student with a physical challenge (blind, quadrepalegic{sp?}, etc.) would require a full-time aid assigned directly to them, all day, every day. Others may require part-time assistance. Others might require transportation to a school as part of a co-op program. In other words; it costs the school district more to educate them.

Though this has little to do with football, the ADA is actually a tool to determine state funding. The UIL chose to use this figure because it is one that is already required to be generated by each school district.

So; Throw in al these 1.25's and 1.5's along with the 1.0's, then do a little division and you come up with the odd numbers.

[Phil C]

Good answers everyone. I knew there had to be a reason. Thank you.

[Phil C]

Good answers everyone. I knew there had to be a reason. Thank you.

[big daddy russ]

LOL... as many answers as you got, you're probably more confused than ever.

[Phil C]

Hey Big Daddy! The Corpus Christi Caller-Times today said that the Sinton girls basketball team is playing the Ingleside girls on Friday night at 7:30 P.M. Are you gong to be there? I am going to try to be there and will be wearing my San Antonio Spur's cap. I will be looking for a person with a camera. I hope we get to meet.