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The Most Expensive School in America1.. This place opens next month in Los Angeles, California.. And take a look at it: It's not only big, it's luxurious.. Your school doesn't have this_

The Most Expensive School in America

1 Vocabulary- Match the words with the definitions

1. luxurious

2. auditorium

3. upscale

4. complex

5. superintendent

6. laid off

7. budget

8. indebted

9 recession

a showing signs of wealth

b money set aside for a purpose

c a large room for indoor public gatherings

d appealing to affluent consumers

e buildings designed and built for a purpose

f decreased economic activity

g to end employment

h owing money

i director

2 Transcript/Gap-Fill- Watch and listen to the news report to fill in the blanks The missing words are in the box below.

Most expensive American _ ever This place opens next month in Los Angeles,

California And take a look at it: It's not only big, it's luxurious An auditorium modeled after a famous _ Seating like an upscale restaurant A _ court floored in

maple wood Your school doesn't have this _! Then again, your school didn't cost $578 million

The Robert F Kennedy Community Schools is a complex for kindergarten through 12th grade It'll fit 4,200 students It is a _ school! The area's superintendent says now the poorest

children in his school system will have one of the most learning environments But

in a district that's cut programs and laid off almost 3,000 teachers in the past two

years, some say this goes way too far Los Angeles officials say it was planned the

recession, and that the money didn't come out of California's indebted education budget, but

from bonds that voters approved

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4 Ranking

What elements are required for a successful school? Rank the items in the box from most important to least important Think of one that is not listed

Good Teachers

Expensive Building

Technology

New Textbooks

Motivated Students

Involved Parents

Extra Activities (Clubs)

Most Important

Least Important

5 Let’s Talk- Find three students outside of your group and ask them these questions

Student 1

Student 2

Student 3 _ Will a school like this

improve the students'

education?

Why or why not?

What do you think

about this school?

If money were no

object, what would

you want your school

to spend money on?