tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post7598702023742710000..comments2023-10-23T09:23:22.051-04:00Comments on Your Schools: When schools get a bad nameUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-30469430616526262272010-09-24T10:28:05.626-04:002010-09-24T10:28:05.626-04:00How much money would have been saved if Waddell ha...How much money would have been saved if Waddell had originally been built on Ardry Kell's current site rather than on Nations Ford--which would have resulted in taxpayers footing the bill for one properly placed high school rather than two high schools, one chronically underfilled? Remember, the county commission (then led by Parks Helms) had to go along with this. Fiscal responsibility at its, um...best, as well. And we wonder why we're broke today!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-66169076622325367492010-09-24T09:39:59.846-04:002010-09-24T09:39:59.846-04:00Anonymous said...
Some history of Waddell, from O...<b>Anonymous said... <br />Some history of Waddell, from Observer, June 25, 1998:</b><br /><br />...social engineering at its, um...best?wiley coyotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01674905924582409585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-27053662503216894462010-09-24T08:24:47.396-04:002010-09-24T08:24:47.396-04:00Some history of Waddell, from Observer, June 25, 1...Some history of Waddell, from Observer, June 25, 1998: "The Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board's decision to buy 130 acres for a new high school and middle school in southwest Charlotte is raising objections from some board members and at least one county leader over the site's location.<br />``It's extremely illogical,'' said board member Jim Puckett. `There's going to be a lot of pain in populating this school.''<br /><br />Board members who support the purchase said the site - recommended by the school system planning staff - will balance high school overcrowding in the southern part of the county, particularly at Myers Park and South Mecklenburg high schools.<br />``By the time that school opens, two or 2-1/2 years from now, you'll see a lot more growth in that area,'' said board Chairperson Arthur Griffin.<br /><br />Those opposed to the site say the location doesn't ease the school space crunch where it's most intense in the south, such as Pineville or southeast Mecklenburg - and will result in longer bus rides for those neighborhoods to get to the school.<br />Board Vice Chairperson John Lassiter calls the site ``a real mistake'' and said the location could hurt Olympic High, which is west of the site and is not overcrowded.<br />``It should have gone somewhere between I-77 and Providence High School (on N.C. 51). . . . There wasn't any real effort to locate land in that area, and there is land in that area.'' (Perhaps where Ardry Kell has now been built?)<br /><br />Recommendations made by a citizens committee last summer urged board members to chose new school sites with four criteria in mind.<br />Those criteria include stability, or areas that will cause as few student reassignments as possible; students' proximity to the school; filling schools to capacity; and filling schools in a racially balanced way.<br /><br />Board members in favor of the southwest site said all four criteria were taken into account. But county commissioner Bill James said he thinks racial balance goals played too much of a role in the board's selection: ``What is the logic and rationale of building a high school and a middle school . . . when the new children are south of that?''<br /><br />School board member Vilma Leake, who approved the site, said: ``It's not a racial issue when we put schools in sites. We're trying to make sure that accessibility and all those issues are there for our children, and that we're being equitable in the process of putting schools across the district.''<br />Board member Louise Woods, who also voted for the site, said its location near older, newer and integrated neighborhoods makes it ideal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-71757779025073559042010-09-23T22:21:53.391-04:002010-09-23T22:21:53.391-04:00Oooh, I do like the idea of Arthur Griffin High to...Oooh, I do like the idea of Arthur Griffin High to replace Waddell. Then if it ever gets large enough to divide into small schools, those smaller schools could be named after other board members who voted for it (Louise Woods, Vilma Leake, George Dunlap to name a few).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-45852553002224186152010-09-23T21:17:35.506-04:002010-09-23T21:17:35.506-04:00Is "Snobidence" a good or a bad name for...Is "Snobidence" a good or a bad name for Providence H.S?<br /><br />What about the "Crown Jewel" known as Myers Park H.S. or Hough High -"The New Ardrey Kell North"?<br /><br />Waddell H.S.? Can't help anyone here. Mow about Arthur Griffin H.S. in honor of the former school board member who insisted on placing this chronically underfulled school where it is?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-72589105854620631352010-09-23T18:46:33.604-04:002010-09-23T18:46:33.604-04:00It's to the point that some of my former stude...It's to the point that some of my former students have "moved in" with a grandparent to attend Gaston County South Point to avoid the southwest and west area high schools.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-71079286665967780112010-09-23T16:34:47.374-04:002010-09-23T16:34:47.374-04:00So true. Just the inclusion of a school on a list ...So true. Just the inclusion of a school on a list shakes confidence, as I've mentioned with the inclusion of the high-performing, high growth, low-PCI small schools at Olympic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-63735864684326936352010-09-23T15:33:17.744-04:002010-09-23T15:33:17.744-04:00Ann, could you please explain why this school has ...Ann, could you please explain why this school has struggled to attract top teachers?<br /><br /><b>..but it's the smallest of CMS's IB magnets, located in a high-poverty school that has struggled to attract top students and teachers.</b><br /><br />This must be a reality and not a perception then, right? If top teachers are needed at this school, why hasn't Gorman and CMS placed these "top teachers" in West Charlotte?<br /><br />This is the same argument we hear over and over and over and...you get the point.<br /><br />Eliminate the excuses!wiley coyotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01674905924582409585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-22730510739965769422010-09-23T15:26:11.985-04:002010-09-23T15:26:11.985-04:00You can put a ribbon around mess, but it still is ...You can put a ribbon around mess, but it still is mess. I was going to use lipstick on a pig but I would to pay a royalty charge.Mikenoreply@blogger.com