tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post8986012711242220310..comments2023-10-23T09:23:22.051-04:00Comments on Your Schools: What's up with CMS busing?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-2396358819034448352011-01-28T12:57:36.045-05:002011-01-28T12:57:36.045-05:00I believe CMS currently has the shortest elementar...I believe CMS currently has the shortest elementary school day in the state. Is this correct?<br /><br />Here's a pie in the sky thought... <br /><br />One of the reasons band was eliminated from CMS elementary schools was a direct result of the school day being too short and the implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act. Many principals supported cutting the band program so they could focus on subjects the state would be testing (only math and reading at the time) because there wasn't enough time in the day to teach such frivolous activities like band. So, maybe if we ever get ourselves out of this financial fiasco, that extra 45 minutes could be used to learn skills like reading music and playing a musical instrument which has scientifically been proven to improve academic performance. <br /><br />Just about every private school in Charlotte offers band at the elementary school level. Is there a reason "76 Trombone" Global Competitiveness can't start here in the Queen City? (when CMS isn't broke?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-24874887077146428482011-01-28T09:56:27.240-05:002011-01-28T09:56:27.240-05:00To be honest, I'm not that upset about the ext...To be honest, I'm not that upset about the extension of the day. My hope is that the extra 45 minutes will be put to good use. Now that the some of the extra resources given to lower income school are going away, they will at least have some extra time to make up for it. At least one would think that that is what the plan is.<br /><br />What I don't like is how late some of the kids are getting out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-25004330064430051432011-01-27T20:47:58.231-05:002011-01-27T20:47:58.231-05:00I have a child in a CMS elementary school. A seven...I have a child in a CMS elementary school. A seven-hour day is too long. I hope they intend to use the extra time to have them complete their homework, because there is no way that a child should have to work the equivalent of a full-time job. What in the world are these people thinking?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-52290451226965987132011-01-27T14:59:03.959-05:002011-01-27T14:59:03.959-05:00My brain explodes everytime I try to use rational ...My brain explodes everytime I try to use rational thinking about the whole transportation issue.<br /><br />Let's see. A certain group thinks there are too many segregated schools and they want them broken up.<br /><br />Ok, how do we do that? By redrawing boundary lines? Busing?<br /><br />So do we go back to putting more buses on the road, driving farther distances to achieve a Black/White ratio/integration?<br /><br />If magnet transportation is eliminated, how many minorities will be forced to return to their home school, thus making larger the percentage of minorities at a particular school? 52% of magnet students are Black.<br /><br />If boundaries are redrawn and made larger, won't costs increase due to longer drive times and more frequent stops?<br /><br />So on the one hand, we hear CUT MAGNET TRANSPORTATION! MAKE PARENTS PAY FOR IT! On the other hand we hear TOO MANY SEGREGATED SCHOOLS. WE NEED TO SPLIT THEM UP!, which would return us to busing and spending more money to achieve it.<br /><br />One thing I will bet my house on though.<br /><br />It doesn't matter what school, what the ethnic makeup of that school is, what your household income is or how far you have to ride a bus to get here, two plus two will always equal 4. <br /><br />When you get to whatever school you go to, a teacher will teach you that.wiley coyotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01674905924582409585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-29047427765594062892011-01-27T13:09:45.141-05:002011-01-27T13:09:45.141-05:00"What's Up?"
"Wassup?"
&qu..."What's Up?"<br />"Wassup?"<br />"What's the Buzz?"<br />"What the Heck?"<br />"What?"<br /><br />Confusing "all the children" with things like consistency and stability will make them far more interesting adults.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-57560260213097425092011-01-27T12:18:17.680-05:002011-01-27T12:18:17.680-05:00I am not surprised in the least by this press rele...I am not surprised in the least by this press release. <br /><br />It serves as a simple reminder that the CMS Transportation Department will continue to negatively impact the lives of the CMS neighborhood school children in ways that are unhealthy, unsafe and that negatively impact each child's education. <br /><br />It is an understatement to say that the transportation situation at CMS is "the tail wagging the dog". Ms. Stamper and her Transportation Department minions are dictating educational policy to the CMS staff under the guise of achieving transportation efficiencies.<br /><br />It's time for CMS to stop funding optional and/or non-madated programs such as BB, and the cross county magnet school busing, to lessen the burden on the neighborhood school children of these CMS Transportation Department mandated changes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-35463398880113797632011-01-27T09:24:17.906-05:002011-01-27T09:24:17.906-05:00With this decision hanging in the balance another ...With this decision hanging in the balance another thought comes to mind for our already over-worked under-paid (by a long shot) teachers. I certainly hope that you are taking into consideration an increase in salary. But that cant happen since this decision is based on "budget cutting". So given the level of stress put on them as it is, lets hope that someone steps up and says "STOP". Teachers are so taken advantage of. We, as a society, do not begin to give the credit that they so deserve. Every parent out there should spend just 1 day in your childs classroom and then you might grasp just what these men and women are doing for our children. As well as those of you sitting in your "oval" offices...step in the classroom. Hire some decision makers that look out for the child/teacher not funding their own bank accounts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-53864322165637791212011-01-27T09:05:48.255-05:002011-01-27T09:05:48.255-05:00I just removed my 1st grader from the CMS system j...I just removed my 1st grader from the CMS system just in time it appears. The level of stress that he, that academically excels, follows the rules, needs no "extra help" was over the top. And this is my 3rd child so I know how this works. We are once again paying for education, which I do not mind, in an environment that remembers to nurture the child. We have placed this unrealistic expectation on these small people. We forget that the more you nurture a flower, the more beautiful it becomes. Why don't we do this for our children. Academics will follow, lets give them respect and see what they do with it. Did we forget children are sponges. I spent many hours in my sons classroom so I saw the stressed out level his teacher operated on. Now you wanna extend the time. Seriously, My only hope is that with that extention they will have more than 20 mins. to inhale their lunch in an overcrowded, lunchroom and possibly have more playground time. Oh, thats right they only get the playground once a week because of overcrowding. The bus parking lot is so much more fun. I suggest some of you people that make these decisions step outside your office and try to look at the child. You obviously don't do that or your solutions would make sense. Thanks for your time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-40391615859310022912011-01-27T08:43:05.026-05:002011-01-27T08:43:05.026-05:00CMS appears to have a headline writing problem--&q...CMS appears to have a headline writing problem--"More Changes to CMS Transportation possible" would obviously sound scary and disruptive to many parents. However, when you read the press release it seems to be more a matter of adjustments than of more major changes. <br />We're used to newspapers throwing out provocative headlines but I don't think that's a wise policy for CMS's communication department to follow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com