tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post3167860337211009827..comments2023-10-23T09:23:22.051-04:00Comments on Your Schools: Geek alert: CMS per-pupil spendingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-18314332386443584152011-01-09T21:57:10.872-05:002011-01-09T21:57:10.872-05:008:21, I really enjoy your sarcasm.8:21, I really enjoy your sarcasm.therestofthestorynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-64970122794879657502011-01-09T20:21:50.845-05:002011-01-09T20:21:50.845-05:00We absolutely have to pour more resources into the...We absolutely have to pour more resources into the traditionally black schools. White folks don't need any help, those two parent households produce leaders, and children that are naturally disposed towards learning. Black households, if you can call them that, are more stilted towards poverty. We must pour more and more of our hard earned resources towards saving this society. These folks typically don't work so it is up to us that do to support them, and their children. They were scammed into property that they couldn't afford, so the foreclosures are also related to this. This is why again, we must pour more hard earned tax dollars towards helping these folks. They are the true victems of those of use who work and support society.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-64063999970384852962011-01-09T19:49:25.082-05:002011-01-09T19:49:25.082-05:00One has to wonder how the Observer's editors c...One has to wonder how the Observer's editors can justify what has just happened. The community has been at odds for years over school resources, with so much misinformation floating around. Here we finally have a story detailing exactly how our money is being spent and showing that high poverty schools have not been underfunded in favor of suburban schools (underfunding of high poverty schools being a favorite theme of several of the editorial page writers and apparently believed by many in the community). The story looks good when first posted on-line, with excellent charts to go along with it. Then it doesn't make the paper the next day (Saturday), supposedly due to a "snafu". After some squawking by some on-line readers we're told it won't be published on Sunday because it would only fit inside the local section and it was "too important' for that--wait for Monday. Then it shows up Sunday after all, but at the very bottom of the local page, and with no accompanying charts. And of course on the section A front page we have a story that includes alleged civil right violations against minorities (with no mention whatsoever of the funding differential). Ann, Eric, could we please have an honest explanation about what has been going on here? Why was this not considered as important as the Levine Museum story when there's been so much dissension over the years over this? Should we all just give up on getting a fair shake from the Observer? It's beginning to look that way!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-64464105976661396842011-01-09T17:58:00.730-05:002011-01-09T17:58:00.730-05:00You see the influence the Levines have to what and...You see the influence the Levines have to what and where stuff is printed. The CO editorial staff wanted to be sure they did not "embarass" the Levines.therestofthestorynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-56578236290760350082011-01-09T17:08:37.865-05:002011-01-09T17:08:37.865-05:00Interesting that the article about the Courage exh...Interesting that the article about the Courage exhibit, which mentions that CMS is being investigated for civil rights complaints alleging discrimination against blacks and Hispanics, ran on the front page, while this article was at the bottom of the Local section. I think they should have run side by side. Talk about irony!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-66012492623910638322011-01-09T15:21:30.429-05:002011-01-09T15:21:30.429-05:00Why was the story hidden? This is important inform...Why was the story hidden? This is important information everyone in Mecklenburg county should be aware of. Highly disappointed in the Observer! So much for any change. How much more can CMS cut from the suburban schools? Can you squeeze 40 in a grade school class to accommodate the inner city schools of 12 per room?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-73886253591043555842011-01-09T14:57:48.026-05:002011-01-09T14:57:48.026-05:00Nice job hiding the per pupil issue in the paper t...Nice job hiding the per pupil issue in the paper today.therestofthestorynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-14037007564632023842011-01-09T09:53:00.229-05:002011-01-09T09:53:00.229-05:00So anybody ready for us yet?
www.Deconsolidate.co...So anybody ready for us yet?<br /><br />www.Deconsolidate.com<br /><br />We tried to get this going a few years ago but the uptown crowd got a bad bunch of press going and stopped it. But at least not the media is being honest this time around.<br /><br />Or at at least we need to get vouchers so the power is back in the hands of the parents. www.WestCharlotte.com <br /><br />Either group is working for the same goal of getting the rights back where they should be.Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07977808657926308272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-91249296805756376102011-01-09T08:43:46.644-05:002011-01-09T08:43:46.644-05:00Here's how to equalize per pupil spending at a...Here's how to equalize per pupil spending at all schools.<br /><br />Most of the money comes from staff salaries so make sure you have an equal mix of teachers in terms of:<br /> years experience, <br /> advanced degrees <br /> national board certification.<br /><br /> Also,make sure all principals and other staff are paid the same amount of money.<br /><br />Next differential is the federal monies so make sure you have an equal number of the following categories of students in each school:<br />Exceptional Children (EC)<br />English as Second Language ESL)<br />McKinney-Vento (Homeless)<br />Free and Reduced Lunch (FRL)<br /><br /><br />Make sure no school is Title I then the feds won't pay for extra staffing.<br /><br />Until CMS dis-aggregates the data in all of the terms above, it's only purpose is to foment discord among sections of the population in order to achieve Gorman's hidden agenda and destroy this school system. <br /><br />That's the way it has always been in this country, make middle class and poor whites think that minorities are taking something away from them so their latent racist attitudes can burst forth. <br /><br />So it leaves the all little guys (middle and lower class whites, blacks and Hispanics)fighting over a little sliver of the pie while 99% of that pie is in the pockets of a very few. They sit in their ivory towers laughing at us and marveling how this works every time. <br /><br />We all need to band together and ask for a real accounting of all funds in this school system. We used to get a budget, before Gorman, that told us where every penny came from and where it went. Demand it now Charlotte and uncover the lies!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-92000566082982456812011-01-09T07:45:51.828-05:002011-01-09T07:45:51.828-05:00Regarding the previous comment: "What the pub...Regarding the previous comment: "What the public will soon learn is these numbers do not reflect what is truly being spent in the poorer schools. It is all smoke screens and mirrors." <br /><br /> Anonymous, how could you possibly know this? And...what a surprise? Someone's pulling the race card yet again to deflect from the facts. Fannie Flono, is that you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-74592944917095106522011-01-08T19:42:07.539-05:002011-01-08T19:42:07.539-05:00What the public will soon learn is these numbers d...What the public will soon learn is these numbers do not reflect what is truly being spent in the poorer schools. It is all smoke screens and mirrors. CMS has worked very hard to undermind all of it's schools. How does Providence get more money per student than Myers Park? Could this be a "White on White crime"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-59477403175611621602011-01-08T19:38:38.344-05:002011-01-08T19:38:38.344-05:00Unfortunately, we see from the comments that there...Unfortunately, we see from the comments that there is a lack of trust in the Observer because there has been a history of burying information if it doesn't go along with their agenda. Even when information cannot be buried, too many times it will appear in the continuation of the article on another page or "below the fold". When we see how unilateral the editorial board is on making sure the public still thinks that CMS has not done nearly enough for our poor students, you can understand the energy of these blog responses. We need more balance (some, would be nice) in our editorial board. Why has there been no effort to do so?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-40942444328501166712011-01-08T18:02:58.402-05:002011-01-08T18:02:58.402-05:00Re change of topic on the blog: I don't look a...Re change of topic on the blog: I don't look at posting a new item as canceling out a prior post. Obviously, comments on this item are continuing just fine -- and most of the comments on the newer item are also about per-pupil spending. <br /><br />It would be kind of amusing to imagine Taylor Batten holding a gun to my head and ordering me to post a new item, but truth is, I just came across the state "about the lottery" link and decided to bang that out quickly before I forget. Middle-age brain clog is a much bigger challenge for me than anyone imposing bias.Ann Doss Helmshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03511764376105157616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-20728145372121002011-01-08T17:34:29.666-05:002011-01-08T17:34:29.666-05:00Eric, Will this be the same story that we saw on-l...Eric, Will this be the same story that we saw on-line with links to per pupil data? I'll have to say that this whole situation seems very peculiar. And sorry, but we all know that these results do not fit the favored storyline for the paper's editorial staff. I know news is totally separate from editorial, but between the quick change of topic on the blog and the stalling of publishing of the article something just doesn't seem right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-67881939820312442332011-01-08T17:22:26.670-05:002011-01-08T17:22:26.670-05:00I hate to sound cynical, but I was surprised yeste...I hate to sound cynical, but I was surprised yesterday when the blog so quickly left the topic of per pupil spending and moved on to the lottery when it appeared there was quite a bit of interest in the spending piece. Then when the article didn't show up in the paper this morning I had to wonder--why are they trying to get rid of this topic?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-70159528266389925232011-01-08T16:57:45.652-05:002011-01-08T16:57:45.652-05:00Update No. 2: The story's now going to run in ...Update No. 2: The story's now going to run in the paper on Monday. The editors want to make sure it runs on the Local front, and there isn't space for it on tomorrow's local front. It could run inside Local, but it's too important not to be on a section front.Eric Frazierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08712133627686604940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-90404457210988099882011-01-08T16:13:54.710-05:002011-01-08T16:13:54.710-05:00Well, obviously it wasn't going to be on the f...Well, obviously it wasn't going to be on the front page, was it? I can't imagine there could be that big of a snafu. Nor can I imagine a snafu keeping it off the headlines of the local section. Is this story going to be buried?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-27155287538469038172011-01-08T16:01:51.411-05:002011-01-08T16:01:51.411-05:00Snafu meaning that the Editorial Board got their h...Snafu meaning that the Editorial Board got their hands on this? Wouldn't want it to douse their unfounded suppositions!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-4966887375395376622011-01-08T15:07:07.466-05:002011-01-08T15:07:07.466-05:00Eric Frazier here: There was some sort of late-nig...Eric Frazier here: There was some sort of late-night snafu with the print version of the story last night (Friday night). It will be in Sunday's paper.Eric Frazierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08712133627686604940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-53723976460174672562011-01-08T13:57:25.610-05:002011-01-08T13:57:25.610-05:00Um, very good question, 8:08. When Eric and I left...Um, very good question, 8:08. When Eric and I left last night, the story was going in the paper. No one called him to say it was being held -- he's checking now to make sure it runs.<br /><br />It's sort of a running joke with us how often there are parallels between CMS and the Observer. Sometimes it looks like CMS is hiding something and folks there insist it was just a snag in communications or process. Well ... I can promise you no one on the editorial board came over and said "Suppress that story!" But I do hate to see stories held after they've been posted online.Ann Doss Helmshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03511764376105157616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-84160855103180160212011-01-08T08:08:01.841-05:002011-01-08T08:08:01.841-05:00Per pupil spending article is nowhere to be seen i...Per pupil spending article is nowhere to be seen in today's (Saturday's) paper. What's going on? Will it be a headliner in the Sunday paper? Seems strange that the article would be on-line on Friday but not show up in print until Sunday. But it will be even stranger (and very disturbing) if the article never makes it to the paper at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-54402750123780584422011-01-08T07:29:09.576-05:002011-01-08T07:29:09.576-05:00I understand that the Observer has only so much ro...I understand that the Observer has only so much room to post the per pupil spending data, so how about posting it by school level: first day post elementary spending, second day middle school spending and the third day post the high school spending. If that requires too much space, post, for example, the top 10 (pick a number that is feasible to print) and the bottom 10 pupil spending schools. You are savvy enough to figure out how to get this important data into the paper even if it takes some fighting with your editor. It's time another arm of the Observer bust the myths propagated by your editorial writers! Facts speak louder than words.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-9382347046652376972011-01-07T23:05:07.113-05:002011-01-07T23:05:07.113-05:00These schools outperform the peers (sorted by best...These schools outperform the peers (sorted by best perf per $):<br />High:<br /><br /> ARDREY KELL HIGH<br /> PROVIDENCE<br /> RENAISSANCE SCHOOL AT OLYMPIC HIGH<br /> MYERS PARK<br /> NEW TECHNLOGY AT GARINGER HIGH<br /> DAVID W BUTLER <br /> SOUTH MECKLENBURG<br /> MALLARD CREEK HIGH<br /> CATO MIDDLE COLLEGE HIGH<br /> HOPEWELL <br /> NORTH MECKLENBURG<br /> INTL BUSINESS & COMM. STUDIES AT OLYMPIC HIGH<br /> MATH, ENG., TECH. & SCIENCE AT OLYMPIC HIGH<br /> INDEPENDENCE<br /> INTL STUDIES & GLOBAL ECON. AT OLYMPIC HIGH<br /> PHILLIP O BERRY ACADEMY<br /><br />--------------------<br />These schools underperform the peers (sorted by worst perf per $):<br />High:<br /><br /> MIDWOOD HIGH<br /> MARIE G DAVIS MILITARY AND GLOBAL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY<br /> E.E. WADDELL<br /> MATH AND SCIENCE AT GARINGER HIGH<br /> LEADERSHIP AND PUBLIC SERVICE AT GARINGER HIGH<br /> PERFORMANCE LEARNING CENTER<br /> ZEBULON B VANCE <br /> WEST CHARLOTTE<br /> BUSINESS AND FINANCE AT GARINGER HIGH<br /> WEST MECKLENBURG<br /> HARDING UNIVERSITY<br /> NORTHWEST <br /> BIOTECH, HEALTH & PUBLIC ADMIN AT OLYMPIC HIGH<br /> INTERNATIONAL STUDIES AT GARINGER HIGH<br /> EAST MECKLENBURGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-52317789616040790562011-01-07T22:59:14.138-05:002011-01-07T22:59:14.138-05:00These schools outperform the peers (sorted by best...These schools outperform the peers (sorted by best perf per $):<br />Middle:<br /><br /> COMMUNITY HOUSE <br /> SOUTH CHARLOTTE <br /> JAY M ROBINSON <br /> PIEDMONT OPEN <br /> BAILEY SCHOOL<br /> MINT HILL <br /> CRESTDALE <br /> RIDGE ROAD <br /> RANDOLPH <br /> SOUTHWEST <br /> FRANCIS BRADLEY <br /> ALEXANDER GRAHAM <br /> CARMEL <br /> SMITH SCHOOL<br /> DAVIDSON IB <br /> QUAIL HOLLOW <br /> NORTHEAST <br /><br />--------------------<br />These schools underperform the peers (sorted by worst perf per $):<br />Middle:<br /><br /> J. T. WILLIAMS <br /> SPAUGH <br /> SEDGEFIELD <br /> EASTWAY <br /> WILSON <br /> MARTIN LUTHER KING <br /> COCHRANE <br /> RANSON <br /> WHITEWATER <br /> ALBEMARLE ROAD <br /> MCCLINTOCK <br /> COULWOOD <br /> ALEXANDER <br /> JAMES MARTIN <br /> KENNEDY <br /> NORTHRIDGEAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-3238070931853342202011-01-07T22:53:55.412-05:002011-01-07T22:53:55.412-05:00$ per 20th Day Rank* Perf Comp Rank*
Takes all t...$ per 20th Day Rank* Perf Comp Rank*<br /><br />Takes all that confusion and detail out but answers the question of - If you get average $ and performance is average, you can see where the $ are not producing the performance.<br /><br />These schools outperform the peers (sorted by best perf per $):<br />Elem:<br /> POLO RIDGE <br /> ELIZABETH LANE<br /> ELON PARK <br /> BAIN <br /> TORRENCE CREEK <br /> HAWK RIDGE <br /> BALLANTYNE <br /> PROVIDENCE SPRINGS <br /> J. V. WASHAM <br /> SHARON <br /> MATTHEWS <br /> BARNETTE <br /> HIGHLAND CREEK <br /> DAVIDSON <br /> OLDE PROVIDENCE <br /> ENDHAVEN <br /> CORNELIUS <br /> RIVER GATE <br /> JOHN M MOREHEAD <br /> MYERS PARK TRADITIONAL <br /> SELWYN <br /> HUNTERSVILLE <br /> WINGET PARK <br /> COLLINSWOOD <br /> EASTOVER <br /> CROWN POINT <br /> CROFT COMMUNITY <br /> PARK ROAD <br /> MALLARD CREEK <br /> MOUNTAIN ISLAND <br /> CHANTILLY MONTESSORI<br /> CLEAR CREEK <br /> ELIZABETH TRADITIONAL <br /> TUCKASEEGEE <br /> STONEY CREEK <br /> BEVERLY WOODS <br /> VILLA HEIGHTS <br /> LANSDOWNE <br /> LEGETTE BLYTHE <br /> RIVER OAKS <br /> PINEVILLE <br /> BEREWICK <br /> DILWORTH <br /> IDLEWILD <br /> STEELE CREEK <br /> DAVID COX ROAD <br /> MCKEE ROAD <br /> LONG CREEK <br /> GREENWAY PARK <br /> JOSEPH W GRIER ACADEMY<br /> MCALPINE <br /> PINEY GROVE <br /><br />--------------------<br />These schools underperform the peers (sorted by worst perf per $):<br />Elem:<br /> THOMASBORO <br /> FIRST WARD <br /> DRUID HILLS <br /> PAWTUCKETT <br /> WALTER G BEYERS <br /> WESTERLY HILLS <br /> LINCOLN HEIGHTS <br /> BILLINGSVILLE <br /> ASHLEY PARK <br /> REID PARK <br /> SEDGEFIELD <br /> ALLENBROOK <br /> BRUNS <br /> HIGHLAND RENAISSANCE<br /> SHAMROCK GARDENS <br /> MONTCLAIRE <br /> STATESVILLE ROAD <br /> PINEWOOD <br /> BRIARWOOD <br /> RAMA ROAD <br /> IRWIN AVE. OPEN <br /> BARRINGER <br /> DEVONSHIRE <br /> MERRY OAKS <br /> STERLING <br /> ALBEMARLE ROAD <br /> WINTERFIELD <br /> NATIONS FORD <br /> OAKHURST <br /> HICKORY GROVE <br /> HIDDEN VALLEY <br /> PAW CREEK <br /> BERRYHILL <br /> HORNETS NEST <br /> OAKLAWN <br /> NEWELL <br /> J. H. GUNN <br /> WINDING SPRINGS <br /> HUNTINGTOWNE FARMS <br /> UNIVERSITY PARK <br /> SMITHFIELD <br /> HIGHLAND MILL MONTESSORI<br /> NATHANIEL ALEXANDER <br /> REEDY CREEK <br /> OAKDALE <br /> WHITEWATER <br /> COTSWOLD <br /> WINDSOR PARK <br /> UNIVERSITY MEADOWS <br /> LEBANON ROAD <br /> LAKE WYLIEAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com