tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post3239886503580422186..comments2023-10-23T09:23:22.051-04:00Comments on Your Schools: N.C. community colleges cited for guiding students to universities or careersUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-72435278657024712022015-01-09T19:21:12.343-05:002015-01-09T19:21:12.343-05:0012:20pm - you are right on point. CMS does think m...12:20pm - you are right on point. CMS does think many parents are too stupid, just look at some of the programs they have launched over the past couple of years that aren't working "as planned" but the parents were assured by administration that these were good decisions for the children.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-78733876050669867922015-01-09T18:30:01.143-05:002015-01-09T18:30:01.143-05:00The problem with short changing distinctly unique ...The problem with short changing distinctly unique and successful magnet schools that should have been CMS' primary focus in an effort to make each the very best it can be.<br /><br />Welcome to: THE OVERDONE MAGNET (like an overdone prostitute).<br /><br />Because there are now too many clashing calamities for the mind to grasp, the beautiful assortment of "Well-Established Magnets" now goes by a different name: "Hodge-Podge Magnets". <br /><br />Alicia <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-55892365331729305922015-01-09T17:14:21.903-05:002015-01-09T17:14:21.903-05:00can we find out how many 28277 parents are going t...can we find out how many 28277 parents are going to willingly spend their child to kennedy? Mine guess is zero.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-43799691164731533892015-01-09T12:20:25.195-05:002015-01-09T12:20:25.195-05:00Is there a reason CMS added a STEM magnet program ...Is there a reason CMS added a STEM magnet program at Kennedy MS when 81% of students are below grade level in math and 70% of students are below grade level in reading? How stupid does CMS think the average parent is who lives in the 28277 area and has children at CHMS? <br /><br />How about a Remedial Reading and Math (RRM) magnet program at Kennedy? <br /><br />Strike up the band for yet another failed social engineering experiment at the expense of students at overcrowded south Charlotte schools who receive considerably less in per-pupil spending but pay the majority of taxes to keep up the status quo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-70903595621861506442015-01-09T08:26:13.340-05:002015-01-09T08:26:13.340-05:00anon 5:20pm - the reason CMS is pushing the Kenned...anon 5:20pm - the reason CMS is pushing the Kennedy MS STEM school to 28277 is to relieve overcrowding at Comm House MS. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-62359034143774311942015-01-08T20:02:10.345-05:002015-01-08T20:02:10.345-05:00I view the hyper expansion of CMS magnet schools n...I view the hyper expansion of CMS magnet schools no different than I view the hyper expansion of charter schools. <br /><br />In the process of trying to compete with charter schools while still holding on to archaic social engineering ideals, it's possible CMS may wind up undermining well established and successful magnet schools that should have been the system's primary focus. Instead of directing limited funds to well established magnet schools in an effort to make each the very best they can be, CMS has effectively made magnet schools run-of-the- mill rather than something unique and special which has the potential affect of making magnet schools less desirable while traditional neighborhood schools continue to get short changed. Case in point, how likely is it that Kennedy MS is going to be inundated with students from the 28277 zip code? A more likely scenario is having a handful of students sign up who live in 5 different places but are now entitled to transportation on a half empty bus that picks up and drops off at 5:30 AM and 6:15 PM. <br /><br />The hyper expansion of charter schools at willy-nilly pace should also be of concern because while some will become highly successful, others have no business opening their doors in the first place. <br /><br />Charlotte goes Wild West! <br /><br />Alicia <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-22625533702884818222015-01-07T21:57:09.463-05:002015-01-07T21:57:09.463-05:005:20
I hate to be Debbie Downer but if history is ...5:20<br />I hate to be Debbie Downer but if history is any indication, Kennedy M.S. need not worry about a sudden influx of students from 28277. That dog ain't likely to hunt. <br /><br />I could be wrong, but CMS' hyper-Heathy expansion of magnet schools will never be a solution to solving "the gap". <br /><br />Alicia Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-33625879169256193222015-01-07T16:25:36.057-05:002015-01-07T16:25:36.057-05:00Wiley,
I am 48 years old.Wiley,<br />I am 48 years old.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-51213689974567699462015-01-06T17:20:58.623-05:002015-01-06T17:20:58.623-05:00Could it be true? Is CMS allowing a STEM magnet fo...Could it be true? Is CMS allowing a STEM magnet for those in 28277? Kennedy Middle is being allowed to take those in this zip. Who is going to get in trouble for approving that one? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-39383797696318752032015-01-06T08:49:08.898-05:002015-01-06T08:49:08.898-05:00Has anything been written about the staff attorney...Has anything been written about the staff attorneys whose pay Battle was trying so hard to increase. Could you give us names, education, former employers, etc? Are they a diverse group?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-1152576131140697902015-01-05T23:19:04.023-05:002015-01-05T23:19:04.023-05:00Keep diggin Dunn Keep DiGGin
You may scoop the A...Keep diggin Dunn Keep DiGGin<br /><br /><br />You may scoop the Atlanta story yet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-22408261415680974062015-01-05T16:15:24.200-05:002015-01-05T16:15:24.200-05:002:00...
May I ask your age?2:00...<br /><br />May I ask your age?Wiley Coyotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16966764080565903720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-32574326235378287402015-01-05T14:00:23.683-05:002015-01-05T14:00:23.683-05:00Wiley,
Public education in this country is not qui...Wiley,<br />Public education in this country is not quite as bad as you have asserted, not just yet! It is true that CMS is a lost cause and will only get worse, as you have pointed out, it's all about demographics. 30.5% does not bode well for CMS and that number is only going to shrink!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-79349119507792571972015-01-05T09:52:38.062-05:002015-01-05T09:52:38.062-05:00If I hear the term "21st Century Learning&quo...If I hear the term "21st Century Learning" and "technology is the answer" one more time from my CMS principal I'm going to scream.<br /><br />How can traditional styles of classroom instruction engage and inspire students when life outside the classroom has changed so dramatically? Teenagers in the United States spent 60% of their media time on cell phones, the Internet, and games, higher than ever before. For many kids, class is the only time in their day when they can completely ‘disconnect.’ <br /><br />Rather than question how much is too much technology, our school district is wondering how we can increase the screen time of teenagers by filling in the<br />one relatively screen free time — school. As a parent, I am quite concerned about this trend.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-6303363905617554562015-01-04T21:19:00.172-05:002015-01-04T21:19:00.172-05:00BJ,
None of this matters. It's the same garba...BJ,<br /><br />None of this matters. It's the same garbage that has been going on for decades.<br /><br />You can replace Morrison, Battle, McCray, et al and nothing will change.<br /><br />Public education continues to dumb down management and students. The new 10 point scale is another example.<br /><br />Until we put a fair, efficient system in place, fire about half of the admin, tell students and parents they will no longer be given excuses for bad behavior and disrespect and let teachers -TEACH - public education will continue its spiral down the toilet.Wiley Coyotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16966764080565903720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-39007470312865722582015-01-04T20:30:24.707-05:002015-01-04T20:30:24.707-05:00Right On!
Way to go bjRight On!<br /><br />Way to go bjAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-50458022695330183812015-01-04T06:59:45.191-05:002015-01-04T06:59:45.191-05:00http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2015/01/03/542264...http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2015/01/03/5422646/george-battle-defends-handling.html<br /><br />Laughable. Dunn writes as if he were paid big cash under table to make McCray and her mouthpiece Battle look good. What a joke. Everything is backwards and upside down. <br /><br />Does anybody with half a brain believe anything this lying liberal 'rat attorney for the CMS school board says who is nothing but some local yocal with a cheap match book law degree who only got the job because of his paternal who was just as big a liar since the apple never falls far from the tree. <br /><br />Battle defending up for this McCray incompetent totally par for the course in "gotcha back" brotha sista style. And they wonder why corruption and incompetence is so rampant and don't even try to get anything above a teacher job unless the "sorority" makes sure you are the right flavor making 150k to start. <br /><br />There is so much corruption lying cheating stealing and general inept administration it defies logic and will never be corrected until they clean house and take out the trash like Battle and McCray. <br /><br />The Heath Morrison example is living proof where a top notch superintendent was hired only for show but was required to keep the "gap" and payoffs intact in order to keep those billions in gravy train loot flowing with no cuts. <br /><br />Morrison to his credit had more integrity in his little finger than Battle, McCray and the entire board and administration and bucked the trend so he was ousted on his back side immediately. <br /><br />The multiple felonious Atlanta school scandal of a few years ago that sent all the top administrators and board to jail would pale in comparison to CMS if the real truth ever surfaced but it is under wraps and tight lips will never allow it exposed to the light in 100 yrs. <br /><br />Cannon told the truth about the payoff scandal running from the WH to city hall and all usual suspects are involved but Obama and Holder stopped the investigation at Cannon who took the hatchet for all the others for a shorter sentence trade off. <br /><br />With the new Red State game in town in DC, Congress may decide to renew the FBI full investigation and clean up all this massive fraud with more and corruption with more arrests but that remains to be seen. <br /><br />For now CMS Battle and McCray have succeeded in "status quo" and "the gap" continuance indefinitely so grab your ankles and bend over while your wallet and bank account get cleaned out again. <br /><br />On 2nd thought, Republicans may clean up this joint and even top the 35 lawyers, administrators and school boarders jailed in Atlanta a few yrs ago for the biggest corruption and fraud in American education history.<br /><br />Poor Heath Morrison who was only trying to help a system who did not want help.<br /><br /> http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/07/education/test-scandal-in-atlanta-brings-more-guilty-pleas.html?_r=0<br /><br /><br />bj<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-67385823575140121042014-12-31T13:10:59.158-05:002014-12-31T13:10:59.158-05:00Was Heath Morrison a hard decision?
To hire or to...Was Heath Morrison a hard decision?<br /><br />To hire or to fire?<br /><br />CMS does whatever it wants with or without BofE approval. Break it up and give the taxpayers an equal representation.<br /><br />Has the "Great Society" since LBJ solved our country's education problems? TRILLIONS of dollars spent with little to declining measurable results.<br /><br />(Dunn) Is there any investigative issues with CMS for the New Year or are you on a month break?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-37611741240131423532014-12-26T13:07:43.221-05:002014-12-26T13:07:43.221-05:00We Charge What We Want !
Damn the Torpedoes
CMS ...We Charge What We Want !<br /><br />Damn the Torpedoes<br /><br />CMS MafiaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-90209099970635041532014-12-25T23:36:50.898-05:002014-12-25T23:36:50.898-05:005:20...
The $100 or $50 fee, depending on high sc...5:20...<br /><br />The $100 or $50 fee, depending on high school or middle school, is based on the Free & Reduced Lunch program farce run by the USDA.<br /><br />If you "qualify" for FRL, you are exempt from paying the fee.<br /><br />The sheer unfairness and stupidity of this - which every CMS Board Member supports - is that CMS is only allowed to sample 3% of the total student body who receive FRL, which amounts to around 80,000 of the 145,000 students.<br /><br />I believe there are about 16,000 athletes in CMS.<br /><br />Since all students now get free breakfast and CMS can only audit a minute fraction of the FRL recipients, parents who are HONEST wind up getting screwed by CMS and the Board of Education over this ridiculous fee.<br /><br />The Board of Education should scrap ALL sports if they can't afford for ALL students to play or charge ALL students the same fee, regardless of whether they can pay it or not.<br /><br />...but of course they won't because they are too afraid to make the hard decisions necessary to improve education in Mecklenburg County.Wiley Coyotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16966764080565903720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-37886748593314285272014-12-25T17:20:33.131-05:002014-12-25T17:20:33.131-05:00Students are given grades depending on which high ...Students are given grades depending on which high school you attend.<br /><br />Athletes are given Free Rides from paying the ridiculous $100 FEE depending on which high school to attend.<br /><br />CMS MafiaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-31377221762939906842014-12-25T15:19:42.203-05:002014-12-25T15:19:42.203-05:00Students must have a 2.0 GPA from the previous sem...Students must have a 2.0 GPA from the previous semester to compete in that semesters sportAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-58772144342965554742014-12-24T09:18:51.803-05:002014-12-24T09:18:51.803-05:00Andrew,
I was wodering if you might consider writi...Andrew,<br />I was wodering if you might consider writing a story about the althetic eligibity requirements for public schools in this state. <br />To give the readers an idea as to what I am referring to. A student can participate in sports if they "pass" three of they're 4 classes from the previous semester. In other words, they can have all d's and one F and be eligible to play sports. Unless I am mistaken, the students current class performance is not considered, so the student can be failing all of their current classes and be able to play sports. Please correct me if I am mistaken.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-83441000662523171812014-12-22T18:22:48.942-05:002014-12-22T18:22:48.942-05:009:52 AM
Your generosity made me cry. Thank you.
...9:52 AM<br /><br />Your generosity made me cry. Thank you.<br /><br />"There are no great acts, only small acts of great love".<br /><br />- Mother Theresa<br /><br />Alicia Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-83584032935175098262014-12-22T16:28:27.090-05:002014-12-22T16:28:27.090-05:00Can we have 2015 be the year of Personal Responsib...Can we have 2015 be the year of Personal Responsibility?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com