tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post4007953624675876942..comments2023-10-23T09:23:22.051-04:00Comments on Your Schools: The Gorman years through a rosy filterUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-31019659464182915282012-04-28T19:10:06.419-04:002012-04-28T19:10:06.419-04:00How did talking about gormans bs book turn into gu...How did talking about gormans bs book turn into gun play.. Dam, G man can bring the best out of people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-41940710497755947272012-04-26T21:23:30.781-04:002012-04-26T21:23:30.781-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-21355409817638356222012-04-26T21:22:34.209-04:002012-04-26T21:22:34.209-04:00Anon 338 maybe you should show up at Myers Park an...Anon 338 maybe you should show up at Myers Park and see the actual student body. Not the high dollar crowd you think!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-46143112815774496762012-04-26T17:42:36.346-04:002012-04-26T17:42:36.346-04:00Race doesn't matter...Students who disrupt the...Race doesn't matter...Students who disrupt the learning environment should be removed. I also believe emotionally "disabled" and felonious students ahould be assigned to schools that specifically address their issues.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-90087386878593312112012-04-26T17:24:16.901-04:002012-04-26T17:24:16.901-04:00Yikes! You were close, 3:57 -- gun at South Meck j...Yikes! You were close, 3:57 -- gun at South Meck just reported.Ann Doss Helmshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03511764376105157616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-69254107023716066022012-04-26T15:57:45.088-04:002012-04-26T15:57:45.088-04:003:38 - Too funny ! For diversity I am sure one wil...3:38 - Too funny ! For diversity I am sure one will show up at Myers Park or Audrey Kell next week. In Davidson their have been no reports this year of guns in schools. Idea send a bunch of kids from West Meck starting at age 4 up to Davidson for school. Just a hour and a half bus trip. These kids will become Anthony Foxx overnight ! Good use of LIFT $Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-26565789740198515942012-04-26T15:38:00.976-04:002012-04-26T15:38:00.976-04:00Re: Guns at Community House Middle School and West...Re: Guns at Community House Middle School and West Charlotte High - I guess we don't have to worry about closing this "Opportunity Gap".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-30003886418717336352012-04-26T14:55:12.189-04:002012-04-26T14:55:12.189-04:00As did West Charlotte High on Wensday of this week...As did West Charlotte High on Wensday of this week. What is LIFT plan for guns in classrooms?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-72684669121996648632012-04-26T13:54:01.871-04:002012-04-26T13:54:01.871-04:00If I recall, Community House Middle School in Ball...If I recall, Community House Middle School in Ballantyne recently had a loaded gun incident.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-63253689821228160042012-04-26T13:47:47.750-04:002012-04-26T13:47:47.750-04:00This was the Junior High School I attended.
- Ali...This was the Junior High School I attended. <br />- Alicia Durand<br /><br />December 10, 1985 Portland, Connecticut,<br />United States<br />Floyd Warmsley, 13 1 dead, 2 injured 13-year-old student Floyd Warmsley fatally shot a school custodian, wounded the principal and school secretary, and held a student hostage with a rifle at Portland Junior High School in Portland, Connecticut after he had been suspended for refusing to take off his hat while in school. He was arrested after his aunt convinced him to surrender.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-37950935261736813512012-04-26T13:34:25.658-04:002012-04-26T13:34:25.658-04:0012:37
While I was attending graduate school, a whi...12:37<br />While I was attending graduate school, a white 13-year-old student came into my former Jr. high school with a gun and tried to kill the school principal (suburban Connecticut). He missed the principal, struck a non-life threatening bullet into a secretary (the mom of a boy I once dated) before killing the janitor. The incident made national news. I don't want to hear one more thing about anti-social behavior among "those black kids". <br /><br />Alicia DurandAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-82863178516914276292012-04-26T13:11:26.786-04:002012-04-26T13:11:26.786-04:00My father is a retired public school superintenden...My father is a retired public school superintendent who worked for rural and suburban school systems in New York, Connecticut, New Hampshire and Maine. On two occasions my father was threatened with a gun by angry parents - white parents. I know what it's like to grow up in a public fish bowl- not to say there weren't some advantages that came with my father's position. I can't begin to fathom what it would be like to be the wife or daughter of a public school superintendent here in Charlotte. Fish bowl? No, our public school system is a man eating shark tank. Perhaps the untold "human story" of Dr. Gorman's tenure was deciding to prioritize the needs of his family first. <br /><br />Alicia DurandAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-79259090583898793312012-04-26T12:37:00.194-04:002012-04-26T12:37:00.194-04:00Bolyn, the incident you related just continues to ...Bolyn, the incident you related just continues to reinforce the message that this bad, anti-social, behavior among the balck kids. These are the role models these kids perfer.<br /><br />Until you get serious with this behavior in public places, these people should have been removed forceably and arrested for threats against these people. Likewise, these kids in schools with no behavior standard need to be dealt with directly and decisively.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-44462259646838935602012-04-26T12:32:01.462-04:002012-04-26T12:32:01.462-04:00Ann, it is the old saying, looking at whatever thr...Ann, it is the old saying, looking at whatever through rose colored glasses. Similar to drinking the koolaid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-43493154552165606222012-04-26T12:30:32.351-04:002012-04-26T12:30:32.351-04:00Sharon 10:38, I agreed with you till your last con...Sharon 10:38, I agreed with you till your last conclusion. The more correct conclusion is that suburbanites were okay with throwing money at urban schools because they were "promised" this and the new buildings would solve the achievement gap. After 10 years of this fruitless effort, and the suffering suburbanites have put up with overcrowded schools, classrooms, racists threats from the NAACP and from many members of the BOE, there is only so much a nation of liberty and freedom loving Americans should put up with.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-2197594344382469822012-04-26T11:57:05.094-04:002012-04-26T11:57:05.094-04:00Folks if your mad about your zone school and think...Folks if your mad about your zone school and think their is another "better whiter" option then tell CMS the zone school is a threat to your child and choose the one you think is better. We all know this goes on everyday. Better yet you "bus" that minority kid over to Sharon Elementary for the "better education" that kid will feel so out of place its not funny. You will feel safe that your child has better daycare. Of course it makes no sense at all , but if you feel the need Ericka,Mary,Richard,Joyce you go ahead. Oh I am sorry Ericka already took her son out of CMS.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-31468743156331294142012-04-26T11:21:18.069-04:002012-04-26T11:21:18.069-04:00I've read this book before it's called &qu...I've read this book before it's called "Lies that my teacher told me!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-19573035325033594912012-04-26T11:18:56.597-04:002012-04-26T11:18:56.597-04:00Sharon's got part of it right: entitlement. Wh...Sharon's got part of it right: entitlement. Where we're at now is, everybody feels entitled to something, and what that something boils down to is a larger piece of the pie than what they have. We don't ask for things anymore, nor do we work to earn them. Rather, we demand what "should have been ours to begin with." Everyone - black, white, suburban, urban, rich, poor - is guilty of this, and until it stops, until Charlotte sees itself as a city rather than a conglomeration of pie pieces, CMS will continue to dissatisfy everyone equally.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-47404272142414046502012-04-26T11:17:18.848-04:002012-04-26T11:17:18.848-04:00I sure am glad Our brand new Heath Morrison was no...I sure am glad Our brand new Heath Morrison was not at West Charlotte breakfast meeting the day of the gun incident (missed by 24 hrs). Just think he could have seen that and jumped back to RENO to stay. Then we could have Ann Clark who is the most effective of the bunch. Or maybe Cash would have jumped back in the fold at that point willing to take on the would be criminals. Ericka and Mary you should be careful were you take the new guy we have invested alot of tax payer money in him. I sure expect him to be around at least as long as Project LIFT.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-23731356266252546242012-04-26T11:07:56.784-04:002012-04-26T11:07:56.784-04:00I think Sharon is spot on. Certainly what she des...I think Sharon is spot on. Certainly what she describes is how I feel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-24901867954155572962012-04-26T10:38:04.340-04:002012-04-26T10:38:04.340-04:00Wiley,
You're right--almost all school systems...Wiley,<br />You're right--almost all school systems have at some point had to deal with overcrowding, aging facilities, even split day schedules to accommodate growth and/or funding issues (In Ohio I spent first grade in a crumbling old school building, then second grade in a "rustic" temporary building while a new school was being built. When I first started teaching, my special ed class met at a table in the cafeteria of my Chicago area school.) Folks may have grumbled about the state of things but we didn't see the bitterness and nastiness we often see today.<br /><br /> Why the difference? I think we've stretched this equity, justice, fairness, and now, apparently, the "opportunity gap" thing so far that everyone feels aggrieved about something. Suburbanites have been told for so long that they are selfish and somehow responsible for lower performance in urban schools that many have had it. Might as well start demanding some of the goodies for themselves.<br /><br />SharonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-28486335714273337362012-04-26T10:23:02.415-04:002012-04-26T10:23:02.415-04:00OK all you would-be teachers, this is absolutely y...OK all you would-be teachers, this is absolutely your last chance to sign up for the Teach Charlotte program. We know we've had numerous extensions previously, but seriously, this is it! If you want to teach in a high-needs school, and take classes at night to earn your certification, you need to sign up for this wonderful opportunity:<br /><br />We will be extending our final application deadline until Monday, April 30! Please note that this will be our absolute final deadline, and we will not be able to accept any additional applications after April 30 at midnight.TEACH Charlottenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-40963173560324539242012-04-26T10:21:33.942-04:002012-04-26T10:21:33.942-04:00It looks like 9:37's extremely disparaging and...It looks like 9:37's extremely disparaging and rude comments were removed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-7936638900744344732012-04-26T10:14:22.359-04:002012-04-26T10:14:22.359-04:00There is no 9:37 ...There is no 9:37 ...Deronde Taymone Howardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-91394908248273025582012-04-26T10:13:06.833-04:002012-04-26T10:13:06.833-04:00Until diversity and entitlements are completely re...Until diversity and entitlements are completely removed as the driving forces to managing education, nothing will change.<br /><br />Period.<br /><br />It is NOT the school system's responsibility as to what transpires once a child steps off school property.<br /><br />It is our collective responsibility to ensure every child has what they need IN school to have an <b>equal opportunity</b> to succeed. Beyond that, where they live or what type of parent(s) or guardians they have helping them at home is immaterial.<br /><br />Get off the class size argument. We've had large class sizes in school forever, even when I was going to school 30 years ago.<br /><br />Do we need additional schools built in areas to handle whole school overcrowding? Yes, but we also had schools that needed to be shuttered and the fact we still have unspent bond money from 2007 should tell you why we have the problem in some areas.<br /><br />My niece's graduating class (Lexington High School) currently has about 925 in it and she's a freshman! She has some classes with 35 to 40 students in them but they are building another high school which she will attend starting her junior year.<br /><br />We've been dealing with these same issues for decades and very little has changed.Wiley Coyotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16966764080565903720noreply@blogger.com