tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post6048976292698696697..comments2023-10-23T09:23:22.051-04:00Comments on Your Schools: CMS success factoriesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-75036096936659936242012-09-06T08:44:57.016-04:002012-09-06T08:44:57.016-04:00Unfortunately, time isn’t on the side of teachers ...Unfortunately, time isn’t on the side of teachers as they struggle to teach differentiated, personalized lessons to classrooms of over students.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.SchoolImprovement.com/" rel="nofollow"> professional learning </a>StephaniePumphreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05683714573162912811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-90279547153802842662012-08-11T22:58:06.569-04:002012-08-11T22:58:06.569-04:00Dr. Bradley is great!!! He would be a great princi...Dr. Bradley is great!!! He would be a great principal at any school.CMS parent and teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02787388849130449912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-85499506259384314932012-08-11T22:57:48.014-04:002012-08-11T22:57:48.014-04:00Dr. Bradley is great!!! He would be a great princi...Dr. Bradley is great!!! He would be a great principal at any school.CMS parent and teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02787388849130449912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-75214123903144640142012-08-11T22:54:03.567-04:002012-08-11T22:54:03.567-04:00Dr. Bradley is great!!! He would be a great princi...Dr. Bradley is great!!! He would be a great principal at any school.CMS parent and teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02787388849130449912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-33763024367620235222012-08-07T10:24:31.181-04:002012-08-07T10:24:31.181-04:00Thats just crap from Habrat they gave the market a...Thats just crap from Habrat they gave the market adjustments to principals who have a chance at keeping teachers in classrooms from leaving. They are becoming sale people for CMS and are starting to get paid to keep teachers from leaving. Its come to that as nobody in a school sees positive results or change from downtowners.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-9429919448045878282012-08-07T09:54:47.661-04:002012-08-07T09:54:47.661-04:00We have this demographic that we all have assumed ...We have this demographic that we all have assumed would require extra help to break the cycle of pverty through education. We were all willing to grap hold of their hands and help them up the hill. However, after years of such "assistance", little progress has been made. For one, they will not give up the "culture" that keeps them locked in poeverty. Second, instead of helping them up the hill, they insist on being carried up the hill. Further aggravating the situation as demonstrated in the school closings, they will fight being carried. <br /><br />Time to cut it loose, save the 3% to 5% that are obviously demonstrating they can be lead to the water and are willing to drink it and try to save American society with those that understand the requirements of the modern society. Welfare will continue so let's not waste any more money toward this demographic. Resources are too scarce as it is now. Let community groups do as they with for this group.Bill Stevensnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-36594304410591294142012-08-07T09:20:31.646-04:002012-08-07T09:20:31.646-04:0011:58 p.m., HR Chief Dan Habrat says the market ad...11:58 p.m., HR Chief Dan Habrat says the market adjustments are not intended to be based on individual performance or school results -- they just a result of using the formula to see who's behind the market rates (as of 2007).<br /><br />7:42 a.m., I have a query in about principal bonuses.Ann Doss Helmshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03511764376105157616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-77070711209696295942012-08-07T08:52:17.480-04:002012-08-07T08:52:17.480-04:00cont..
Re: Cato and NWSA
Both schools are small ...cont..<br /><br />Re: Cato and NWSA<br /><br />Both schools are small compared to other mammoth CMS high schools. I don't know about Cato but NWSA has a higher percentage of girls than boys. If I had to wager a bet, I'd bet Cato has more girls than boys also. The average college has a 60% to 40% ratio of girls to boys. Again, I think internal motivation is a major factor at both schools which rarely gets any attention or press with the "common sense reform" so-called experts. <br /><br />- ADAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-90152627430050248032012-08-07T07:50:02.690-04:002012-08-07T07:50:02.690-04:00FOLLOW-UP ON MY PAPPY.
Along time-ago when I was ...FOLLOW-UP ON MY PAPPY.<br /><br />Along time-ago when I was a kid and times had gotten noticeably tighter, my Pappy couldn’t make money in the roofing business. He got a job selling new Ford automobiles. He really liked that…for a while.<br /><br />He met nice people. He got to drive home a new demonstrator every night. <br /><br />When he was running his roofing business he’d come home covered in tar. But at the car dealership he dressed-up good. Came home nice and clean.<br /><br />So one day, as he told it to me, this farmer looking guy came in the showroom. He didn’t smell like a hog but had the mud on his shoes and up to his knees to show that he had been where they lived. He had pulled into the lot in what we now call a beater. <br /><br />He wasn’t much of a prospect. The other salesman on duty walked away. My dad went out and greeted the fellow. Of course, my Pappy would have greeted Santa even if it was December 26th and the sack was hanging empty by his side.<br /><br />I do remember Pappy saying the man, who later became a good friend, never went beyond second grade. His wife was about the same. So I suppose the farmer looked illiterate.<br /><br />But the reason the man walked into the car showroom that evening was to buy his twin daughters new T-Birds for high school graduation. Pappy got the sale.<br /><br />Now this is a true story, told with a little southern embellishment. Pappy didn’t come home that night and tell the story. He told it to me some years later when he saw me making assumptions about people.<br /><br />It was a good lesson.<br /><br />Bolyn McClung<br />PinevilleBolynMcClunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02938579006144446381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-57546289720262466852012-08-07T07:42:47.499-04:002012-08-07T07:42:47.499-04:00ANN
These were just the market adjustment raises....ANN<br /><br />These were just the market adjustment raises. How about the unknown BONUS money that has been paid for several YEARS to principals. Find out about this bonus. This will definately be another slap in the face to frontline teachers. Teachers have LOST money these last 4 years!<br /><br />TAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-24662771716575713492012-08-07T07:08:54.308-04:002012-08-07T07:08:54.308-04:00MY DEER OL’ PAPPY MIGHTN SAY ET THIS WAY….
…I ahg...MY DEER OL’ PAPPY MIGHTN SAY ET THIS WAY….<br /><br />…I ahgree width wYlie,<br /><br />Splittin-up dah skhools ain’t a susportable ideah.<br /><br />And it tain’t wize to think of indifiduawls or grooops as illeterrates. Mostlie that gits yew bit n the beheyend…..sooneerr or later, witch ever comes furst.<br /><br />Bolyn McClung<br />PinevilleBolynMcClunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02938579006144446381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-64365927574818308932012-08-07T07:06:25.566-04:002012-08-07T07:06:25.566-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.BolynMcClunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02938579006144446381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-2796395180193408632012-08-07T00:55:33.463-04:002012-08-07T00:55:33.463-04:00Bill,
Two things:
1 - I do not favor splitting u...Bill,<br /><br />Two things:<br /><br />1 - I do not favor splitting up CMS.<br /><br />2 - I have no idea what point you are referring to about the "illeterate NAACP". I have never said the NAACP was "illeterate".Wiley Coyotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16966764080565903720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-49945039119063114292012-08-06T23:58:44.493-04:002012-08-06T23:58:44.493-04:00Ann, please have Dr. Morrison's staff explain ...Ann, please have Dr. Morrison's staff explain to you how principals were given 1,000.00 to 12,000.00 in raises and the schools they lead are not making progress? An example is as follows: AliciaJohnson got a 9,000.00 raise for being one of the lowest schools in the district. If a leader can obtain almost a10,000.00 raise to under achieve what incentive does she have or anyone for that matter have to achieve? This is a disgrace! Yes, HARDING had an additional population added but it was still up to the leaders of that school to create a "vision" and work with staff collaboratively to support student achievement! Instead, the principal and her sorority sisters brow beat, intimidated staff and used the new teacher evaluation instrument to "develop" tenured teachers out!. Dr.Morrison please continue to ask questions... Check the turnover and resignation rate in this school and ask yourself the question should this principal remain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-15785136536345871122012-08-06T23:18:37.839-04:002012-08-06T23:18:37.839-04:00Don't forget that the elementary and middle sc...Don't forget that the elementary and middle school components(with parents) are the cornerstone to building a successful graduate. It's easy and early to predict who's heading where/when based on these two<br />indicators.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-22398138231392539732012-08-06T22:45:20.254-04:002012-08-06T22:45:20.254-04:00NO DATA
NO PEACENO DATA<br />NO PEACEAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-5875757194295556082012-08-06T22:27:32.790-04:002012-08-06T22:27:32.790-04:00Wiley and Christine, it seems this type of keen an...Wiley and Christine, it seems this type of keen analysis and probing needs to be presented to the NC legislature to back up the movement to split CMS into 3 districts. While I understand Wiley's point he has made before about the illiterate NAACP here, city fathers do not want this flashpoint for fear of harming this city's (fake) image. We all know businesses moving here give allowances for private school and most employees do not move to Mecklenburg County. Anyway, the publicity centered on the facts and just the facts will drive education academia crazy. One of you probably could get your PhD with this and apply for the next superintendent job.<br /><br />Anyway, doesn't this just look like another Grier Heights feel good story for a bunch of our fake city leaders and power brokers so they get slaps on their backs for their "nobleness"?<br /><br />This is clearly the case where money should start moving form chronically failing schools to schools that are demonstrating they have succeeded with so little. Sure with the federal Tilte 1 money and the lottery targeted funding to the urban schools, they will still get more per pupil expenditure but maybe at some point the teachers will learn that the kids can not pass tests if they are not being taught whether it is because the teacher is performing some family duty or the student does not attend school. Time to stop the excuses and get teachers back to teaching.Bill Stevensnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-42868956454131140072012-08-06T22:09:02.101-04:002012-08-06T22:09:02.101-04:00I can't believe that CMS did not have a qualif...I can't believe that CMS did not have a qualified person to fill the job at West Charlotte High School. You have principals in CMS that don't need to be in their positions. Look at the DPI results. That should tell Dr. Morrison and others that they need to be replaced. Some of the principals are just given their jobs because they cause no uproar in the system and ANN CLARK likes them. If some of them applied in other counties, they would NOT be hired.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-69895703483474256102012-08-06T22:08:10.437-04:002012-08-06T22:08:10.437-04:00I can't believe that CMS DID NOT have a quali...I can't believe that CMS DID NOT have a qualified person to fill the job at West Charlotte High School. You have principals in CMS that don't need to be in their positions. Why? Look at the results of 2011-2012 school year. That should tell Dr. Morrison and others that they need to be replaced. Some of the principals are just given their jobs because they cause no uproar in the system and ANN CLARK likes them. If some of them applied in other counties, they would NOT be hired.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-52178632470459809282012-08-06T22:00:53.818-04:002012-08-06T22:00:53.818-04:00With Ann Clark as the Academic Leader, CMS has fal...With Ann Clark as the Academic Leader, CMS has fallen from 89% to 86% in 3 years. She doesn't belong in this job. She has only a Master's degree and not a Doctorate. She is part of the problem in CMS and no one wants to address it. She is the one who chooses the principals, etc. CMS would be a much better place without her. She has her own little click of "pets" and to "he_ _" with the rest of the capable people. Dr. Morrison will soon see that she will "stab" him in the back. She needs to GO GO without looking back. Bye, Miss Clark don't let the door hit you in the back.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-78519715306246238792012-08-06T21:32:35.577-04:002012-08-06T21:32:35.577-04:008:45....
The point is, how did 181 economically d...8:45....<br /><br />The point is, how did 181 economically disadvantaged students graduate, whose numbers are overwhelmingly African-American BEFORE the implementation of LIFT?<br /><br />Why did the other 128 ED students NOT graduate?<br /><br />What can be learned by looking at the 181 who graduated?Wiley Coyotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16966764080565903720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-2348542185996746032012-08-06T21:08:41.729-04:002012-08-06T21:08:41.729-04:00Students at NWSA and Cato Middle College have inte...Students at NWSA and Cato Middle College have internal motivation to attend and succeed in school based on personal interests and talents. Both schools also prohibit students from attending (Cato) or participating in performances (NWSA) if they are academically failing (external motivation). Cato also reviews student disciplinary records and rejects students with chronic behavioral problems. My son seriously considered attending Cato next year but decided to stay at his current "traditional" school. I think the program at Cato is one of the best kept secrets in Charlotte. There are no sports programs at Cato or NWSA. Neither school is for everyone - which is exactly the point. <br /><br />Alicia DurandAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-30317493040374542642012-08-06T20:45:34.629-04:002012-08-06T20:45:34.629-04:00What this tells me Wiley is that the black communi...What this tells me Wiley is that the black community (kojo ilk and EES,MM,JW.RM) are about to waste $55 mill. Graduation rates are not going to go up with LIFT progrm and that minority based welfare education joint venure is not worth it. The rift it will cause into the future not even the Charlotte Chamber will be able to put a positive spin on !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-33789381232310216002012-08-06T19:09:57.507-04:002012-08-06T19:09:57.507-04:00Blacks want a Handout
Hispanics want a Job
Whites ...Blacks want a Handout<br />Hispanics want a Job<br />Whites just want half the taxmoney they have spent to go to their children. Not 1/3Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-63730259209295486872012-08-06T17:45:08.194-04:002012-08-06T17:45:08.194-04:00Looking at West Charlotte 4 Year Cohort Graduation...Looking at West Charlotte 4 Year Cohort Graduation Report for 2011/12, there were 395 students and 220 graduated; 55.7%.<br /><br />Of the 395 students, 309 are ED and of the 309, 181 graduated for a 58.6% rate. 200 students that gradutaed are Black (only 5 Whites and 16 Hispanics in the 395 number).<br /><br />175 students did not graduate.<br /><br />Wouldn't it seem prudent to try and find out why 181 ED students DID graduate and almost the same number did not?<br /><br />Does it take $55 million dollars to try and figure that out from kindergarten to the 12th grade with bonuses and lobbyists in-between?<br /><br />What the West Charlotte numbers tell me is that economically disadvantaged Black students do learn and graduate, no matter what the concentrations of poverty are and where they live.Wiley Coyotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16966764080565903720noreply@blogger.com