tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post6169944268147911340..comments2023-10-23T09:23:22.051-04:00Comments on Your Schools: N.C. schools now required to have EpiPensUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-76987508630028790352014-08-20T05:24:04.386-04:002014-08-20T05:24:04.386-04:00Ready
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The CMS mantra for years. Anothe...Ready <br />Fire <br />Aim<br /><br />The CMS mantra for years. Another $100,000 + job filled by an inept person that is a flunkie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-83765070914245012852014-08-19T21:45:37.188-04:002014-08-19T21:45:37.188-04:00Sounds like the new CMS communications direction s...Sounds like the new CMS communications direction should already be fired! Fail on CMS's communication on the "free breakfast for all". Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-81091627042158082662014-08-19T20:35:59.957-04:002014-08-19T20:35:59.957-04:004:28
My opinion is pretty much the same for every...4:28<br /><br />My opinion is pretty much the same for everything else coming out of CMS..... lousy data/information.<br /><br />Last year, the breakfast benefit was FREE for all 147,000 students (includes pre-k).<br /><br /> <b>....Tens of thousands of students will get free breakfasts next school year, after the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board voted 7-1 for a program that aims to improve academics by fighting hunger.<br /><br />“We all know you can’t teach a hungry child,” Cindy Hobbs, the district’s executive director of child nutrition, told the board.<br /><br />The universal breakfast program, part of a national movement, uses federal money to provide morning meals for all students, regardless of family income.</b><br /><br />Then this from the CMS website:<br /><br /><b>Meal Cost</b><br /><br />Pre-kindergarten - breakfast-$1.00 lunch-$1.90<br /> <br />Elementary, middle, high school - breakfast-$1.25 lunch-$2.15<br /> <br />Adult - breakfast and lunch - a la carte<br /> <br />Misinformation such as this is why you cannot believe anything coming from CMS.<br /><br />The sad fact is, it goes on and on and on year after year.Wiley Coyotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16966764080565903720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-63295521264801216822014-08-19T16:28:50.129-04:002014-08-19T16:28:50.129-04:00Andrew Dunn,
The letter we received from the CHMS...Andrew Dunn,<br /><br />The letter we received from the CHMS principal stated $1.25 for breakfast. <br /><br />Something's clearly amiss here. <br /><br />Either she doesn't read what she sends our to her families, or she doesn't care what she sends out to her families....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-21698755785056768132014-08-19T16:08:14.904-04:002014-08-19T16:08:14.904-04:00CMS is still providing universal free breakfast, I...CMS is still providing universal free breakfast, I'm told. Not sure why you guys are hearing otherwise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-18035248234654717702014-08-19T16:03:41.939-04:002014-08-19T16:03:41.939-04:00We got a letter from the Community House principal...We got a letter from the Community House principal saying there would be a $1.25 charge for breakfast, also. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-82392013289349408402014-08-19T13:20:17.989-04:002014-08-19T13:20:17.989-04:00"Troublesome kids" IN school = higher gr..."Troublesome kids" IN school = higher graduation & lower dropout rates.<br /><br />Whether they or your child learns anything is irrelevant.Wiley Coyotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16966764080565903720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-38870628211413992982014-08-19T12:58:02.380-04:002014-08-19T12:58:02.380-04:0010:46 You get what you pay for. Administration i...10:46 You get what you pay for. Administration is too busy to worry about the "troublesome" kids at your daughter's school, even if it hampers her learning. Sorry, that's why we send our kids to private school now.Panthers Fannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-90180857316622351102014-08-19T12:39:24.323-04:002014-08-19T12:39:24.323-04:00We received a letter from Community House Middle S...We received a letter from Community House Middle School stating that lunch will cost $1.25, also. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-594277994537428172014-08-19T11:40:39.097-04:002014-08-19T11:40:39.097-04:0010:46
Many people believe there is such a thing a...10:46<br /><br />Many people believe there is such a thing as a Ticket Oak. These same people believe there is a Free Oak, just pick what you want because it's free!<br /><br />They also believe Medicaid is free and can't understand why many ststes won't expand it.<br /><br />....buckets of money.Wiley Coyotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16966764080565903720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-77217461507949979722014-08-19T10:46:50.463-04:002014-08-19T10:46:50.463-04:00Why is everyone complaining so much about CMS?
...Why is everyone complaining so much about CMS? <br /><br />Don't you realize that your child is receiving a <b>FREE</b> education!<br /><br />What do you expect for FREE!!!<br /><br />That's been the attitude expressed to my husband and me when we expressed concern about troublesome kids in our daughter's South Charlotte middle school class.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-31430140166595628442014-08-19T09:08:09.888-04:002014-08-19T09:08:09.888-04:00Is CMS charging for breakfast this year? My CMS mi...Is CMS charging for breakfast this year? My CMS middle school mailer states $1.25 for breakfast. I guess that free program didn't last long.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-14083439064123356392014-08-18T21:38:03.556-04:002014-08-18T21:38:03.556-04:00Wiley,
Thank you for providing the information reg...Wiley,<br />Thank you for providing the information regarding CMS per student spending. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-67736221351157447572014-08-18T21:23:00.534-04:002014-08-18T21:23:00.534-04:00I dont need Google to know about the inept leaders...I dont need Google to know about the inept leadership in CMeS that continues to oversee fraud and waste in several departments.<br /><br />The ship is to big to oversee much less turn around.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-81166578748644876882014-08-18T15:52:38.963-04:002014-08-18T15:52:38.963-04:00@ 8/17 5:46 and 8/18 8:07
You should try using Go...@ 8/17 5:46 and 8/18 8:07<br /><br />You should try using Google. I Googled individualized learning and here's a sampling of what I found...<br /><br />http://www.ed.gov/technology/draft-netp-2010/individualized-personalized-differentiated-instruction<br /><br />http://www.ascd.org/ASCD/pdf/journals/ed_lead/el_197005_baker.pdf<br /><br />http://www.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3757049<br /><br />http://www.dreambox.com/individualized-learningAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-17216983911646756742014-08-18T15:52:19.913-04:002014-08-18T15:52:19.913-04:00I don't think that the elementary school start...I don't think that the elementary school starting with "H" is rolling in the dough from the PTA. But then, that would mean the PTA communicates with the parents-NOPE.<br /><br />Good point-do the kids sit on the floor for weeks on end? I'd ask the principal but he already stated he will not respond.<br /><br />I've heard that its mass confusion there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-5886167093225643632014-08-18T13:07:23.185-04:002014-08-18T13:07:23.185-04:00I like the fact that Hawk Ridge has eliminated sen...I like the fact that Hawk Ridge has eliminated sending out the new assignments via US Mail to save funds yet depends on parents to drive to school and pick them up at a designated time "a week early."<br /> Genius, pure ecological genius.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-32625080165424016022014-08-18T11:26:39.563-04:002014-08-18T11:26:39.563-04:00Anon 11:59,
There is so much money flowing into t...Anon 11:59,<br /><br />There is so much money flowing into this school's PTA that the principal has plenty to buy whatever CMS' latest iteration of an elementary school requires: SmartBoards - check, iPads - check, flat screen TV in the front lobby (never used) - check, personal learning devices - check. <br /><br />Furniture for this year, or the next, or the year after that won't be a problem. <br /><br />The kids are being asked to set up their classrooms. WOW!!! BRIC country school kids will be working on higher level STEM classes, and our kids will be learning to be interior decorators. No offense to interior decorators....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-85420470652201807192014-08-18T10:41:46.589-04:002014-08-18T10:41:46.589-04:00This horrendous school, as you call it, has a prin...This horrendous school, as you call it, has a principal who volunteers to pilot every test program CMS district minions can conjure up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-68960072695538364522014-08-18T10:38:36.123-04:002014-08-18T10:38:36.123-04:00The school's name start with an "H",...The school's name start with an "H", rhymes with "rock", and prides itself on being <i>"A place where kids soar"</i>. <br /><br />That may need to change to:<b> A place where kid's bottoms are sore - from sitting on the floor all day!</b>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-28097661203842960082014-08-18T10:31:44.777-04:002014-08-18T10:31:44.777-04:00anon 11:00,
I suspect you are probably correct.anon 11:00,<br />I suspect you are probably correct.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-55846540954565633862014-08-18T09:26:10.167-04:002014-08-18T09:26:10.167-04:0011:59,
Quit whining and complaining and identi...11:59,<br /> Quit whining and complaining and identify the horrendous school that has the entire region wondering? Inquiring minds want to know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-91944175733634086442014-08-18T09:23:04.781-04:002014-08-18T09:23:04.781-04:00"We will keep on spending until we get it rig..."We will keep on spending until we get it right"<br /><br />Joyce WaddellAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-76102712479929381202014-08-18T08:07:29.995-04:002014-08-18T08:07:29.995-04:00Still not a word on what individualized learning a...Still not a word on what individualized learning actually is at my sons school. What recourse do parents have in CMS that do not want to send their child to a school with this learning mode. Can we send them to another local school? We haven't been given any adequate information about this new program. I'm sure it's just wonderful, just like all the other new programs that we try every year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-52645172500683640622014-08-18T08:04:34.539-04:002014-08-18T08:04:34.539-04:0011:00pm I would imagine that Charter Schools USA ...11:00pm I would imagine that Charter Schools USA wants to be profitable and/or successful. So why would they be attracted to areas of Charlotte where this would be impossible? You can't even get parents to be concerned about the importance of proper behavior, respect or their child's education. Smart move on their part.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com