Not that it was a surprise, but Wake County school board chairman Ron Margiotta officially announced today that he's running for re-election in District 8 this fall.
Margiotta has said for months that he'll run but today's press release eliminates any doubt. In the press release, Margiotta is described as a board member who "has demonstrated a dedication to families and students and wishes to continue reforming the system to best serve the citizens of Wake County."
“Our school system has experienced great progress in the past two years but we must keep the momentum,” states Margiotta in the press release. “I am proud to have contributed to our many accomplishments yet I know my work is far from over.”
A couple of familiar names are involved in the campaign. State Rep. Paul Stam, the House Majority Leader, is Margiotta's honorary campaign chairman. Allison Backhouse is Margiotta's media contact.
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No high F&R schools?
Wed, 06/22/2011 - 14:54 — PrivateSchoolDadAre you saying that WCPSS does NOT currently have any high (80%+) F&R schools in the district?
Also you are saying the all factors at these schools were the same except for F&R rates?
In my opinion, you are jumping to conclusions.
Congrats Chairman Margiotta!
Wed, 06/22/2011 - 08:49 — woodstockCongrats Chairman Margiotta! You've done a fantastic job of moving things in a positive direction amidst the noise of the fringe-dwellers, race-baiters and huslters, forced-busing crowd and Goldman. You are man of enormous graciousness, tolerance and dedication. Your efforts will be rewarded this fall when you win a seat for another 4 years on the school board.
And Margiotta's accomplishments would be???
Wed, 06/22/2011 - 20:52 — IDover1. Neighborhood schools?
Response: <crickets>
2. Led the charge to withdraw from the NC School Board Association?
Response: Realized that was dumb and now joining the NC School Board Association.
3. Refused to comply with Advance Ed because he did not believe that accreditation made any difference (how would he know, he did not even bother to get a college degree)
Response: Choked under the pressure from Wake Co. citizens that demand that our high schools be acccredited; then complied.
4. The "admission ticket" to the BOE meetings turned out how?
Response: <crickets>
Woody: you sure assume a lot. Do you really think that Margiotta has a snowball's chance of winning his seat again?
Neighborhood schools? Yep.
Thu, 06/23/2011 - 07:01 — woodstockNeighborhood schools?
Yep. When proximity is the key assignement factor you get neighborhood schools. Plus there is choice for those with other priorities. Brilliant!
Led the charge to withdraw from the NC School Board Association?
You need to get the facts. The NC School Board Association saw the errors of it's way and has changed their tune.
Refused to comply with Advance Ed because he did not believe that accreditation made any difference
Huh? WCPSS DID comply wiht AdvancED and have addressed a few minor issues in response (I actually thought it was a mistake to play ball with them). FYI AdvancED is losing ground and will sson be completely irrelevant.
The "admission ticket" to the BOE meetings turned out how?
It turned out great! Quick and decisive action addressed the issue within a few short hours. It became a non-issue before the day was out. BTW, as I understand it, it wasn't the board who came up with the ticket idea, it was an effort by staff to maintain order and security admist the rabble-rousers, outsiders and criminals... who were eventually arrested.
Woody: you sure assume a lot. Do you really think that Margiotta has a snowball's chance of winning his seat again?
I don't think, I KNOW!
Bad news for WCPSS
Wed, 06/22/2011 - 07:11 — SatchHHJust what we don't need. More juvenile antics and nonsense from an educational "leader." I hope the citizens of District 8 chose a resepectable leader rather than a Rebublican party puppet in the next election. Ron is an embarrassment to our county! He is an example to our students of how to follow a party line and NOT act in the interest of a larger citizentry - meaning ALL students in Wake County.
Puppets
Wed, 06/22/2011 - 10:38 — PrivateSchoolDadAre the democrat puppets any better? Just depends upon whose philosophy you believe in. District 8 was hit very hard with the mandatory year round and other democratic nonsense. Diversity supporters ask the republicans for data as proof their ways will work. Nobody can show specific data supporting the diversity policy using Wake County data. Because as Mr. sutton has pointed out, It wasn't to improve student achievement and close the acheivement gap. It was to make sure their was no bad schools. In other words it was a shell game to hide poor students to make it appear the county was doing a great job educating them.
Parenting magazine just released a list of the top 10 places for education. One NC city made the list, and it was NOT Raleigh. It was Charlotte! Seems like Charlotte and their neighborhood schools are starting to get national acclaim!
puppets
Thu, 06/23/2011 - 06:53 — SatchHHI don't take much stake in Parenting Magazine, though you may want to go check out Charlotte for yourself as you seem to have no real stake in WCPSS since you seem to be a private school dad. I do, however, take more stake in EdWeek Magazine, which recently reported grad rate stats for the 50 largest school districts. Wake's was 3rd highest at 78.2 and Charlotte's was 30th at 61.2. Now, where would I want my child to be going to school? The thing is that the previous boards (Democrats AND Republicans) worked toward quality education for ALL students and CMS and neighborhood schools folks are willing to toss some kids under the bus for the sake of their very own private neighborhoods. Look at the turmoil CMS is in - school closures, massive numbers of extremely high poverty schools, test prep drilling all year, etc. Wake has done a fabulous job of keeping a relative balance and making all areas of the county desirable. Yes, there were problems - YES! However, losing a focus on SES balance will not fix any of those problems and will just send us down a road to have/have nots and massive move to charter and private (the goal of RM and JT and others, of course).
Forced to Private School
Thu, 06/23/2011 - 11:39 — PrivateSchoolDadI was given no other option by the previous BOE than to go to private school. They tried to force me to MYR and that doesn't work for us for several reasons. No real options for traditional calendar. Still the options for traditional calendar are NOT good. Are public schools so inferior to private and charter schools that they fear them? If they are, then they need to improve or fail. Just like any other business, if they cannot provide the service that their consumers want and need. Then they should fail. The cost to taxpayers for charter schools are less than a traditional public school and the cost of private schools is nothing to taxpayers. So as a taxpayer, I challenge the public schools to improve. Provide the quality education needed by students.
Parenting magazine looked at more than just graduation rates. so there ranking has more weight than your myoptic ranking that looks blindly at one single stat.
Forced to Private School
Thu, 06/23/2011 - 11:39 — PrivateSchoolDadI was given no other option by the previous BOE than to go to private school. They tried to force me to MYR and that doesn't work for us for several reasons. No real options for traditional calendar. Still the options for traditional calendar are NOT good. Are public schools so inferior to private and charter schools that they fear them? If they are, then they need to improve or fail. Just like any other business, if they cannot provide the service that their consumers want and need. Then they should fail. The cost to taxpayers for charter schools are less than a traditional public school and the cost of private schools is nothing to taxpayers. So as a taxpayer, I challenge the public schools to improve. Provide the quality education needed by students.
Parenting magazine looked at more than just graduation rates. so there ranking has more weight than your myoptic ranking that looks blindly at one single stat.
Pfft...
Thu, 06/23/2011 - 08:57 — Bob_SconceCharlotte has a lot more ED students, ED students graduate at lower rates than non-ED students. Therefore, Charlotte has a lower graduation rate than WCPSS. If you compare Charlotte ED graduation rates to WCPSS ED graduation rates, they're much more similar. And Charlotte's ED proficiency rates (as measured by EOGs/EOCs) is higher than WCPSS'.
Ironic
Thu, 06/23/2011 - 18:38 — Solon77I find it a bit ironic that you rolled out the Effectiveness Index in justifying the comparison to Charlotte, and yet have consistently cited wcpss as poor performing compared to small northern districts without considering the impact of ED.
Huh?
Fri, 06/24/2011 - 08:05 — Bob_SconceSo, first of all, I didn't roll out the "effectiveness index" -- I'm just pointing out a logical fallacy.
Secondly, I usually do the comparison to smaller northern districts whenever somebody trots out the "we're among the best large districts" fallacy. You can't justify the "Wake is a world-class district" claim with "we're better than garbarge districts like Detroit." That claim can only be made by looking at the entire breadth of US public education.
In any case, if you compared only the non-ED populations, WCPSS does perform worse than many of those small northern districts. How many students did, say, Athens Drive send to the ivy league last year?
But, I don't want to overstate this -- WCPSS is certainly in the top 10 in NC, and likely in the top 15 in NC & SC combined. When you go on vacation, chances are that the kids at your destination are getting a worse education than they are here. (Just stay out of Hilton Head.) But, that's hardly enough to be "world class."
Effectiveness Index
Fri, 06/24/2011 - 18:44 — Solon77EI is just like a handicap, like you applied to CMS when comparing to WCPSS and like the school administration uses when comparing various schools within the district that have varying demographics. My point is you do not consistently apply the make up of a school/district when making comparisons.
As far as comparing to smaller districts - there is no comparison. Cherry pick a few wcpss schools like Green Hope, Enloe, ect to compare if you will. If you were to consider a northern county wide district the same size as wcpss you would see similar results.
As far as Ivy league schools - it is a regional issue. Are you going to say San Diego public schools are inferior because they don't have a high number of students going to Ivy league schools ?
odd question
Fri, 06/24/2011 - 11:32 — EBDarcyI'm curious, do you know how many students from Athens got into Ivys last year? You seem to imply that it's a low number compared to smaller northern districts. Do you know this for a fact? Of course the number is irrelevant without knowing how many applied. Wouldn't you also have to look at how many got into Duke, UNC-CH and the other top schools in the region? I haven't researched it but I bet Duke has about the same acceptance rate as most of the IVYs.
So...
Fri, 06/24/2011 - 12:32 — Bob_SconceI do not know for Athens last year -- that was just based on my experience seeing where students from WCPSS schools go to college, and I extrapolated to Athens. But, if you want to prove me wrong, you should find out yourself.
The number is relevant even without knowing how many applied, because part of the equation is the school's success in getting student to apply to the very best schools out there. Plus, there's some self-selection: students who have a tiny shot of getting into a school generally don't apply there.
I don't think I'd limit it to the Ivies -- you're right that there are other top-tier schools. Duke is one, Stanford, Chicago and MIT are others. Chapel Hill, not quite as much -- they're ranked 30th. However, that's still pretty good, especially compared to NC State (#111) and the rest of the UNC schools, all of which are unranked.
You're really making a big
Fri, 06/24/2011 - 13:36 — danofncYou're really making a big deal out of something that probably boils down to geography and money in many cases.
Kids in NC (especially Wake County) grow up thinking about UNC, Duke, NCSU and other good, local schools. Ivy league schools are farther away and more expensive (maybe not compared to Duke, but certainly compared to the state schools).
The national stature of the schools seems to be a big deal to you, but to a kid here going to one of the Triangle schools can often be a lifetime goal. I don't think those differing aspirations should be used as a cross for WCPSS to bear.
thank you
Fri, 06/24/2011 - 16:25 — EBDarcyThat was what I was trying to get at. I don't think this is a North Carolina thing. There is also the question of fit. Shouldn't the goal be to get your child into a school that will be a good fit for them academically, socially and interest-wise? Plus there are some majors that are offered at every school and some that are limited to smaller numbers of schools.
I understand that getting a student into Harvard brings alot of prestigeous to a HS. But so many things go into the college decision. I have met many people in the Triangle who went to Carolina (or Duke or State) because their parents and grandparents did and they never seriously considered anything else though they certainly had the smarts to get into a school in the Northeast. If you plan to spend your life in the area having a degree from one of those schools can be a big plus career-wise.
so do you want to volunteer?
Wed, 06/22/2011 - 10:54 — EBDarcyHow would you suggest we test this? Create a bunch of high poverty schools and see if they fail? Would you like to volunteer to have your child(ren) to attend them?
Besides, as the most recent audit showed, we have evidence that this is a bad idea. The schools we have that have high % of F&R eligible sudents don't d as well as low poverty schools. And most of those schools are no where near the generally accepted definition of a high-poverty racially-isolated school. Why do you think residents of Wake would respond any differently than residents of Charlotte, Richmond, DC etc. if we end up with schools that are 95% F&R?
Are you proposing that
Thu, 06/23/2011 - 18:16 — woodstockAre you proposing that schools never be built in low-income areas? Or are you saying build them there, but don't let the local students go to them? FYI: F&R is no longer an assignment factor. The new board has decided to actually educate low-income students instead of shipping them off to fail somewhere across the county in a "healthy school."
F&R is no longer an assignment factor
Thu, 06/23/2011 - 19:32 — Solon77F&R replace by Achievement
"Healthy school" replaced by "Achievement school"
Nope, no one is forced bused
Thu, 06/23/2011 - 20:33 — woodstockNope, no one is forced bused for "achievement."
Forced Bused
Thu, 06/23/2011 - 23:10 — Solon77Forced bused is a matter of perspective
- the parent who sends their kid to an achievement school 5 miles past the neighborhood school and closer schools is forced bused.
Only when the district puts the resources and programs in the neighborhood schools to close the achievement gap will forced busing end. As long as we have "good" schools and "bad' schools we have forced busing.
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Fri, 06/24/2011 - 08:58 — SideburnsDoes that apply to magnet students too? Don't those parents choose to send their children 5 miles past their neighborhood school for better academics?
You have a very warped view -- unless you're just changing your definitions so you can claim "We still have forced busing and no neighborhood schools."
Very warperd view
Fri, 06/24/2011 - 19:36 — Solon77With regards to magnet students- I can only speak for my kids and yes it is forced busing, just the same as students will be forced bused to seek equal opportunity at an achievement school.
With regards to neighborhood schools - I know full well what a neighborhood school is. Shortly after moving here, it did not take long to realize that we did not have neighborhood schools and we would never have neighborhood schools. There are to many choices - private, home school, magnets, charters, year round, traditional. Is there a school near my neighborhood ? Yes. Do a few kids from the neighborhood go there sure - but it is not the single school that binds our neighborhood, in fact there is no school that binds our neighborhood. So by the true definition of neighborhood schools - no we do not have neighborhood schools and we will never have neighborhood schools due to all of the choices available and the choice assignment plan further distances us from true neighborhood schools. But don't take my word for it. Do your own research and see the number of districts across the country embroiled in the assignment battle - neighborhood vs choice.
Any parent who doesn't get
Fri, 06/24/2011 - 09:30 — danofncAny parent who doesn't get their first choice will consider themselves "forced bused" to whatever school they end up attending.
And, based on your candidates comments (in a recent blog post), the "achievement choices" are going to have limited space. So, are you now going to claim that it's impossible to be "force bused" to a school that is actually closer to your home? Because it's not impossible.
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Fri, 06/24/2011 - 16:58 — SideburnsSo, in your world, going to school on a school bus is forced busing. That's ridiculous. Is it forced busing when you get turned down at your magnet application school and have to attend your base assignment?
Choice is good. The recent test drive numbers show that parents in Wake County want choice -- and a number of choices. Your rhetoric is really quite silly.
SPIN
Mon, 06/27/2011 - 11:56 — danofncIt's obvious why you're a media contact. I just hope you don't get too dizzy from all the spinning.
Define "application". Now, define "choice". Are those two definitions the same? No, they aren't.
If you are turned down because your application to a magnet school wasn't accepted, that is a much different situation than one in which you are promised "choice" only to ultimately end up at the 3rd, 4th, or 5th school on your list.
Forced busing was a term that you were a big-time proponent of just a couple of years ago. Now, since it is being used in a situation where it fits (probably better than its original use), don't try to act like it's silly. If you give someone a list of five things (anything, not just schools) to choose from, by the time they get to the last couple of things what they have is "leftovers", not choice.
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Mon, 06/27/2011 - 12:53 — SideburnsIf you give someone a list of five things (anything, not just schools) to choose from, by the time they get to the last couple of things what they have is "leftovers", not choice.
That's almost as ridiculous as your forced busing statement.
Whatever. You have no
Mon, 06/27/2011 - 13:13 — danofncWhatever.
You have no argument. I am correct. Period.
Next time you take your kid out for ice cream, let them sample five flavors. Then, when they pick their favorite, tell them they can't have it. When the make their next choice, tell them they can't have that one either. Watch their face.
Then, when they pick the 3rd time, tell them no again.
Finally, on the fourth choice, let them have their ice cream. See if they feel like they chose their ice cream or if they were just given a scoop.
"Forced Busing" is a term that was coined to describe something thought to be happening to other people's children in most cases. If it applied there, it most certainly will apply when someone's own child is sent to a school that they didn't choose. It's only choice if you get what you want. 3rd, 4th and 5th options aren't choice.
So, take your pick. Either forced busing was always an idiotic term or it will apply to people who don't get their top school choice. There aren't other correct answers.
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Mon, 06/27/2011 - 13:47 — SideburnsI hope you understand the difference between offering children a choice of ice cream and parents a choice of schools.
Either forced busing was always an idiotic term or it will apply to people who don't get their top school choice.
Wrong again. But you can keep trying.
How can you say choice is only your first option? That's not choice -- that's cherry-picking.
Honest question: Are
Mon, 06/27/2011 - 14:15 — danofncHonest question: Are related to woodstock?
Any time assignments are talked about, everyone has a school that they want their child assigned to. In the past, I'm pretty sure that anyone who wasn't assigned to the school they thought they should get was upset, and that was in a system where you were assigned. They didn't call it choice.
Now, you're sitting here saying that a plan called "choice" is going to be a raging success, even though it is a mathematical certainty that some percentage of kids will end up in a 3rd or 4th (or worse) option. That's ludicrous.
How will your candidate respond to the next person in line from a poor district when he cuts off the seats at an achievement school? This isn't the magnet system where that parent applied...this is a choice plan where those parents were given the option to have their child sent farther away for a better learning environment only to be told "Sorry!"
You can drill yourself into a waist-deep hole and you still will not have spun enough to make this seem like a good idea.
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Mon, 06/27/2011 - 17:27 — SideburnsI never claimed the choice plan is going to be a raging success. In fact, there's much I don't like about it. But I refuse to believe that offering more choice (or choice, period, for that matter) is a bad thing no matter how you try to paint it. Ice cream or otherwise.
I'm still not sure how can claim anything but your 1st choice is bad. Perhaps you only want one choice and one particular choice -- and would be upset if you didn't get that one choice. But, as we have seen from the test drive data, people want multiple choices.
News flash: It's not a big
Mon, 06/27/2011 - 18:36 — danofncNews flash:
It's not a big story that people who are doing a "test drive" of a "choice plan" think it's important to have a lot of "choices". Get it?
The two numbers above (88% want closest school and 91% want multiple choices) don't actually go together, do they?
Logically, it's certain that some parents are in the 88% group and the 91% group. Do you think they are going to be happy when they don't get that closest school?
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Mon, 06/27/2011 - 19:12 — SideburnsNews flash: Choice isn't just a list of one.
If you want that, fight for it. But, I think enough people have seen what happens when no...er, one...choice is given.
Choice actually is a list of
Mon, 06/27/2011 - 19:27 — danofncChoice actually is a list of one.
Controlled choice is a list of five to give you an illusion of choice, with mechanisms in the background to end up sending you where they wanted to send you in the first place but were afraid to do it.
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Mon, 06/27/2011 - 19:52 — SideburnsMake your choice from this list:
1. You are dumb.
Where are you afraid of being sent, dan?
This is not about me and my
Tue, 06/28/2011 - 07:36 — danofncThis is not about me and my kids. It's about the simple facts of the situation. Name calling isn't really professional....especially for someone who is a media contact for a candidate in an election.
Most people who are YR prefer tracks 1 and 4 to tracks 2 and 3. Yet, what you're trying to tell me is that if people are asked to choose (they are) and the write down "4, 1, 3, and 2" for the order, they won't be upset if they end up on track 2.
You're also trying to say that offering an "achievement choice" and then limiting access to it is a good idea, which is another crazy thing. The thing is....I agree with Ron that you can't keep unlimited seats for students who want their achievement choice. But, I also don't think it's going to be good PR for them to say to a SER neighborhood "Here's your achievement choice", putting a stigma on the local school, only to then turn around and send students who wanted the achievement school to the local school. And that's what will happen. You know it and I know it. So don't act like you don't know it. It's exactly what YOUR CANDIDATE says in another post.
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Tue, 06/28/2011 - 08:53 — SideburnsI didn't call you a name. I was making a point, You can't make a good choice from a list of one. I don't think you're dumb.
YR under the Blue plan concerns me greatly. My choice argument wasn't in regards to track assignment. That's a whole different ball of wax.
I don't necessarily agree with the guise of an 'achievement school' choice. I agree with Margiotta -- this plan needs some tweaking.
But, as I've said over and over again, I do support choice for all families.
that's cherry-picking
Mon, 06/27/2011 - 13:55 — AngelaWand that is the crux, the white elephant, the unspoken if you will. THAT is what probably a lot of people were "hoping" for while voting for "change"....hence the "boundaries" remarks from a certain board memeber, the large subdivision that protested so much, there was a separate meeting in Cary to "listen" if you recall (with tons of security)...
that term, the thoughts behind that term is probably where most of the issue between the blue and the green plan comes in, IMHO.
Forced bused
Fri, 06/24/2011 - 19:47 — Solon77And you call me very warped. How did you come up with
So, in your world, going to school on a school bus is forced busing.
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Sat, 06/25/2011 - 09:08 — Sideburns...15% of the students and still a minority, want choice and lots of it.
Huh?
Here's what the test drive data showed:
88% of the participants answered that having their child attend school as close to home as possible
91% said having multiple school choices is somewhat or very important
15% is a minority
Sun, 06/26/2011 - 10:27 — Solon7715% of the students is a minority of 140,000 anyway you look at it. Further take a look at where the responses are coming from and it should not be a surprise.
As far as the data:
88% feel it is important to attend a school close to home as possible - was there any other answer ? Frankly I am surprised is is not 100%. What is more telling is a higher % - 91% said having multiple school choices is somewhat or very important. How does this fit with the neighborhood school model ? I am not aware of any neighborhood school offering a range of: calendar, academics, or whatever else a parent may be seeking.
Frankly I am surprised is
Sun, 06/26/2011 - 10:48 — SideburnsFrankly I am surprised is is not 100%.
Well, GSIW had to throw some wrenches into the process. Besides, some guy that doesn't even live in Wake County and has no concept of what WCPSS is trying to achieve has had his say as well. It doesn't surprise me in the least that it's not 100% -- although, I agree that it should be.
So, your definition of a neighborhood school is one school that serves a whole neighborhood? I think that's where you split from the many that support a neighborhood model. With the YR and tradt'l calendar options within your community and magnet options outside of it, it is impossible for Wake County to suit your definition. IMO, having multiple choices within your community to best serve your family and children is also a neighborhood model.
Where you split
Sun, 06/26/2011 - 18:11 — Solon77There are also many that were expecting a true neighborhood model.
IMO, having multiple choices within your community to best serve your family and children is also a neighborhood model.
Good try to redefine the neighborhood model. So define community ? Is there a geographic limit ? So if a kid lives in a crappy neighborhood with a crappy school and his parents choose an achievement school 12 miles away - is this consistent with the neighborhood model as you have defined above ?
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Sun, 06/26/2011 - 19:04 — SideburnsSure. Parents already choose to send their children 12+ miles away to magnet schools and seem happy with their choice. Why can't parents from "a crappy neighborhood with a crappy school" make that same choice?
Your definition would suggest that that same crappy neighborhood would all be assigned to the same crappy school -- regardless of calendar and/or the needs of their children or family. Do you prefer that?
Parents already choose to
Mon, 06/27/2011 - 12:13 — virginiadareParents already choose to send their children 12+ miles away to magnet schools and seem happy with their choice. Why can't parents from "a crappy neighborhood with a crappy school" make that same choice?
Because the school board chairman for whom you are working to re-elect does not want to leave enough spots open in those schools for them to be able to.
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Mon, 06/27/2011 - 12:50 — SideburnsEnough? How many is "enough"? I believe that's exactly what the Chairman was asking.
What the Chairman said was:
"If we give a student the choice of a school 20 miles away and reserve a high percentage of seats for these students, we're denying these seats for the parents that live in that immediate neighborhood, which is what we've done in the past," Margiotta said. "As I say, the plan needs some tweaking."
Sounds reasonable to me.
Crappy neighborhood with a crappy school
Sun, 06/26/2011 - 19:46 — Solon77Why can't parents from "a crappy neighborhood with a crappy school" make that same choice?
They should be able to make that choice. But then again, I am not trying to sell choice and neighborhood schools as complimentary when in fact they are opposing forces. On the one hand you can't take a position on the importance of a neighborhood school model - increased parental involvement and support due to proximity and then in the next breadth call for the wonders of choice - if you don't like it you can go somewhere else.
Your definition would suggest that that same crappy neighborhood would all be assigned to the same crappy school -- regardless of calendar and/or the needs of their children or family. Do you prefer that?
My definition of neighborhood school is the same definition that neighborhood schools advocates are fighting for across the country. What I prefer is for the BOE leadership to have a plan to address the "crappy" schools. Before now it wasn't so obvious as to which schools were achievement and which ones were not. Now that they have been identified there needs to be either: 1 - equal access to the schools or 2. a plan to fix the schools not designated as achievement, otherwise get ready for lawsuits.
P.S. - would still like your definition of "community"
so then what's been behind
Sun, 06/26/2011 - 19:57 — AngelaWso then what's been behind the hue and cry of "there are no bad schools" in WCPSS? now because people can "choose" suddenly they become bad?
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Sun, 06/26/2011 - 20:20 — SideburnsThanks AngelaW. I was thinking the same thing.
I found it ironic that my base assignment is not identified as an achievement choice. I kept hearing how Apex/Cary was the end-all-be-all for academics and better opportunities. Guess not.