Since there's been so much talk about graduation rates this campaign, you guys might be interested in this event today.
The state honored the school districts and high schools with the top graduation rates. Wake didn't make the district list but Green Hope High School did make the list for best rates for schools with 500 or more students.
During the campaign, the school board candidates who lost focused on Wake's high overall graduation rate. The candidates who won focused on the low graduation rate for low-income students.
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try this
Mon, 10/12/2009 - 19:39 — klanders65http://ayp.ncpublicschools.org/
THAT's IT!! :)
Mon, 10/12/2009 - 20:16 — JSBinNCTHAT's IT!! :)
Am I reading this correctly?
Tue, 10/13/2009 - 07:26 — lferreriAm I reading the report correctly? It seems to say that the reading goal (It says "Target Goal Percent Proficient -At or Above Grade Level".) for elementary schools is 43.2% and for high schools it's 38.5%. Can that be right?
No, I saw that information.
Mon, 10/12/2009 - 19:37 — midtownmomThere used to be a comprehensive listing of each school's demographics - % of each type of student. I "think" that Green Hope is much less diversified than most, if not all, of wcpss other high schools'.
maybe
Mon, 10/12/2009 - 20:14 — JSBinNCmaybe this??
http://www.wcpss.net/demographics/quickfacts/08/hi-08.html
I'd like to know...
Mon, 10/12/2009 - 18:52 — midtownmomGreen Hope's demographics (used to be available on wcpss website but I can't find those numbers) and the percentage of each group's graduation rate. I bet those numbers would be eye opening compared with most other high schools in the county.
GH is unlike any other
Mon, 10/12/2009 - 19:55 — user12345GH is unlike any other school in the county - it is virtually all White and has very few low income kids ... amazingly, the few poor kids that are bussed there have scores that exceed almost everyone (white, black, rich, asian, etc.) in the county ... it's demographics are more like a prep school than a public school.
Exactly
Tue, 10/13/2009 - 08:48 — MomknowsbestGH does not have students who don't want to learn or achieve. No droopy pants and gangsta rappers with no family involvement.
Huh?
Tue, 10/13/2009 - 13:54 — Bob_SconceGangsta rappers? Really? That's soo... 2001.
Droopy pants are prohibited by policy 6410.1 ("Examples of prohibited dress or appearance
include, but are not limited to . . . sagging pants . . .")
No way to force families to be involved. But, don't fall into that "only poor kids get in trouble" stereotype -- I've seen plenty of uninvolved upper middle-class parents. Affluent kids often get into more trouble than poorer kids, just because so much more is available to them. You never see a BMW full of dead poor kids wrapped around a tree after a weekend of unsupervised binge drinking at the family beach house.
Huh? Bob?
Wed, 10/14/2009 - 08:00 — MomknowsbestI did not imply the economic status of the non-achievers. I'm well aware that non-family involvement goes both directions, rich and poor.
Sorry...
Wed, 10/14/2009 - 14:23 — Bob_SconceI had just read a Morrisvmorris post and thought that you also were trolling. My apologies.
Good point
Tue, 10/13/2009 - 14:13 — TrailerParkGirland not just drinking. I'm guessing there's a reason some kids from other HS replace the H with a D when referring to GH.
like
Mon, 10/12/2009 - 19:23 — JSBinNClike this?
http://www.ncreportcards.org/src/schDetails.jsp?Page=2&pSchCode=441&pLEACode=920&pYear=2007-2008