Supporting Leesville Middle's conversion

I too am curious about this new website. I did follow the link and found out who the "owner" of the site is. Knowing who she is, I definitely would have expected to hear the usual "WCPSS Justification" that Keung mentioned above. That's OK. Everyone is entitled to an opinion, and I don't plan to attack anyone else just because their opinions differ from mine.

As for "countering CCLP..." I am honestly looking forward to seeing how they plan to do that. We continue to move forward in a positive way with new FACTS every day, so it will be interesting to see how they try to dispute our facts. I asked the question to WCPSS, and would ask the same question of anyone else. If our facts are incorrect, SHOW US HOW. Lately, the facts speak for themselves. We are very encouraged about the possibility of keeping LRMS on the traditional calendar by the time this process is complete in February.

Just some thoughts from someone who is WCPSS battle-hardened, but not caught in the middle of this particular fracas.

What seems to be getting lost here is the idea of CHOICE. For some families, YR works out better. For others, not so well. There has to be a suitable resolution which allows both sides a choice which best suits them.

We all lose when parental groups fight each other. The true culprit is the BoE, who have created this labyrinth of Traditional, MYR, VYR and Modified-YR tracks (which has realized no increase in capacity).

Direct your frustration where it belongs, with the School Board who has created the problem. And, next Fall, spend some time volunteering for School Board candidates you believe will restore order and sanity in WCPSS.

The problem with the 1Campus1Calendar people is that they vehemently refuse to engage in a needed discussion with the other side. Their tactics include belittling, name calling, crying if it looks like they won't get their way, and other juvenile behavior. I will say that, with the exception of having a blind faith that refuses to admit the other side might have valid points, Lisa B is exempt from the worst of the bunch. She seems to be a decent, hard-working person whose work I admire, even if I don't side with her. But many of the rest of the folks on this blog in particular go full throttle on the insults as soon as the opposing forces rear their heads. And there are many of us, and we are organized now now, and we have our ducks in a row, just like you.

Converting Leesville Road Middle School DENIES CALENDAR CONTINUITY to families attending the Leesville Schools.

• Currently, only 56.1% of the elementary students assigned to LRMS come from year-round elementary schools.

• Calendar continuity is denied to the other 43.9% of elementary feeder students coming from traditional schools.

• Calendar continuity is denied to all of the students who specifically needed calendar continuity and chose to opt-out of MYR schools by transferring to traditional schools (designated traditional option, magnet, or private)

• Calendar continuity is denied to 100% of the Leesville High School families with younger siblings

• Calendar continuity is denied to 100% of the Leesville High School staff members with children attending LRMS and LES, as well as all of the LES and LRMS staff members with High School children. (These are your employees)

Think about it…

Does it really make sense to DENY CALENDAR CONTINUITY to the majority of the Leesville community by forcing a MYR conversion on LRMS that is being done against WCPSS conversion criteria?

BoE and WCPSS will continue to push YR until the court ruling is in on MYR. They still ASSUME they will win. If they don't, I believe they will be forced to face reality. [Sarcasm on] OK reality never is a driving factor in their brand of social engineering.

Who will claim this gem? Anyone? I would venture to guess that the low-class bloggers who anonymously attacked Lisa B have put together this website for more lies. Very interesting indeed.

The true bigger picture involves the future and everyone. Need we clue them in as to just what bigger picture means? Could this group just be interested in protecting their personal interests?

Why is a password needed for access? Hmmmm. Inquiring minds want to know.

Compacted Math class is only available on track 1 at Lufkin. Compacted Math is for 6th graders who are highly advanced in math. A few qualify or are recommended to take Compacted Math in 6th grade, but there are so few that they are unable to offer it on all tracks simply because there aren’t enough students. Compacted math is basically pre-algebra, which the AG math students typically take in 7th grade and average math students take in 8th grade. Compacted math speeds up the math curriculum so the students take pre-algebra in 6th, algebra in 7th and geometry in 8th. only 2 students are taking geometry in 8th grade at Lufkin and they have to do it via computer in an online learning scenario.

I’ve heard it’s only available on track 3 at Salem Middle, can anyone confirm?

Doesn't it make sense to convert to MYR so no one has to be assigned out of LRMS? This is an easy one---THINK AGAIN!!! (no offense intended) If you actually believe that doing this will avoid reassignment, you're going to be shocked. Chuck Dulaney said last week that if this goes through, they'll be assigning some of the current LES families OUT of LRMS into either Carroll Middle or West Millbrook Middle in order to make room for some of the current Brier Creek families who want a YR middle school and are "geographically closer" to LRMS.

Forcing MYR on Leesville Middle does NOT mean that there will be no reassignments !

Converting Leesville Middle School to a Year Round calendar will create un-healthy middle schools.
Based on experience with the 22 MYR conversions, many of the F&R students chose to opt-out and attend a traditional calendar school.
The traditional opt-outs for LRMS are Carroll Middle and West Millbrook Middle.
West Millbrook's F&R is already high at 46%, and Carroll's F&R is already high at 48%. LRMS' F&R will decrease from it's current 28%, while West Millbrook and Carroll's F&R will INCREASE to be even more "un-healthy" than they are today.

Yup, looks to me like they have dumped the kool-aid in the water treatment system.

 Myth :If LMS operates on a year-round schedule some electives will be cut?

Fact: Year-round schools have the same challenges as traditional calendar schools. Regardless of calendar, electives can be cut due to scheduling or staffing issues or lack of enrollment. This is not unique to year-round schools. BiggerPicture surveyed all YR middle school and found that all electives are available for all tracks, unless one of the prior examples exist.

 The whole web site is BUYER BEWARE. Which is it? Either you do or you don't lose electives. Seems to me the sacrafice of calander change should be worth it. It almost sounds like the Friends of Wake County were in on this because it is worded the way they shoved the propaganda down everyones throats before the Bond. 

 The justification of conversion/YR is worded to CYA! Also the survey done in 2005 was SKEWED!!! That is a fact.