Btango - The same billionaire if you are referring to David Murdock that owned Cannon Mills at one point in Kannapolis, also owned Wiscassett at one time, so why didn't Albemarle get in on that?
Anson maybe smaller now, but in the not so distance future, they were a 4A school, so why were they not the crown jewel then along with Richmond? Just to say 1 or 2 high schools in the county is going to fix any issue, is just being naive - So can you tell me a county with 1 or 2 schools in the county, that the 1 or 2 schools are ranked highly?
We keep hearing, they want to prepare the kids more for college. How many of you have been on a college campus in the last 5 years? Online classes in colleges are becoming the norm now so why dont we have more online AP classes in the small schools we have now to prepare them for college. 1 teacher could be teaching students at all 4 schools at the same time.
Charter schools have to accept anyone whose name they pull from a lottery, so to say all the kids are on the same level is just not true - It is a law, they must accept anyone who applies and whose name is drawn in the lottery. So why do they not have 1000-1200 kid charter schools??
New Dawg - Please read - I did not say the current board lied - I said the board that was in, when the elementary schools, were converted to middle schools, when middle schools had been rejected. But when one board, lies, the next several are guilty by association. County Commissioners are hesitant and so is the community that the board will do the right thing with their money.
I still ask, why when they closed the other 3 schools, test scores did not go up with the re-investment of that money, if that is what they are saying will happen when we close these 3?
The issue I have with some is that just because someone opposes plan A or plan B, then they are labeled anti-change. I have not heard anyone come on here or any of the board meetings and say, we do not want anything to change - We are 100% happy with everything going on here in our schools. But when you approach board members with ideas, and they are not considered at all, and dismissed as soon as it is spoken, then yes, people are going to be upset.
Anson maybe smaller now, but in the not so distance future, they were a 4A school, so why were they not the crown jewel then along with Richmond? Just to say 1 or 2 high schools in the county is going to fix any issue, is just being naive - So can you tell me a county with 1 or 2 schools in the county, that the 1 or 2 schools are ranked highly?
We keep hearing, they want to prepare the kids more for college. How many of you have been on a college campus in the last 5 years? Online classes in colleges are becoming the norm now so why dont we have more online AP classes in the small schools we have now to prepare them for college. 1 teacher could be teaching students at all 4 schools at the same time.
Charter schools have to accept anyone whose name they pull from a lottery, so to say all the kids are on the same level is just not true - It is a law, they must accept anyone who applies and whose name is drawn in the lottery. So why do they not have 1000-1200 kid charter schools??
New Dawg - Please read - I did not say the current board lied - I said the board that was in, when the elementary schools, were converted to middle schools, when middle schools had been rejected. But when one board, lies, the next several are guilty by association. County Commissioners are hesitant and so is the community that the board will do the right thing with their money.
I still ask, why when they closed the other 3 schools, test scores did not go up with the re-investment of that money, if that is what they are saying will happen when we close these 3?
The issue I have with some is that just because someone opposes plan A or plan B, then they are labeled anti-change. I have not heard anyone come on here or any of the board meetings and say, we do not want anything to change - We are 100% happy with everything going on here in our schools. But when you approach board members with ideas, and they are not considered at all, and dismissed as soon as it is spoken, then yes, people are going to be upset.