Protect Governor’s School from governor’s budget
The General Assembly must consider the long-term consequences of Gov. Perdue’s proposed budget cuts. One such cut decreases the budget of the N.C. Governor’s School by 60 percent. Although there are undoubtedly difficult decisions to be made, we must find ways to survive this hard economic time without destroying all that makes us globally and nationally competitive when we emerge on the other side.
Reducing Governor’s School to a single campus simply does not meet that standard.
Although very good and important progress has been made in recent years regarding the achievement of low-performing, at-risk students in North Carolina, we must be careful not to stop supporting our state’s highest-achieving students in our quest to meet No Child Left Behind. We must ensure that, as we lift low-achieving students up, we don’t allow high-achieving students to fall into mediocrity.
The structure of the Governor’s School program dictates that every LEA has two students automatically admitted. For our least-advantaged exceptional students from our poorest counties, Governor’s School may be the only academic enrichment they ever receive.
Governor’s School is the best investment North Carolina makes in these students, and it’s an investment our representatives must take every step to protect.
Mary Small
Greensboro
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Although I certainly support cutting expenses on low-performing students (it would be wise to select a reasonable number of children to leave behind as a cost-saving measure and concession to reality), Governor's School is no necessity either. These pampered young einsteins will do fine without it.
Posted on April 6, 2009 3:17 AM