AYP, budget, construction on agenda
The school board meets Thursday in regular session. Remember, meeting time is now 5:30 p.m.
Here is a link to the agenda. Click on the July 28 meeting link.
Here's the short version: AYP update, budget update, construction update. There are some other items on the agenda, but these are probably going to be the hot button topics.
There's something under staff reports on "High Point athletic area," that I suspect is an update on the talks about turning Simeon stadium over to the city. Reporter Eric Swensen went to a meeting on that this morning and his report will be in Thursday's paper.
And of course, there is always the public comment period at the beginning of the meeting, which could bring up new topics.
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Anyone go to the bored meeting yesterday?
Points for comment?
Posted on July 29, 2005 7:50 AM
With all of the recent hub-bub about the AYP results in Guilford County and the resistance of GCS to acknowledge that the results send a clear message about what is happening, or not happening, in our schools, a great quote appeared today in the N-R by Dr. Brian Fillipo of Moses Cone Hospital. This quote is very to the point and applies to AYP testing in schools.
"What gets measured tends to improve." How true. While Terry Grier and the School Board complain about the mandates of NCLB, AYP testing, and the rigor and accountability brought to public school by NCLB as the bar height is raised over the years, now that we are measuring the results being achieved with the $1/2 billion each year invested in our schools, the results are being spotlighted, and will, of necessity, improve or we will have to get a new superintendent and school board.
This is an old axiom that is very true. If you don't objectively measure an activity, the results will never get any better, whether you spend $1/2 billion each year or $1 billion each year. Throwing money at the problem isn't the answer.
Terry Grier and the School Board need to find answers that will deliver that which they are accountable for delivering - excellence in education. Focusing on the basics of education is not glamorous, nor does it get you headlines for being progressive and cutting-edge, but it does deliver that which they accountable for doing - educating the children of the county. They may get a wake-up call someday when they really realize that people are fed-up with what is not happening in this county, and they are picking-up and moving outside of Guilford County or putting their children into private school, neither of which makes a positive statement about the current state of our school system, nor what they see as the future of it.
Posted on July 29, 2005 11:50 AM
How did we end up with Grier. He can't even speak correct English. Tonight I heard him say quote "we have to get used to saying very much more I'm sorry"..
The guy is a duma.s.
He is now a "very much more superduper"!!!
Posted on July 29, 2005 10:47 PM
Diversity. Yes we need diversity on the School board. It struck me tonight how old several of them are. Lets get more young people in there!
The geriatric school board and the nodding dog Grier. When Alan Duncan is speaking he sits there nodding away.
He makes me sick!
Just....
Posted on July 29, 2005 10:54 PM
THANK GOD WE HAVE AN EXECUTIVE ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESEARCH OFFICER . HIS PRESENTATION ON AYP AT THE SCHOOLD BOARD MEETING THIS THURSDAY WAS A EXAMPLE FOR ALL GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOL KIDS.HOW NOT TO DO YOUR SCHOOL WORK AND STILL PASS THE YEAR.
JUST EXCUSES!!!!!
I VOTE WE CHANGE HIS NAME TO GRIER'S CHIEF REPORTING EXECUTIVE NON ACCOUNABILITY EXCUSE OFFICER..
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN . OUR TAXES ARE BEING SPENT ON FILLING POSITIONS LIKE THIS. HOW MUCH ARE WE PAYING THIS GUY?
PROBABLY AS MUCH AS TWO GOOD PRINCIPALS!
WAKE UP SCHOOL BOARD.
GET GRIER OUTAHERE!!!!
Posted on July 29, 2005 11:48 PM
Duncan said redistricting discussions would start at the Aug 9th meet.
He said they would be discussing this alot with the public.
Will they listen though?
Hope so.
Posted on July 30, 2005 8:53 AM
According to the Rhino, the new statistician is making 122,400 a year. His job is to analyze data and determine which students (individual, not just groups) should be targeted for improvement.
After talking to teachers, I think they can tell you the name of students that need to be targeted without the aide of a statistician.
In my opinion, a better use of the dollars would be to hire more teachers/assistants/tutors.
Those in the classroom already know who needs more help. In most instances they just need the resources to provide the additional help.
Posted on July 30, 2005 11:19 AM
The Executive Excuse officer's presenation was really just a bunch of excuses why AYP will never be met. If we had a real school board the would have kicked him out of the room.
122K....What a waste of money...
Posted on July 30, 2005 1:53 PM
Lets campaign to fire the statistician and get more teacher assistants..
Posted on July 31, 2005 5:36 PM
The statistican could get a job as janitor or a cafeteria worker just like the other surplus teacher assistants.
Posted on July 31, 2005 11:12 PM