District considers opt-out schools
Guilford County Schools plans to seek approval on March 29 of opt-out lists for magnet programs and schools sanctioned by No Child Left Behind. The preliminary lists show what options students would have for transferring if their home school fails to make Adequate Yearly Progress again.
The last eight schools on the NCLB list, Alderman through Sedgefield, may get to offer tutoring instead of transfers if the U.S. Department of Education approves North Carolina to switch the order of its sanctions for a second year.
No Child Left Behind — up for reauthorization this year — requires that federally subsidized schools failing to make Adequate Yearly Progress in reading or math for two consecutive years offer students the choice to transfer to another school or receive extra tutoring. The district also offers options for parents who don’t want their children participating in a magnet program at their home school.
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Where is Welborn? I thought it was an opt-out school next year.
Posted on March 8, 2007 10:49 PM
Welborn is next door to Andrews H.S. in High Point, and has been their traditional feeder school for years.
Posted on March 9, 2007 6:39 AM
I wouldn't think that Eastern is a good choice for opt-out since their pod homes aren't even in place. Not sure how their enrollment shakes out, but if the intent is to discourage people from 'opting out' then it might be a good choice.
Posted on March 9, 2007 1:14 PM
As you know, debora, every move is carefully calculated with our current superintendent.
Posted on March 9, 2007 2:45 PM
I think what we are headed for with the crew we got, is an implosion into just one massive centrally located highschool/middleschool and elementary school with room for 200,000 students, then it would not matter if schools made AYP or not since there would be no "opt out" schools, because there won't be any other schools-therefore we can get around NCLB.
(of course by this time every possible student will have gone private or sayonara'ed from GC)
Posted on March 9, 2007 9:26 PM
E.C.
I think Quest meant where is Welborn on the list, not literally where it was.
Posted on March 10, 2007 8:40 AM
My guess is that they (the SB) will do everything they can to keep Welborn off the list.
Posted on March 10, 2007 9:08 AM
with budget session coming up I think the level of Title I will go up closer to 75%. That is the only schools that can have sanctions if the county chooses that level. Then look for Equity Plus, Equity Plus 2 etc to pay more to the schools that will no longer by Title one.
Many systems nation wide only recognize schools with 75% with is the mandated level.
Posted on March 11, 2007 8:14 PM
Jennifer,
Has the list of proposed opt out schools been published in the N&R?
Posted on March 15, 2007 7:57 PM
GCSMom,
We did not run the list in the paper yet. We'll put something together for probably next week, which will give people time before the board comes back to discuss the list on March 29.
Posted on March 16, 2007 11:36 AM
Thanks. However, I think it going to be discussed at a meeting March 22.
Posted on March 16, 2007 9:19 PM
GCSMom,
You're right. I forgot about that special called meeting. We'll try to run the list Wednesday.
Posted on March 19, 2007 5:54 PM