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Numbers are deceiving in this county.....If you think all acts of violence are reported, you are fooling yourself.

One act of violence today in GC.

At our local middle school today one boy pulled out a knife during a fight with another boy.

I am sure that this will not be reported.

If my memory is correct, a student at Dudley High School brought a loaded gun to school. I had always assumed that that was an automatic expulsion, but I recently read that GCS has had no expulsions in several years now.

Can I assume that this student is back at school?

I know that we have problems here, but I do not know, in my experience with students, and principals and schools, that we look the other way when a child brings a loaded gun to school. I do not know that to be true. I would caution setting that idea out in the community. If you are willing to share the school and/or the date of incidence, I would be happy to investigate. I do not work for GCS and I have no interest in protecting any one or hiding anything. My email is terrinap@triad.rr.com and my home phone is 282-2182.

Terrina,

Anonymous said it was Dudley, so check it out.

Terrina,

Check the newspaper from last spring. I'm sure it made the N&R.

Will check that out. Loaded gun meets the criteria for expulsion, no question.

who writes "the criteria for expulsion"? ..it seems a gun, period should meet the criteria for expulsion. it would in my book anyway, but who I am--nobody important, just a dad that sends my kids to school to possibly be shot.

who writes "the criteria for expulsion"? ..it seems a gun, period should meet the criteria for expulsion. it would in my book anyway, but who I am--nobody important, just a dad that sends my kids to school to possibly be shot.

who writes "the criteria for expulsion"? ..it seems a gun, period should meet the criteria for expulsion. it would in my book anyway, but who I am--nobody important, just a dad that sends my kids to school to possibly be shot.

who writes "the criteria for expulsion"? ..it seems a gun, period should meet the criteria for expulsion. it would in my book anyway, but who I am--nobody important, just a dad that sends my kids to school to possibly be shot.

Amanda,

Do you have any idea what the school board meeting tonight is about? It was not a regularly scheduled meeting and it appears from the notice that it will be a closed session meeting.

Will you cover it anyway?

To readers of this blog: Here's the latest N&R online headline:
San Diego schools courting Grier Monday, Dec. 10, 2007
updated 7:29 pm

Credit: Nelson Kepley, News & Record
Guilford County Schools Superintendent Terry Grier
Guilford County Schools Superintendent Terry Grier is interviewing for superintendent of the San Diego Unified School District.

It is his second flirtation with another school district. In April 2006, after making it to be a top three finalist, Grier withdrew from the race to be superintendent of Charlotte-Mecklenburg's school system.

At the time, he cited a "moral conviction" to the children in the state's third-largest district, Guilford.

Tonight, Grier issued the following statement on the San Diego job:

"At their invitation, I have met with the Board of Education of the San Diego Unified School District (San Diego, CA) to discuss their superintendent's position. SDUSD is the eighth largest urban school district in the country and the second largest district in California. San Diego has a national reputation for good schools, but face many of the same challenges that are found in Guilford County and other metropolitan systems.

"I want to be clear that I am not dissatisfied with my current position and enjoy working with our board of education. An offer has not been made; I am taking this process one step at a time.

"We've accomplished much in Guilford County, successes that are now being acknowledged and recognized across the country. I'm very proud of the progress our team has and continues to make - including:

The successful development and execution of the Mission Possible program - as a result of these efforts, five Mission Possible schools made Adequate Yearly Progress for the first time this year

Implementing Early/Middle Colleges - part of the district's collective effort to enhance academic rigor for our students and provide learning opportunities to meet their myriad needs; the model has since been replicated by Governor Easley for his statewide Learn and Earn program

Establishing a dropout rate of 2.99, consistently among the lowest of all urban school districts statewide and nationally

Increasing our graduation rate to 79.7%, the highest of the five large school districts in the state

Increasing scholarships offered to graduating seniors that now exceed $68 million - a tremendous economic benefit for our community

Exceeding the state average and the average of the other large school districts in NC in the percentage of schools making Adequate Yearly Progress in 2007"

Could it be this time he's outta here?

This is bad news for the district. He has done a great job here.

Terrina,

Apparently you don't have children in middle school or high school. NW schools don't count in looking a violent acts not reported.

What is your definition of a violent act? guns? knives? brass knuckles? closed fists? beating a kid unconscious?

What about bringing illegal drugs to school? What about distributing illegal drugs to minors?

What about starting fires?

How to you feel about the above acts?

After hearing about the Grimsley High School fight today (Friday, December 14) involving 25-30 children, I am convinced that Guilford County Schools literally does not have the ability to keep our students safe anymore...and the sound of denial in Guilford County is deafening. Today, in one news account, the fight was described as one between "neighborhoods." If it weren't so sad and scary, it would be laughable. Is the word "neighborhood" supposed to make us think this was a little squall between playmates?? It's a gang fight! My concern at this point is that there is nothing to prevent angry, disenfranchised students from packing knives and guns in their bookbags for the next fight. It amazes me that officials think that staff and parents will be comforted by assurances that the fights were contained, several students were arrested and things are back to "normal." It's only back to "normal" until the next set of students decides to continue their fight on school campus...and that's certainly not my "normal." At some point, it makes no sense to even discuss the statistics of violence in our schools. One incident like this in any school is one incident too many.

While the admin stops principals from suspending or expelling children we will continue like this. Grimsley and Page, two of our best schools going down the toliet?

We cant continue to let this happen. Children are afraid to go to school.