Comments for Guilford School Watch http://erikhuey.wordpress.com A blog for you to discuss items of interest related to Guilford County Schools Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:21:10 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on we’re back…. by Matthew K. Tabor http://erikhuey.wordpress.com/2008/11/12/were-back/#comment-9627 Matthew K. Tabor Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:21:10 +0000 http://erikhuey.wordpress.com/?p=1184#comment-9627 I was just going to send you an e-mail the other day asking where you'd been - good to have you back! I was just going to send you an e-mail the other day asking where you’d been – good to have you back!

]]> Comment on we’re back…. by keith http://erikhuey.wordpress.com/2008/11/12/were-back/#comment-9626 keith Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:56:37 +0000 http://erikhuey.wordpress.com/?p=1184#comment-9626 glad to see you back glad to see you back

]]> Comment on Rash of fires at Western Guilford by Jazsmiyne Shuler http://erikhuey.wordpress.com/2008/02/01/rash-of-fires-at-western-guilford/#comment-9625 Jazsmiyne Shuler Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:25:36 +0000 http://erikhuey.wordpress.com/?p=908#comment-9625 I personally know the girl who's hair was set on fire. Even though it's months after the incident, she is still shaken up. She didnt like lighters then, as she told the boy, and she doesn't like them now. I personally know the girl who’s hair was set on fire. Even though it’s months after the incident, she is still shaken up. She didnt like lighters then, as she told the boy, and she doesn’t like them now.

]]> Comment on Humor with NCLB by Kerry P. http://erikhuey.wordpress.com/2007/10/02/humor-with-nclb/#comment-9622 Kerry P. Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:09:06 +0000 http://erikhuey.wordpress.com/2007/10/02/humor-with-nclb/#comment-9622 I thought some of you may enjoy this NCLB humor. I wrote this a few years back, but just now have an opportunity to post it to the web. http://www.nogripes.com/ng/?p=96 Enjoy! I thought some of you may enjoy this NCLB humor. I wrote this a few years back, but just now have an opportunity to post it to the web.
http://www.nogripes.com/ng/?p=96
Enjoy!

]]> Comment on His challenge: Rebuild New Orleans’ schools: USA Today by Harvey http://erikhuey.wordpress.com/2007/05/07/his-challenge-rebuild-new-orleans-schools-usa-today/#comment-9619 Harvey Sun, 19 Oct 2008 06:56:52 +0000 http://erikhuey.wordpress.com/2007/05/07/his-challenge-rebuild-new-orleans-schools-usa-today/#comment-9619 If you really knew anything Paul Vallas, outside of what you read (and, unfortunately believe), you'd hardly be a fan of his, quiet or otherwise. Paul puts up a good front, but does little to deliver the goods. He NEVER fired 750 teachers in Philly. Vallas couldn't even keep enough teachers and had to resort of hiring back previously fired teachers. He did eliminate the Literacy Interns program after two of the three years because only 32% of the wouldbe teachers wanted to stick around once they got to see what the schools were really like inside. Vallas' Zero Tolerance program would have been better named Zero Effectiveness. Things grew worse under the Vallas era (error). Ask him where he put the artwork he took out of the schools which had hung there for years. Better yet, ask him about the safety report he comissioned and then sat on when he found out how bad things were in the schools. Vallas wouldn't release it when he found out it contained nothing he could use against the school safety advocate, Harvey Rice, How about Paul's pal that he brought in from Chicago who was wasting our tax money while tooling around town in rented Mustangs (and working for the St. Louis School District at the same time). Ask him why Gregory Thorton, the second in command, took a bribe of a free trip to South Africa from a company and then reward this same company with a no-bid contract. How did Paul "discipline" him? That guy is now running the Chester school district nearby. As foir the books they came in via the school takeover before Vallas ever came to town. Don't forget all the new schools Paul promised to build and nobody can find. Not to mention the $183 million deficit that Paul left us in when he skipped down. Cleanup guy? Yeah, he sure cleaned up. BTW, when was Russo ever out in Philly? Ask him what exactly is was that Vallas "got done". Check George Schmidt's Substance website for all the "wonderful" things Paul did out in Chicago. If you really knew anything Paul Vallas, outside of what you read (and, unfortunately believe), you’d hardly be a fan of his, quiet or otherwise. Paul puts up a good front, but does little to deliver the goods. He NEVER fired 750 teachers in Philly. Vallas couldn’t even keep enough teachers and had to resort of hiring back previously fired teachers. He did eliminate the Literacy Interns program after two of the three years because only 32% of the wouldbe teachers wanted to stick around once they got to see what the schools were really like inside.

Vallas’ Zero Tolerance program would have been better named Zero Effectiveness. Things grew worse under the Vallas era (error). Ask him where he put the artwork he took out of the schools which had hung there for years. Better yet, ask him about the safety report he comissioned and then sat on when he found out how bad things were in the schools. Vallas wouldn’t release it when he found out it contained nothing he could use against the school safety advocate, Harvey Rice, How about Paul’s pal that he brought in from Chicago who was wasting our tax money while tooling around town in rented Mustangs (and working for the St. Louis School District at the same time). Ask him why Gregory Thorton, the second in command, took a bribe of a free trip to South Africa from a company and then reward this same company with a no-bid contract. How did Paul “discipline” him? That guy is now running the Chester school district nearby. As foir the books they came in via the school takeover before Vallas ever came to town. Don’t forget all the new schools Paul promised to build and nobody can find. Not to mention the $183 million deficit that Paul left us in when he skipped down. Cleanup guy? Yeah, he sure cleaned up. BTW, when was Russo ever out in Philly? Ask him what exactly is was that Vallas “got done”.

Check George Schmidt’s Substance website for all the “wonderful” things Paul did out in Chicago.

]]> Comment on Grier’s Gone: The search…and the golden parachute by SDUSD http://erikhuey.wordpress.com/2008/01/24/griers-gone-the-searchand-the-golden-parachute/#comment-9617 SDUSD Sat, 04 Oct 2008 03:23:10 +0000 http://erikhuey.wordpress.com/2008/01/24/griers-gone-the-searchand-the-golden-parachute/#comment-9617 San Diego Unified = SDU In the upcoming election can we count on your support in voting for John Lee Evans District A and Shiela Jackson District E? :) Grier has made some interesting decisions with all layoffs. San Diego Unified = SDU

In the upcoming election can we count on your support in voting for John Lee Evans District A and Shiela Jackson District E?

:)

Grier has made some interesting decisions with all layoffs.

]]> Comment on “School system wastes students’, teachers’ time”: News & Record by Susan Terry http://erikhuey.wordpress.com/2007/04/15/school-system-wastes-students-teachers-time-news-record/#comment-9615 Susan Terry Mon, 22 Sep 2008 02:54:14 +0000 http://erikhuey.wordpress.com/2007/04/15/school-system-wastes-students-teachers-time-news-record/#comment-9615 I could not agree more, with all of the time spent on testing, preparing for test, meeting AR goals, instead of simply teaching our children to read, it leaves littlle room for anything else, and then the question of should'nt these teachers be evaluated after a certain amount of years teaching to see if they still have the patience to teach. My daughter goes to a school where her teachers style of teaching is yelling and screaming all day long, my daughter is so scared of her, and I can tell that it is breaking her spirit. What are my options, she interogated my daughter last week because she was late for school, after I had walked her into the office and checked her in and she recieved a note from the office to allow her into class, her teacher drilled her about her late, ask her did she go to the Dr., then asked her Dr.s name, then told her too look her in the eye and tell her the truth, my daughter told her that "my mom signed me in as personal" the teacher did not stop there, she then asked her did she stay up late the night before, and then ask her did she oversleep and was that the reason she was late, my daughter finally so upset over the interogation just said yeah, we overslept, even though that is not what happened, so then her teacher told her not to ever lie to her again, and told her to go on into class. Really was all of that nessacery, should the note she had to get into class not enough? I feel this is another reason our children are not exceling in school, I also talked to the principal and she informed me the teacher had every right to do this, and that most of the time that children exaggerate the truth. Oh, by the way I left out the part that at the end of the conversation between my daughter and her teacher, her teacher told her to "lets just keep this conversation between me and you" In my opinion that was just an admission of guilt as to what she did was wrong. I should have known better than to go to the principle, they alway side with the teacher. So today I filed a letter of intent to open a homeschool for my daughter, I refuse to have the public school system break her spirit and take away from her innocence, that all comes soon enough. Thanks to anyone that took the time to read this. I am at my wits end. I could not agree more, with all of the time spent on testing, preparing for test, meeting AR goals, instead of simply teaching our children to read, it leaves littlle room for anything else, and then the question of should’nt these teachers be evaluated after a certain amount of years teaching to see if they still have the patience to teach. My daughter goes to a school where her teachers style of teaching is yelling and screaming all day long, my daughter is so scared of her, and I can tell that it is breaking her spirit. What are my options, she interogated my daughter last week because she was late for school, after I had walked her into the office and checked her in and she recieved a note from the office to allow her into class, her teacher drilled her about her late, ask her did she go to the Dr., then asked her Dr.s name, then told her too look her in the eye and tell her the truth, my daughter told her that “my mom signed me in as personal” the teacher did not stop there, she then asked her did she stay up late the night before, and then ask her did she oversleep and was that the reason she was late, my daughter finally so upset over the interogation just said yeah, we overslept, even though that is not what happened, so then her teacher told her not to ever lie to her again, and told her to go on into class. Really was all of that nessacery, should the note she had to get into class not enough? I feel this is another reason our children are not exceling in school, I also talked to the principal and she informed me the teacher had every right to do this, and that most of the time that children exaggerate the truth. Oh, by the way I left out the part that at the end of the conversation between my daughter and her teacher, her teacher told her to “lets just keep this conversation between me and you” In my opinion that was just an admission of guilt as to what she did was wrong. I should have known better than to go to the principle, they alway side with the teacher. So today I filed a letter of intent to open a homeschool for my daughter, I refuse to have the public school system break her spirit and take away from her innocence, that all comes soon enough. Thanks to anyone that took the time to read this. I am at my wits end.

]]> Comment on Teachers on the Brink: Dudley teacher charged (N&R) by Rufus Class of '71 http://erikhuey.wordpress.com/2007/11/27/teachers-on-the-brink-dudley-teacher-charged-nr/#comment-9608 Rufus Class of '71 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:17:15 +0000 http://erikhuey.wordpress.com/2007/11/27/teachers-on-the-brink-dudley-teacher-charged-nr/#comment-9608 The reason the kids of our class and day seldom got "out of line" was because we knew the consequences of our actions. We also knew that our parents supported the teachers, which increased the level of those consequences. Now, the teachers have little authority to set effective consequences for bad behavior. The parents, who have lost control of their own kids, now support the child in their bad behavior and criticize teachers who try to correct the bad behavior so that the students, who want to learn, are not deprived of receiving their education. I often wonder who is in control, the parent or the child. The reason the kids of our class and day seldom got “out of line” was because we knew the consequences of our actions. We also knew that our parents supported the teachers, which increased the level of those consequences. Now, the teachers have little authority to set effective consequences for bad behavior. The parents, who have lost control of their own kids, now support the child in their bad behavior and criticize teachers who try to correct the bad behavior so that the students, who want to learn, are not deprived of receiving their education. I often wonder who is in control, the parent or the child.

]]> Comment on More on that big fight at Page by Kapree' http://erikhuey.wordpress.com/2007/11/02/more-on-that-big-fight-at-page/#comment-9607 Kapree' Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:04:19 +0000 http://erikhuey.wordpress.com/2007/11/02/more-on-that-big-fight-at-page/#comment-9607 yes im 18 and you might think im young but im not about to let lies be posted about any of my friends the female that way fighting or my friends thats n the group called BANA SQUAD so thanks for lettin the lies be told but ima stepin up to tell the truth i just found this was on here thats why im just now sayin somethin about it i am no longer at page high school but if you need to contact me you have my email just no im am going to tell the truth but no names will not be release i have da right to remain silent n i have da freedom of speech and i also no what really happen because i was there before the fight started and i was there until the fight ened thanks yes im 18 and you might think im young but im not about to let lies be posted about any of my friends the female that way fighting or my friends thats n the group called BANA SQUAD so thanks for lettin the lies be told but ima stepin up to tell the truth i just found this was on here thats why im just now sayin somethin about it i am no longer at page high school but if you need to contact me you have my email just no im am going to tell the truth but no names will not be release i have da right to remain silent n i have da freedom of speech and i also no what really happen because i was there before the fight started and i was there until the fight ened thanks

]]> Comment on More on that big fight at Page by Kapree' http://erikhuey.wordpress.com/2007/11/02/more-on-that-big-fight-at-page/#comment-9606 Kapree' Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:58:59 +0000 http://erikhuey.wordpress.com/2007/11/02/more-on-that-big-fight-at-page/#comment-9606 ok first of all the story is all wrong its not called banner squad its BANA SQUAD and second its was not over no gold chain the first story that was let out was true the two girls was beefin and they fought because the girl that fought was my friend and all three of the fight involed females and one dude and all the people that i know thats BANA SQUAD did not fight so when information is release make sure its ture the first story is right and people need to stop lyin if they really dont know whats going on but the to ladys fought there friends jumped and the friends of there friends jumped in and another fight was gettin ready to break out when O.E. [officer Edwards] pepper sprayed the crowed and people did get hit with it because my teacher even said she did i hate the fact that people post things and its not true how do you go frrom a fight with two girls to a gang related fight over a chain dont sound right do it and BANA SQUAD is not a gang its a group of FRIENDS that is positive not runnning around shootin and fightin all that is not ment to be its 08 life is two sort for all that crap > =/ ok first of all the story is all wrong its not called banner squad its BANA SQUAD and second its was not over no gold chain the first story that was let out was true the two girls was beefin and they fought because the girl that fought was my friend and all three of the fight involed females and one dude and all the people that i know thats BANA SQUAD did not fight so when information is release make sure its ture the first story is right and people need to stop lyin if they really dont know whats going on but the to ladys fought there friends jumped and the friends of there friends jumped in and another fight was gettin ready to break out when O.E. [officer Edwards] pepper sprayed the crowed and people did get hit with it because my teacher even said she did i hate the fact that people post things and its not true how do you go frrom a fight with two girls to a gang related fight over a chain dont sound right do it and BANA SQUAD is not a gang its a group of FRIENDS that is positive not runnning around shootin and fightin all that is not ment to be its 08 life is two sort for all that crap > =/

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