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Go see the movie then call your School Board and demand they find ways to enhance learning and ensure a 100% graduation rate. Ask to establish a committee to develop and make cost reduction recommendations. Ask to have a committee to research how to "RAISE" alternative funding for school needs. However, cost reductions should never compromise the focus of student learning and a 100% graduation rate.

And again, Why not consider leaving all schools open and lowering class sizes? Many classrooms are filled to max capacity now and that inhibits learning. Why not establish "required" after school or weekend tutoring for failing students? Why not demand more stringent enforcement of policies by Principals, Administrators, Teachers, Parents? Why not set higher expectations and demand more from students with their in-school deportment? Why not ensure all books are ordered on time and available when the school year starts? Why not make summer school more demanding and structured? Why not benchmark other successful schools and countries that have higher graduation rates? Why not use more volunteers in constructive ways? Why not align K-12 curriculum so that learning objectives easly flow from elementary to middle to high school? Why not allow in-class teacher led at-your-desk exercise for three minutes of each classroom session? Why not look at ways to integrate our libraries and other community resources into the learning process?

Why not ask everyone on this blog to make suggestions for enhancing student learning and reaching 100% graduation rates? Why not ask people on this blog how our schools can save money, raise money and improve?

Why not ask our students all the same questions?

The notion of the traditional classroom must be challenged by our school board, parents, teachers, administrators and yes, students. However, our school board needs to RE-FOCUS itself. It needs to get out of "the office" and in front of the community and make things happen. If it can't then we need to re-call all of them and elect a school board that can focus!

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arrgy 10/01/10 - 07:39 pm


Its considered bad style to start almost EVERY sentence with the same word.

Oh and until you make parents accountable for their children you will never get 100% passing, graduation or anything. The system doesn't hold our children back, our parents do. The only thing the law makes our parents accountable for in their educational needs is to make sure they go to school. What they do once they get there is no longer a concern for parents from a legal point of view.

If it was the system then NO ONE would graduate and NO ONE would go to college. It is just in states in the north, education is taken more seriously, parents expect much more of their children and they do better. Also, in the north, college isn't just a place to watch a football game like it is here in the south.

MovingForward 10/04/10 - 04:44 pm

Right on the money Arrgy

Parents are letting their children down and have fallen for "the Government will help them no matter what" ploy over and over again. Parents with an education know the value and pass it on to their children. South Carolina didn't get to be ranked 49th out of 50 over night and it will take forever years and lots of effort to pull out of it. However, there is no reason to let it continue to drop, Gotta start somewhere and if parents won't then the educated ones have to.

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