tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107550755163115303.post6764151004687132890..comments2024-03-27T11:28:13.401-06:00Comments on Education Matters: Duval County is actively trying to push kids towards charter schools.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107550755163115303.post-2710471452518279932016-02-07T16:08:36.571-07:002016-02-07T16:08:36.571-07:00Teachers have known for years that Vitti's pla...Teachers have known for years that Vitti's plan is to destroy public schools and replace them with charters. All of his words and actions back up that assumption.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107550755163115303.post-82001980479043714782016-02-06T21:18:39.460-07:002016-02-06T21:18:39.460-07:00I believe in order to raise the grade of the distr...I believe in order to raise the grade of the district, the lower performing schools either have to be chartered or magnetized. The superintendent needs to ensure his district's grade is high. It should be about the students. I worry unless something is done, our schools will continue to suffer. The students of lower performing schools will lose more than their neighborhood schools, they will lose their hope for a better tomorrow. When a school is turned into a charter or a magnet school it displaces the students who would benefit the most from a school improvement plan. I think each plan should be individualized according to student population, neighborhood demographics, and level of improvement. Rather than punish the neighborhood and the students, more resources should be funneled into the school along with an outreach program dedicated to support the surrounding neighborhood and the families. The current plan is to either close the school or transform it by bringing in students outside the boundary. If the new choice in sports bill passes, parents will have the ability to send their child to any school, in any district, within the state. In order for Duval to stay competitive, Vitti needs the grade to be high. What happens to those schools in poor neighborhoods? I can't imagine when given the choice, parents will send their children to a long-term failing school in lieu of sending them anywhere. What will happen to the schools then, they will be worse. This is a short term plan to correct a long term problem. We need real solutions and real leaders willing to improve every school, for every student, every day. staciehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08736270722564031322noreply@blogger.com