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HS Summer School 09

Feb 28, 2009
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I envision summer school being a great place to be for students and teachers. Students will receive the instruction (individual, and differentiated) that they require. This will be possible as the student to teacher ratio will undoubtedly be very low. In the history department I can guarantee that we will be focused on reading skills, historical knowledge and analytical thinking. We will measure our students achievement by administering a pre-test along with regular follow up tests throughout the year.

We will NOT offer summer school to all failing students at no cost. Take it up with the state. I can say that this helps exponentially with any sort of behavior problems as kids do not want to risk losing that $250.

Response to Recommendations

#1&3. I agree that it should be available at no financial cost to all students. Part of the problem with public schools in general is that so many kids have no desire to be at school and only go because all of their friends are there. I think their should be a 1-2 page essay response required for kids who are not paying for summer school on why they failed and what they can do differently to succeed.

#2. This is supposedly done at Murrah with TST teams. I was assigned a student to "tutor" with zero accountability and supposed required hours after school. I am not even sure if she was ever made aware that she had the option for extra help. I am sure that she would never have stayed after school for tutoring. I am also sure that I would have not had time to tutor unless she came before school as I am a coach. There has to be a better system for this.

#5. I agree with this also, but it all relies upon class sizes. If I have ten students in a classroom I can easily differentiate and work to my students particular needs, but with a class of 25-30 this is an attainable goal.

#6-7. Also agree. Things that should be taking place during the NORMAL school year now, and maybe less students would be in summer school.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/28/AR2007072800732.html

Even wayne knows

Feb 10, 2009
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I was watching t.v. the other day right
got this white guy up there talking about black guys
talking about how young black guys are targeted
targeted by who? america
you see one in every 100 americans are locked up
one in every 9 black americans are locked up
and see what the white guy was trying to stress was that
the money we spend on sending a mothaf**ka to jail
a young mothaf**ka to jail
would be less to send his or her young ass to college
see, and another thing the white guy was stressing was that
our jails are populated with drug dealers, you know crack/cocaine stuff like that
meaning due to the laws we have on crack/cocaine and regular cocaine
police are only, i don't want to say only right, but shit
only logic by riding around in the hood all day
and not in the suburbs
because crack cocaine is mostly found in the hood
and you know the other thing is mostly found in you know where i'm going
but why bring a mothaf**ka to jail if it's not gon stand up in court
cuz this drug aint that drug, you know level 3, level 4 drug, shit like that
i guess it's all a misunderstanding
i sit back and think, you know us young mothaf**kas you know that 1 in 9
we probably only selling the crack cocaine because we in the hood
and it's not like in the suburbs, we don't have what you have
why? i really don't wanna know the answer
i guess we just misunderstood hunh
you know we don't have room in the jail now for the real mothaf**kas, the real criminals
sex offenders, rapists serial killers, s**t like that
don't get scared, don't get scared
I know you saw one them sex offenders papers
don’t trip he live right on the end of yo block,
Mhm yea, that nigga live right down the street from you,
sex offender on the level 3 drug