Here is what I think is the bottom line on the schools in Shenendoah and Warren counties. The schools take on the personalities of the communities. If the parents are generally uneducated then they do see the value to push their kids to do well in school and they don't support paying taxes to improve the school system. It took Warren County 60 years to start building new schools. Even with that it still ranks below the federal and state average of the number of students taking the SAT tests. The Warren schools have over 40% of its students qualifying...
always_amused, the vocal minority and the school board members are related to each other. That's the problem with the town. The old locals are trying to hold onto a way of life that is incompatable with this era. This town needs to realize that those days are over. The school board needs to move on and let people with more intelligence and who are more progressive hold those positions....
My last comment wasn't posted so I'll keep this brief. I'm not in denial; I have said repeatedly that things are not perfect in WCPS. But these sweeping generalizations that the whole school system stinks are unfair and untrue. Snappy--I didn't say a good sports program makes a good school. I said there are lots of good things going on in our schools, and gave a couple of examples. I think it's "fair" to say that kids who can not only read, but interpret and act out a Shakespeare play can definitely "read and write." And by the way, schools...
PLG62...you are missing the point. The article was about Mrs. Funk and RJES. This school is below state and national standards. The school board should be focusing on education not extra curricular activites. There are some good teachers at RJES that really care about what they are doing...and there are many really bad teachers. With the exception of a few, most of the teaching assistants are under-educated and completely unqualified for their positions. The school is filthy and there are broken windows and old and outdated equipment. Do you REALLY think this is a productive environment that fosters learning?...
No actually, I'm on point, you're the one who is off base. RJES is fully accredited by the state of Virginia. They won't allow me post links so you'd just have to go to the WCPS website to find the school report card. It is not a perfect school, but they are accredited, based on SOL scores. Yes, there are now AMOs to contend with, that's how the politicians do it. They create standards, the school systems spend tons of resources learning how to jump through hoops, and then they(politicians) create newer (tougher) standards. By the way, teaching assistants are...
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