To the Hinsdale District 86 Board of Education,
If you're reading this, thank you for taking your time to read this message. I am Grant Zhang, a District 86 resident and incoming freshman student of Hinsdale Central High School. As a graduate of Westview Hills Middle School of the Maercker School District 60, I am right around the area of the line which would be drawn for the boundary change. I know people on both sides of this proximity line, and to see us divided would not only be a pain for me, but a pain for this entire D60 community. However, there are other reasons besides emotional reasons on why the boundary line should be changed based on which District 86 school certain students will attend.
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I actually believe that using the academic levels of the schools to try to prevent the boundary change is an invalid reason. According to https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/illinois/rankings, Hinsdale Central is ranked as 13th in the state of Illinois with a 95% graduation rate. Hinsdale South is ranked as 20th in the state of Illinois with a 93% graduation rate. These two schools are actually very close in math proficiency and reading proficiency. In fact, South's math proficiency is actually better than Central's. In mathematics, Hinsdale Central has a 33% math proficiency, and Hinsdale South has a 34% math proficiency. In reading, Hinsdale Central has a 61% reading proficiency while Hinsdale South's is 53%. The numbers express that there really isn't a large enough of a difference to declare that South is indeed so much worse than …show more content…
It's our community and the family we have built in this community. Every community is special in its own way, and it should be something that we respect between other communities. Normally, we see multiple middle schools merge into a high school. However, in our district, we already see division in our community after middle school. While quite a large majority of Westview Hills students end up going to Hinsdale Central, there is a significant amount of people from Westview that end up going to Downers Grove North (around 10-15% of Westview's graduating class this year), including one of my closest friends and some others that I talked to and also built friendships with, and a few end up going to Hinsdale South. To further divide our school would be like stabbing a wound. I've personally seen the proximity line, and it basically divides our district in half, so the amount of people going to each high school would be less than 50% for all three schools, meaning everyone in Westview will be separated from a majority of the others, which would be sad for everyone. Many of us had cried because of the 10-15% of people who were going to go to Downers Grove North were going to separate from the majority of us. To make that number rise for the majority who would go to Central would bring even more sorrow, not to mention the fact that the Downers Grove
The Game of School: Why We All Play It, How It Hurts Kids, and What It Will Take to Change It by Robert L. Fried is a great tool for identifying challenges in school systems and planning school reform. This book explains in great depth the problems faced by students and educators in schools today and ends with a call to action for solving these problems. Some major concepts that arise frequently throughout the book are time being wasted, students feeling powerless and the prioritization of test scores over authentic learning. Time is wasted by everyone in school and is wasted in various ways, for example students are given busy work and teachers rush through a curriculum while students learn nothing. Students, while they are the most important stakeholders, feel as though they have no control over their education.
He then goes on and says when you experience unprecedented growth year in and year out and you are committed to smaller schools to create more opportunities for students, rezoning is a part of that commitment. He then states leaders believe it will provide more opportunities for students to get involved in activities and enhance educators’ abilities to build personal relationships and know the name and need of every student. Lyon then observes the reports of growth in FISD. He talks about how in the past 20 years, FISD has built 60 schools and grown by more than 50,000 students. Which means the District has opened three new schools each year in the past 20 years.
First Day Assignment I believe that year-round school would be best for Oskaloosa High School. I think it could help more in the long run. I hope this paper will help or change your perspective on year-round school. I would like to change Oskaloosa High School to year-round school.
The common school movement was very much rooted as a means for control and conformity for a budding nation with a growing diverse population. A few of the front-runners of the common school movement were Horace Mann, Henry Barnard, Calvin Stowe, and Calvin Wiley among others (Gutek, 84; Groen, 6). They were a part of the Whig party and shared the belief that public education system would prevent class divisions and it would be an institution key in assimilating immigrants to the “American” mainstream (Groen, 6). Through assimilation in the schools the education of all citizens would stabilize and sustain the “American” culture (Groen, 6; Perko).
Still Separate, Still Unequal by Jonathan Kozol I found this article to be very interesting and extremely heartbreaking. Jonathan Kozol paints a vivid and grim picture of predominantly black or Hispanic schools in and around some the largest cities in America. Even in areas where the distribution of races is somewhat equal, Kozol tells us that most white families would rather send their kids by bus to a school where more than half of the students are white. Some schools, like Martin Luther King Jr. high school in New York City, are located purposefully in upper middle class white neighborhoods in hopes to draw in a more diverse selection of children, i.e. more white kids. It seems however, according to Kozol, that this plan not only did not work, but has made it a prime and obvious example of modern segregation in our schools.
IDA Release Essay The reason I feel this is essential is in hope for me to be enrolled into the Travis Unified School District, and eventually attend school at Vanden High. I feel that it would be of great appreciation that I receive endorsement in my process of successfully transferring to Vanden because it would be completely beneficial for myself, my happiness, my education, and my future. My education is what’s most important however, and so is the path to my future, and Vanden does provide me with many options that can give me an advantage to help achieve my physical and self-related goals. Fairfield High would be my next option after my current school the Public Safety Academy but, it is not the right place for me to be.
Carnoy, Loeb, and Smith (2003) found a weakness in the relationships between TAKS scores and other outcomes such as high school graduation rates and scores on college entrance exams. Other researchers (Klein, Hamilton, McCaffrey, & Steecher, 2000) analyzed increases in scores in Texas on the NAEP, increases that they state political leaders attributed to the accountability system, and found that Texas score improvements in mathematics at grade 8 are not significantly different from those of other states that did not have strong accountability systems in place. In fact their data show evidence that the achievement gap between white students and underrepresented minorities actually increased. Some argue that the data show that the accountability program actually negatively impacts schools that were already academically behind before the implementation of the accountability system (Fassold,
I responded to 431 N Knox Street Apt 24 in refernce to a juvenile complaint. Upon arrival, I spoke with Yolona Wheeler. Wheeler advised that a guy name Marcus came to her residence while she was gone eating on her door and threatning her son(Jadakis Mckinney). I spoke with Mckinney of the incident and he advised that they were arguing over a $5.00 bet and Marcur got mad. Mckinney then went back to his residence.
Over the past few weeks, arming teachers has been a controversial topic throughout the country. School shootings have taken the lives of many over the past few years, yet they are becoming more and more frequent. In today’s society children shouldn’t have to go to school worried if they are going to be safe that day. If teachers are armed it will add that extra bit of protection to the children. A big question is if arming teachers is even going to matter if an active shooter happens to be in that school.
Some parents in Seattle did not agree with the start times because of personal issues. Experts say that getting more sleep over night and going to school at a later time is better than going to school early in the morning and getting a couple hours of sleep the night before. “Some parents of younger children objected when bus schedules were flipped and their kids were put on an earlier schedule for next year” (Associated Press). This quote is stating that some parents are not very happy with the change in start times because bus schedules are getting changed around. I feel that if Beaumont High School adopted a later start time,
The ruling will force districts to rethink their programs and take race out of the picture by using more broad factors. In fact, Justice Kennedy offered up more appropriate options for the schools to use one of which was racial gerrymandering (Totenberg & Kaufman, 2007). Gerrymandering is an occurrence that has taken place in politics for many years, but when it takes place for educational purposes it can have a big impact on attendance zones and diversity. Kennedy’s suggestion of this would allow schools to redraw the district lines for the purpose of increasing diversity and decreasing racial isolation. This would be a less intrusive way of assigning schools to students without targeting them based specifically on their race.
On a normal scale, measuring the association between two subjects, one would assume gentrification and school segregation are not related in any sense. In fact, most would argue that school segregation ended in 1954 with the Brown v. Board of Education. This assumption would be incorrect. Deep within the American society lies a new kind of segregation that is neither talked about nor dealt with. Segregation is a result of gentrification—the buying and renovation of houses in deteriorated neighborhoods by upper-income families or individuals—thus, improving property values but often displacing low-income families.
Asian students perform as well as white students in reading and better than white students in math. Reformers ignore these gains and castigate the public schools for the persistence of the gap. Closing the racial achievement gap has been a major goal of education policy makers for at least the past decade. There has been some progress, but it has been slow and uneven. It isn’t surprising that it’s hard to narrow or close the gap if all groups are improving.
“Part of education is to help students be prepared for jobs, all year schooling allows students to be more prepared for professional work day hours. In the real world, employees do not get 3 months off. “ —Doctor Hawk Because we agree with the statement by Doctor Janelle Hawk, my partners and I affirm the resolution: Year round schooling benefits students, their families, and the community. We offer the following three reasons to support our side. Overcrowding, frequent breaks, and benefits to low income families.
“Bulletproof” by David Guetta depicts my steadfast dedication and strong character. The lyrics “You shoot me down, but I won’t fall, I am titanium” remind me that I can achieve my ambitions through the toughest times, no matter how many obstacles I must cross. When I was 11 years old, I lost my father to an accident. My family was heartbroken. I watched my mother endure many hardships for her children and become one of the strongest people I know.