no kidding Wrote:
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> Demography rules Wrote:
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> > It's pretty funny to read your claim that
> Clifton
> > isn't a wealthy enclave like Greenwich or the
> > Upper East Side. According to the official
> school
> > profile, Clifton was 2.4% ESOL and 2.1%
> > free/reduced lunch in 2007-2008. You don't get
> > much more exclusive than that.
> >
> > Your claim that Clifton ES is an engine for
> > uplifting the less fortunate is also pretty
> funny.
> > It's pretty hard to uplift the less fortunate
> if
> > there aren't any at your school.
> >
> > My favorite statistic: Your school had a grand
> > total of one black child during the 2007-2008
> > school year. ONE. To put it another way, 6
> out
> > of the 7 grades at Clifton had no black
> students
> > during 2007-2008. I suggest that when you go
> > after the school board, you use the slogan
> > "Segregation = Success!"
> >
> > Here's the school profile:
> >
>
http://schoolprofiles.fcps.edu/schlprfl/f?p=108:13
>
> >
> :5729520818416586:105:NO::P0_CURRENT_SCHOOL_ID:416
>
> >
> >
> Glad to see I wasn't the only one who noticed that
> nonsense about what a "high performing school" we
> are. The whole staff should be fired if you
> weren't a high performing school given your
> baseline.
>
> Not a whole lot of challenges at this school.
> Nevermind that some elementary schools have 1200
> kids, it isn't too hard to see that 375 darlings
> are getting what they need.
>
> It is not cost efficient to keep this school as
> is. While I support keeping this school in the
> neighborhood, they need to increase the size to
> 600 and pull in from some overcrowded neighboring
> schools.
>
> Clifton community better come up with a Plan B if
> they want to keep this school in the neighborhood.
"Glad to see I wasn't the only one who noticed that
nonsense about what a "high performing school" we
are. The whole staff should be fired if you
weren't a high performing school given your
baseline."
Given our baseline? What, are you saying that blacks kids and hispanic kids aren't as intelligent as white kids?!? Give me a break! The kids at Clifton are not excelling because they are white. That is the most racist comment yet on here.
Also, this is not just about Clifton Elementary. This could potentially involve 22 other schools in this area. Residents in Centreville and surrounding areas will be involved in this also when the county decides to do yet another boundary study, and ship those kids to other schools. Building one new school, near Liberty Middle School is not going to solve the overcrowding issues. The site near Liberty isn't even near the schools that are most crowded.