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Monday, December 3, 2007
S.O.S. = Save our schools?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
And some thought former superintendent Barbara Pulliam was the problem.
For the second time in less than five years, Clayton County public schools may lose its accreditation.
If this happens again, certain board of education members should be recalled because they obviously are not doing the job for which they were elected.
Another loss of accreditation will definitely hurt our kids’ future and further affect already declining property values.
According to news reports, students who graduate from districts that are not accredited will be ineligible for many college scholarships, including HOPE. This can also affect a student’s chance of being accepted into some colleges at all, further limiting their possibilities.
A loss will also affect teacher salaries, making it virtually impossible to retain and keep quality educators (which allegedly is already an issue, why make it worse?)
Do the children of Clayton who want to get an education need any more obstacles in their path?
Like it or not though, Clayton’s BOE is not solely to blame.
More parents need to be proactive about their children’s schooling, and stay on educators and the board members they elected to do the right things.
I recently attended a PTA meeting. Including moderators, there were 23 people in attendance. Eleven of them were kids.
Parental apathy tells your child’s educators and elected officials that they can get away with whatever they like because nobody is paying attention or cares, and there will be no consequences for their actions.
But this situation is primarily about political infighting, personal agendas and some board members’ inability (refusal?) to work together to improve CCPS.
Is it time to clean house at the board of education and elect people who are actually committed to education?
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