Shakespeare once wrote: "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet." Word to Alice Goodwin.
Similarly, Kansas City Public Schools have enjoyed many new name changes yet that have yet to make this town's public education experiment any less stinky . . . The latest example:
Star: Central High School is now Central Academy of Excellence.
KCTV5: The Kansas City School Board voted unanimously Wednesday night to change the name of Central High School to Central Academy of Excellence.
Stop laughing!!!
This is something that KCPS Administrators want/expect people to take seriously despite the fact that so much talk of reform by very hopeful politicos really hasn't led to very much change for the KANSAS CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS THAT REMAIN UNACCREDITED!!!
Rebranding only works if you have something worthy of a new name.
ReplyDeleteLittle Skolars.
ReplyDeleteDem skollers going to lernt more now.
ReplyDeleteCentral City Day Penitentiary would be more honest.
ReplyDeleteUntil what passes for leadership at the school district level and at City Hall finally conclude that they are NOT all knowing sovereign beings; and until they refuse to pat themselves on the back for baby-steps towards progress, this City and the Third District will continue to chase its own tail. Renaming a school is a waste of time and won't yield any better results than that which has already been presented... none.
ReplyDeleteThe leadership uses tactics that sound good but they possess no training or skill on how to effectively use the tools/resources.
As a result the plans always sound/look good on paper but undoubtedly the plans will be poorly executed. During the smokescreen someone will run off with the money. Plus, there probably is no real plan in place following the renaming effort. It's typical behavior in communities surrounding this troubled school.
It's no wonder why the children continue to suffer.
In KCMO there really isn't any planning, supervision. leadership, or accountability for much of anything, and that certainly includes both the KCPS and the city government.
ReplyDeleteIt would take a very long time to list all the great "programs" that have been rolled out with such fanfare and immediately ignored and then forgotten. In fact many of them continue to bleed money from budgets even though the problems they were designed to address have been gone for years, but the folks providing the money either have no ideas of what's actually happening, don't care, don't have the guts to pull the plug, or all of the above.
And the folks who lose the most are always the ones who could most use the help.
Central Academy of Excellence ...
ReplyDeleteBizarre
What will college graduates think of next?
Central Academy of Excellence?? LAUGH OUT FUCKING LOUD! How stupid, bizarre, ape-like, third world and totally NIGGER, can you get?? This is priceless....
ReplyDeleteThank Heavens for anonymity!!
DeleteI'm afraid 2:37 has it pretty close. Whoever spent brain power on renaming the school needs to leave the district. The program of the KCSD, serving the patrons they DO, need to spend their time on something other than name changes.
ReplyDeleteThis sound so Airick with his moronic "scholars" moniker. Sorry, PhD's down at the head shed....you'll have to do better than that to lift up the young thugs you're trying to educate.
I know, I know. No help from the ignorant parent. Think about a solution much more drastic than a school name change.
Why don't we call the whole KCPS system "The Everyone Graduates, Goes to College, or Gets a Great Job" District?
ReplyDeleteThere, problem solved!