awpitt
Main Streeter
Yes but that's not "kicking it" as would be the case of a fed court kicking a case back to a state court for another review.
Parents of student fatally shot at school file lawsuit against St. Mary's board
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Yes but that's not "kicking it" as would be the case of a fed court kicking a case back to a state court for another review.
awpitt
Main Streeter
Life imitating art. Just happened to watch "Bull" on CBS last night. In the story the parents turned down the settlement which pays them $500K to "go away". The parents, particularly the mother wants closure, she wants to know what happened, why it happened and where were the people who she trusted with the care of her son.
Maybe the Wiley's want the same, how could this have happened, where was the security?
Unfortunately the only recourse to get answers from people who like to close ranks is to sue. The only penalty the courts can award is money and the larger the potential loss the more attention you get from the defendant.
Agree, on all points, the taxpayers (insurance or not), will foot the bill.
I've seen some of the other posts and I've heard the stories on discipline issues in the schools, maybe more so Great Mills, but others.
You can thank the state board of education for that. The school system runs scared that if their "numbers" don't please the state the state will cut or withhold funding. Since there is no real steady source of revenue, the schools are forced to beg the state each year for money.
In other states, right or wrong, the funding comes mostly from local taxes. School Boards don't answer to the County or Town commissioners, they answer to the people who reside in the school district. The state does provide some funding and it's a straight up formula, you get X dollars per student, regardless.
This is why school boundaries are gerrymandered and we end up with long bus routes.
It's why discipline takes into account race and economic factors. We don't live in a color blind world, we live in a world of actuaries
When the profiles of offenders does not match the general population, you need to somehow adjust the profile of the offenders.
It's like the police departments that don't record certain crimes because it makes their town look safer, increases the property values.
awpitt
Main Streeter
How do they "gerrymander" school boundaries? I've served on school redistricting committees in the past and I just don't see what you're talking about.
Where I use to live they simply stuck a pin in the map and drew a circle with a given radius.
Here they look at neighborhoods (indicator of economics and race without saying it).
I served on some of those same committees and parents, regardless of race, were annoyed by the policies.
Also learned that a couple of the schools wanted to certain neighborhoods to get Title 1 money.
For example, If I recall San Souci didn't go to Green Holly - which was right across 235. I believe they got sent to Town Creek.
UPDATE: Chopticon Student to Remain in Jail After Bringing Loaded Handgun to Basketball Game at Leonardtown High
Samuel "Sammy" Tony Bryant, 17, of Mechanicsville, the 17-year-old Chopticon Student who was arrested after bringing a loaded gun to Leonardtown High School on January 17, 2020 appeared in District Court in St. Mary's County
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can you say "stereotype"?
you probably have an idea where the waste band on the jeans was.
glhs837
Power with Control
When my kid was taken from Greenview Knolls which was about 1,5 miles away to Lexington Park Elementary, 3 miles away, the term was "socio-economic levelling".
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/brow...ration-by-pursuing-socioeconomic-integration/
awpitt
Main Streeter
I can't speak for your experience. Just my own. When I was on the Redistricting Committee (circa 2009), we were making changes for the elementary schools in the Lexington Park/California area (including Greenview). Shifts were being made because of the opening of the new Evergreen E.S. All of the changes we made were based on GIS data, population estimates, data from P&Z on up coming housing construction. None of it included anything such as "socio-economic levelling". Not even close.
As far as Greenview Knolls, both of my boys went there, pre-k through 5th. Kids were redistricted in and out of that school on three occasions that I remember. This was due to the school boundaries being so close. The GVKES district is small in size because of the number of densely populated subdivisions nearby.
Has anyone read the comments?UPDATE: Chopticon Student to Remain in Jail After Bringing Loaded Handgun to Basketball Game at Leonardtown High
Samuel "Sammy" Tony Bryant, 17, of Mechanicsville, the 17-year-old Chopticon Student who was arrested after bringing a loaded gun to Leonardtown High School on January 17, 2020 appeared in District Court in St. Mary's County
Grumpy
Well-Known Member
How bout this comment..sound like anyone you know??
Sister Red Neck on January 23, 2020 at 7:40 am
ok boomer, take a breath, and step a few feet back from your Fox News rage cliff
MiddleGround
Well-Known Member
The Chesapeake Charter school is bogus as well....
Friend of mine wanted to enroll his 2 kids in there. Went to the open admissions night and tried to do so. Upon the end of the meeting, the school's primary said "All of our admissions are by lottery only! We do not pick and choose." The only exception being siblings as they take siblings automatically.
Right after this speech, he was given a form to fill out. At the top of the form, just under name and address, was a question about his child's race.
He went up to the primary and asked "If this is all done by random draw/lottery... why do you need to know the child's race?" The response was "So we can report that data to the state."
My friend's response was "So... why can't you collect that data AFTER the 'random' lottery selection?"
No answer given.........
He walked out
Friend of mine wanted to enroll his 2 kids in there. Went to the open admissions night and tried to do so. Upon the end of the meeting, the school's primary said "All of our admissions are by lottery only! We do not pick and choose." The only exception being siblings as they take siblings automatically.
Right after this speech, he was given a form to fill out. At the top of the form, just under name and address, was a question about his child's race.
He went up to the primary and asked "If this is all done by random draw/lottery... why do you need to know the child's race?" The response was "So we can report that data to the state."
My friend's response was "So... why can't you collect that data AFTER the 'random' lottery selection?"
No answer given.........
He walked out
lots of stupid in that crowd
NAS
Active Member
Funny thing is they DO NOT automatically take siblings, I had a granddaughter in the school and when her siblings(twins) were in pre-k we tried to get them into the school both were turned down!!!!