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Post by brant on Apr 20, 2011 7:00:56 GMT -6
The damage that has been done as a result of the building of MV is more then most realize. I am sure CB has no idea WV has been ignored, and pushed back. This district was built around WV and #204s great reputation was started with WV. I am enraged at what has happened to this wonderful school as a result of the selfishness of the SB and their backers. I remember Lisa Churchill accusing the SW of racism while she, JC and their friends were doing their best to get out of WV. Now they could care less about WV. They have their school now WV can rot. My two oldest both love WV but this district has lost something since this mess started. Even my eighth grader noticed something was wrong after the boundary changes both in attitude and in the quality of teaching. only WV was here when we moved here-- and let me tell you they ripped the heart out of 204 with the way 204 was treated. JC leading the whole orange shirt march showed she didnot give a crap about WV- just what she wanted. And dont' forget CB is an alum opf WVHS -- but the glare of the shiny new school blinded him also. the pride thaqtwas in 204 when I got here is gone, replaced byapathy - nice job SB I am tired of hearing from CB that he graduated from WV; it doesn't mean squat. And while DD graduated from WV she already made her feelings known when she was first elected when she said "WV is an old, old school". Really? WV was built in the mid 1970s and nearly every school in the area is older with the exception of the newer Plainfield schools and Oswego East. The newest school on the North Shore is Stevenson. (first graduating class 1967). So she has shown her disdain for the school she attended. |
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Post by brant on Apr 20, 2011 7:08:41 GMT -6
The damage that has been done as a result of the building of MV is more then most realize. I am sure CB has no idea WV has been ignored, and pushed back. This district was built around WV and #204s great reputation was started with WV. I am enraged at what has happened to this wonderful school as a result of the selfishness of the SB and their backers. I remember Lisa Churchill accusing the SW of racism while she, JC and their friends were doing their best to get out of WV. Now they could care less about WV. They have their school now WV can rot. My two oldest both love WV but this district has lost something since this mess started. Even my eighth grader noticed something was wrong after the boundary changes both in attitude and in the quality of teaching. We popped out a senior from WV in 2009. The curriculum he had was incredibly challenged and we were nothing but impressed. My other 3 coming through the ranks behind him (2 currently @mv, 1@Hill) have nowhere near the workload/learning materials thrown at them like our first did... even in Honors and AP courses. It's just not there, and that's pretty telling. Of course, we have had to supplement along the way for them to even bring them to the exposure that our first had. I keep mentioning (and I hate to use this phrase, but this is exactly what is happening) the 'dumbing down' of the curriculum from what it once was - but it's happening and has been happening and it continue to happen. I don't know if this is happening at WV or NV, but from WV to MV, this is the experience. Honors Physics taught by someone who says this is their first time teaching physics... but they had it in college... REALLY?!!! ok, let's let that one slide... AP English... "Well, I was in the business world, and that didn't work out... so I got my teaching credentials and here we are..." never read Macbeth until now - the easiest of Shakespeare - and insisted that Romeo and Juliet was just a romantic love tale... Really?!?! That's it? *blink blink* I do believe the quality of education has slipped within the past several years. We kept my eighth grader in the district for athletic reasons and transferred him to a private school at the spring break. When I asked which was the harder school he quickly replied the private school was but he was quick to say the work (made more sense) was how he put it as opposed to a helter skelter atmosphere he has had to deal with the last several years. I have felt it as well in my contact with his teachers. I might add his grades are much better in the private school even though the work is more advanced. He is exited to attend school now where he didn't give a crap earlier. Thanks to this SB #204 is being dumbed down. Just tragic. |
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Post by doctorwho on Apr 20, 2011 8:14:50 GMT -6
but from WV to MV, this is the experience. Honors Physics taught by someone who says this is their first time teaching physics... but they had it in college... REALLY?!!! ok, let's let that one slide... AP English... "Well, I was in the business world, and that didn't work out... so I got my teaching credentials and here we are..." never read Macbeth until now - the easiest of Shakespeare - and insisted that Romeo and Juliet was just a romantic love tale... Really?!?! That's it? *blink blink*
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But the building is shiny and new doesn't that count for something ?
I can tell you 20 years ago the curriculum was more challenging and instruction quality higher -- honors students weren't expected by some to 'teach themselves' etc. Project arrow was a better program.
whatever is driving it the teaching to the 'middle' seems to be driving mediocrity -- and remember the now infamous dashboard- that was another tool to raiselower performers to the middle if possible- then it was "mission accomplished"
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Post by doctorwho on Apr 20, 2011 8:21:14 GMT -6
We popped out a senior from WV in 2009. The curriculum he had was incredibly challenged and we were nothing but impressed. My other 3 coming through the ranks behind him (2 currently @mv, 1@Hill) have nowhere near the workload/learning materials thrown at them like our first did... even in Honors and AP courses. It's just not there, and that's pretty telling. Of course, we have had to supplement along the way for them to even bring them to the exposure that our first had. I keep mentioning (and I hate to use this phrase, but this is exactly what is happening) the 'dumbing down' of the curriculum from what it once was - but it's happening and has been happening and it continue to happen. I don't know if this is happening at WV or NV, but from WV to MV, this is the experience. Honors Physics taught by someone who says this is their first time teaching physics... but they had it in college... REALLY?!!! ok, let's let that one slide... AP English... "Well, I was in the business world, and that didn't work out... so I got my teaching credentials and here we are..." never read Macbeth until now - the easiest of Shakespeare - and insisted that Romeo and Juliet was just a romantic love tale... Really?!?! That's it? *blink blink* I do believe the quality of education has slipped within the past several years. We kept my eighth grader in the district for athletic reasons and transferred him to a private school at the spring break. When I asked which was the harder school he quickly replied the private school was but he was quick to say the work (made more sense) was how he put it as opposed to a helter skelter atmosphere he has had to deal with the last several years. I have felt it as well in my contact with his teachers. I might add his grades are much better in the private school even though the work is more advanced. He is exited to attend school now where he didn't give a crap earlier. Thanks to this SB #204 is being dumbed down. Just tragic. it is you don't know what you don't know until you go thru a change. I could not believe how damn far behind my straight A student was in areas like English grammar and math skills until we made the change. It was quite the eye opener. The days of straight A's are over, but I will trade them for higher test scores and grades based on knowledge, not homework |
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