tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670547542156136826.post6668413072764311161..comments2024-03-10T03:08:26.496-05:00Comments on The Sixth Ward: New admission standards for CPS schoolsLevoishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11738239742618133212noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670547542156136826.post-58244859421845107762009-12-01T01:49:56.587-06:002009-12-01T01:49:56.587-06:00This is a good/bad story. The good being that CPS ...This is a good/bad story. The good being that CPS has finally created an environment that attractive to a large number of people. The bad news is that the selective enrollment, charter and military schools are creating a system of have and have nots with the have not being the neighborhood high and elementary schools. <br /><br />We have 80% of high school students wanting to attend less than 50% of the high schools. The remaining students are either playing sports or are those "at risk" students who are attending but not progressing and really don't care about what high school they attend. <br /><br />Our neighborhood schools have become jokes including the neighborhood schools for the sixth ward. Robeson, Simeon,and Hirsch have unacceptable graduation rates of less than 40% with Robeson being named one of the worst high schools in america. <br /><br />I support selective enrollment schools as I was one of those students Alderman Lyle mentioned who traveled from Park Manor over to Englewood to attend Lindblom that was one of the selective enrollment school of that time. I agree with the alderman concerns that the enrollment of minority students will decrease at some of these schools in scores are used(i.e. Jones Commercial). I believe that it is in all the students interest to have a multicultural student body as most of these students are expected to go on to college where they will encounter a multicultural environmnet. Therefore I believe that there should be soe other criteria used for admission.<br /><br />Lastly,we are going to have to make some tough decisions about our neighborhood schools that include essentially starting over, meaning temporarily stopping enrollment and clearing out the students currently enrolled. Also, reexamining the Alternative School network as there have been some major changes and many of those schools have improved how they are operated. Some students may perform better in that environment versus the traditional model.Worlee Gloverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15377083807046416048noreply@blogger.com