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Originally Posted by blueash
So a school which only admits students with working parents, and requires those parents to volunteer hours within the school, slightly outperforms the average school in the state that has homeless kids, children whose parents don't have jobs or those who are forced to work two jobs and don't have time for the PTA.... And a criteria for this reward is that they provide documents that they have a lot of parents volunteer in the school. WOW!!
Now tell me, how many kids from the Villages School have your read about who were National Merit Finalist Scholars? None?, me neither. The school has an AP pass rate of 29%. That is only 29% of their students pass even just one AP test. For comparison 66% of students at Forest HS in Marion County pass an AP exam.
This is a school that starts with way better than average student material and produces a slightly better than average output.
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Skewed analysis, you are taking a school to task because that parents are engaged with their children and for the most part provide a sound family life. Shame on them, right?
Many of the parents sending their children to the Charter Schools work in the trades which is a great choice for a career. Those kids might not nail your AP goals but have far more common sense and skills than those who ace them.
I don’t know why one would want to bash a successful school system. Maybe the other mediocre schools and parents can learn something from the success of The Charter Schools. After all it’s about the children.