[graciegirl]

(jdbifan quote)[I'm sorry, I thought I posted this in the Non-Villages forum. Oh wait I did! Was just showing how well some of these "other" schools are doing considering the tough socioeconomic conditions they are forced to contend with. Go back to your pickleball and canasta, stick your head in the sand and ignore the people that live around you. quote=jbdlfan;496655]With all due respect, I have a child who DID graduate from the Charter School and it was an issue. My original post was to point out how well these local schools are doing. My second point was that unfortunately we would not read about in the Sun because it emphasized the success of "other" schools. They seem reluctant to report these successes and that is sad. My guess is it has a little to due with how these schools are achieving this success. Finally, the article mainly focused on the idea of college readiness, which in my opinion, should be a major focus.
As it often does on this board, it was considered Villages bashing or there must be an agenda garbage.....sorry, it's neither.[/quote] above quoted jdbifan.






I remember you saying that your son was an honor student at The Villages High School and that you taught at the middle school nearby and that you recently were planning to move into The Villages.

You will find that a large percentage of villagers have retired after working for a very long time and are probably deserving of their leisure activities. That doesn't mean we don't care about education and social issues. That is a whole different argument, the answer to 100 years of poverty.

I do point out that The Sun is probably writing with a focus to the retired population who live here and in so doing would include the happenings of the Charter Schools as many people who live here volunteer and attend their athletic events too. The Charter School is of interest too, as they were built by the developer and are on our campus, so to speak.

Many young students, due to a lot of reasons, aren't able to attend their first college choices and they do what has always been done; work as hard as they can and achieve as much as they can, and in so doing make their success in life even more gratifying.

[paulandjean]

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