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25% of 10th-graders get held-back notice
Seattle Post Intelligencer ^ | February 14, 2006 | JESSICA BLANCHARD

Posted on 02/14/2006 11:45:18 AM PST by george76

827 Seattle students informed they will be freshmen again...

Nearly one in four Seattle Public Schools sophomores is missing required credits and has been reclassified as a freshman, potentially delaying graduation.

The move, effective this semester, was part of a package of changes the district announced in October to help better prepare high school students to pass the Washington Assessment of Student Learning and graduate.

Under district policy, high school students have to complete five credits a year to advance to the next grade.

At some schools, the rate was far higher than one in four students.

At Rainier Beach and Cleveland high schools, for example, more than 40 percent of the sophomores were reclassified as freshmen.

(Excerpt) Read more at seattlepi.nwsource.com ...


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To: Tarpon

A blatant attemp to justify Rainier Beach HS opting up from 1A to 3A in sports ... they need more students.


21 posted on 02/14/2006 12:02:56 PM PST by RainMan (Over on DU ... they admit that the second coming of Jesus would be a bad thing!)
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To: dropandgimme20

What math problems ?


22 posted on 02/14/2006 12:06:55 PM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76
The Washington Education Assoc. will say give the teachers a raise to make them more qualified and the Supt. of Education will probably agree. /Sarc
23 posted on 02/14/2006 12:08:16 PM PST by jazusamo (A Progressive is only a Socialist in a transparent disguise.)
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To: dropandgimme20
I said to my secretary, "If I gave you twelve grand minus fourteen per cent, how much would you take off?" She said, "Everything but my earrings."

LOL...

24 posted on 02/14/2006 12:08:23 PM PST by RJL
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To: george76

Ah...so what..I was in a spelling class with a kid that got thenm all wrong including his own name......Back then they
started "grouping" though,.. and the next year we all knew those who had 6th period lunch would be hiring the 5th and 4th period kids. Very UN PC...but who knew back then?


25 posted on 02/14/2006 12:15:55 PM PST by litehaus
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To: litehaus

THENM?


26 posted on 02/14/2006 12:16:37 PM PST by litehaus
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To: george76

No Child Kept Behind


27 posted on 02/14/2006 12:18:27 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (Peace Begins in the Womb)
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To: dropandgimme20
And only one in twenty could tell you what 25% works out to.

That's because 50% of them are below average in math.

28 posted on 02/14/2006 12:19:43 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (Peace Begins in the Womb)
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To: tfecw

When you pay your taxes , just remember:

It's never enough!


29 posted on 02/14/2006 12:23:11 PM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: Publius6961

Tax Money is to a politician like crack is to an addict.


30 posted on 02/14/2006 12:24:43 PM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76

This is just racist !!!!!!

Well, I do know it will be "proven" to be at some point in the "discussion".


31 posted on 02/14/2006 12:27:11 PM PST by AbeKrieger (Hey Muslims - time to stop the MuhamMadness.)
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To: Publius6961
"Obviously, they need a bigger budget!"

No, they need to teach more subjects about the wonders of diversity, Gay Liberation and the fact that "It's a small world after all"!

RETCH, GURGLE, BARF!!!!!

There!

I feel better now.

32 posted on 02/14/2006 12:27:11 PM PST by albee ("Those that bite the hand that feeds them will lick the boot that kicks them!" - Eric Hoffer)
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To: george76
Nearly one in four Seattle Public Schools sophomores is missing required credits and has been reclassified as a freshman, potentially delaying graduation.

 Why only "potentially?"
 

34 posted on 02/14/2006 12:35:04 PM PST by TankerKC (Pull your head out.)
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To: TankerKC

Social promotion may return.

Even though they can not read, write, nor do math.


35 posted on 02/14/2006 12:37:08 PM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76

That isn't very many kids in the school system. Does Seattle have that much of a dearth of youth?


36 posted on 02/14/2006 12:44:37 PM PST by Hermann the Cherusker
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To: dropandgimme20

LOL!


37 posted on 02/14/2006 12:48:59 PM PST by RobbyS ( CHIRHO)
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To: RetiredArmy

Plus the number of people who don't know which end of a hammer to hold. Thens of thoujsands of unemplyed in NOLA, anfd they have to import Mexians do do manual labor, because these people can't even use simple tools.


38 posted on 02/14/2006 12:50:57 PM PST by RobbyS ( CHIRHO)
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To: george76
"WASL"

What's that stand for?

Carolyn

39 posted on 02/14/2006 12:57:55 PM PST by CDHart (The world has become a lunatic asylum and the lunatics are in charge.)
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To: RobbyS
That probably has more to do with "desire" to work than "experience" or "job training." Most of those who choose to sit on their sorry asses for a living know that the Imperial Federal Government will take care of them from cradle to grave if they will only vote to keep them in office. Spread the socialism around with a knife, evenly over the population, so that we are all even, thus led by those who were "born to lead us" and who "has the knowledge, experience, education" to lead we poor, misdirected, peasants. Way too many people fall for that. Instead of doing it yourself, being an individual, they choose to be part of a "group." You know groups don't you? The "sick, poor, misguided, lame, aged, seasoned, disabled, dumb, alcoholic, drug addict, blacks, whites, greens, yellows, browns, blues, purples, poka-dotted races." You know groups. The socialist democrat/Islamic loving liberals, love to put people into GROUPS! We have GROUP think. No individual achievement. So, in that opinion, I think that ARod owes me money. He did not get those great stats and that $25 million contract on his own. I watched him. I am part of the group of "watchers" and "hero worshipers," thus we all should get some of that money! Don't cha think???? :-)
40 posted on 02/14/2006 12:59:02 PM PST by RetiredArmy (America is doomed to be socialist. Way too many people with palms pointed up!)
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