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Oakland votes to grant diplomas despite exit exam requirement
San Francisco Chronicle ^
| 5/31/6
| Simone Sebastian
Posted on 05/31/2006 10:43:22 PM PDT by SmithL
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...the bankrupt district is under state control and the board has been stripped of decision-making powers, the resolution cannot be enforced unless approved by state-appointed Administrator Randolph Ward.The Board seems to have imparted all of it competence to its students. Give them all "Certificates of Esteem" and paper hats.
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posted on
05/31/2006 10:43:26 PM PDT
by
SmithL
To: SmithL
aint dun been knowed wat dat means ...
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posted on
05/31/2006 10:52:51 PM PDT
by
kinoxi
To: SmithL
"It doesn't matter how many times we can take the test and how many years we have to prepare when our schools have been messed up since we were in kindergarten," said Leslie Santiago, a 17-year-old junior at MetWest High School in Oakland.I hate to be the one to tell Leslie...at age 17 I was a freshman...in college. And, I did it in Puerto Rico, a place not normally known for the quality of public schools. However, I took the time and spent the effort to actually be a better than average student, and I was able to overcome what today is diagnosed as severe ADHD. Today I am an Air Force officer and a civil engineer. The schools in Oakland might be "messed up," but Leslie, you are a big part of the problem.
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posted on
05/31/2006 10:54:53 PM PDT
by
JRios1968
(In memoriam...)
To: SmithL
Why don't they just cut to the chase and give a diploma to all the 4th graders? Think of the money they'd save!
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posted on
05/31/2006 10:56:05 PM PDT
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(LET ME DIE ON MY FEET, IN MY SWAMP)
To: SmithL
Hi skoo daploma??? You be trippin', foo! Where my PhD at?
To: SmithL
I am so sick of liberal idiots on school boards.
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posted on
05/31/2006 10:59:54 PM PDT
by
NinoFan
To: SmithL
To be fair, these kids have no business being in the 12th grade without knowing 7th grade math. If they had been held back in the 7th grade, graduating would not even be an issue.
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posted on
05/31/2006 11:00:29 PM PDT
by
CAWats
(And I will make no distinction between terrorists and the democrats.)
To: LibWhacker
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posted on
05/31/2006 11:00:45 PM PDT
by
kinoxi
To: SmithL
"In defiance of state law, the Oakland school board voted tonight to grant diplomas to seniors who have not passed the state-required exit exam, in a 4-2 vote. However, because the bankrupt district is under state control and the board has been stripped of decision-making powers, the resolution cannot be enforced unless approved by state-appointed Administrator Randolph Ward."They're dead, Jim.
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posted on
05/31/2006 11:01:48 PM PDT
by
knarf
(A place where anyone can learn anything ... especially that which promotes clear thinking.)
To: SmithL
Liberals like to reward failure. After all recognizing success means leaving some behind. Oakland's slogan might well be, "Leave No Losers Behind."
(Denny Crane: "Every one should carry a gun strapped to their waist. We need more - not less guns.")
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posted on
05/31/2006 11:02:42 PM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: SmithL
Isn't Oakland the official home of "Ebonics?"
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posted on
05/31/2006 11:03:11 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Somebody get Jack a beer! He spent the whole day "fraggin'" Marines!)
To: goldstategop
they are trying to prevent success even more, it scares them
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posted on
05/31/2006 11:06:49 PM PDT
by
kinoxi
To: SmithL
It's very unfair to say to students who, for 13 years, have done what we have asked them to do, you can't graduate."
Have done what they were asked to do? Yeah, right!
"Siegel and his supporters believe that inadequate funding and a lack of quality teachers."
NOW they blame the teachers.
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posted on
05/31/2006 11:14:08 PM PDT
by
peggybac
(Tolerance is the virtue of believing in nothing)
To: All
"It's very unfair to say to students who, for 13 years, have done what we have asked them to do, you can't graduate." That would be what - just show up to class?
To: SmithL
I expect it will soon be illegal (or discriminatory) to expect these same graduates to read and/or legibly fill out an employment application.
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posted on
05/31/2006 11:30:03 PM PDT
by
ironmaidenPR2717
(I didn't claw my way to the top of the food chain to become a vegetarian. (author unknown))
To: LibWhacker
Fo' shizzle my nizzle! We be goin' to college n' da gubbamentz payin' fo' it, YO!
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posted on
05/31/2006 11:33:43 PM PDT
by
BigTom85
(Proud Gun Owner and Member of NRA)
To: SmithL
"It's very unfair to say to students who, for 13 years, have done what we have asked them to do, you can't graduate." Is that an admission of incompetence?
-PJ
To: Political Junkie Too
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posted on
05/31/2006 11:38:39 PM PDT
by
BigTom85
(Proud Gun Owner and Member of NRA)
To: Political Junkie Too
"Is that an admission of incompetence?"Sounds like it to me too.
And instead of acknowledging the problem and trying to implement a solution to help the kids catch up to where they ought to be. The incompetent board wants to sweep their embarrassing failure under the table by graduating the kids, even though it means turning them out into the world without a decent education.
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posted on
05/31/2006 11:54:19 PM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: SmithL
So now that those who worked towards their diploma and earned it will have it become meaningless. That'll show them that hard work has its own rewards.
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posted on
05/31/2006 11:55:42 PM PDT
by
AlaskaErik
(Everyone should have a subject they are ignorant about. I choose professional corporate sports.)
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