San Diego Unified SD: Trustee spearheads idea to divide school district

[Eugene]

[quote=AN]
I’m thinking a long the line of your second option, which is a lottery. Do you think parents who do not care about their kids’ education would take advantage of the voucher system? I personally think it would be the parents who do care that will take full advantage of it.[/quote]

I think that virtually all parents care enough about their kids’ education to put highest-ranked schools on their kids’ enrollment applications. So I would not be the least bit surprised if everyone, and I mean EVERYONE (except the laziest bums) attempts to send their kids to TPHS, Westview, SRHS, LJHS, RBHS, though not necessarily in that order.

[quote]Schools are not to blame? How very convenient. How about everyone is to blame. Parents and schools. We’re not Finland and we are more diverse, but please tell me what incentive does a teacher/school have in improving and helping good students excel instead of just bringing up the median and neglecting the smart kids. [/quote]

And the voucher system as you described will achieve the exact opposite, by mixing kids with different skills and socioeconomic backgrounds even further.

[quote]There are many things wrong with our school system. If you don’t think it’s a problem, then there should be no reason to fix it. That would mean you’re happy with the current result of the schools in SDUSD? I’m not, and I think many are not too, that’s why they move to other districts so they don’t have to send their kids to SDUSD.[/quote]

The biggest problem people have with SDUSD is that there are too many low-income disadvantaged kids with uneducated parents in the district.

Show me one bit of evidence that proves that SDUSD does a worse job teaching kids than Poway or San Dieguito, controlling for socioeconomic status.

[quote=Eugene]You’re assuming we have to run the school at full capacity? Why can’t we not just not use 1/3 of those class rooms or find better use for them? Why not expand the schools that keep more capacity and downsize the schools that don’t need that capacity anymore? IIRC, Lincoln was a complete tear down and rebuilt, right? Not just expansion?[/quote]

Yeah, we could cut the district, find some use for all the empty rooms in Madison and LJ High, and somehow find money to build two or three new high schools south of the 8, to accommodate all kids that can’t be shipped off to UCHS and LJHS any more (Fat chance of that happening, given the state of CA economy!) Or we could just keep the status quo.

[an]

[quote=flu]
Well to be honest, I sort of was an underachiever in elementary in some areas (though somehow I managed to slip through into GATE..didn’t really help though)…And was sort of an overachiever starting jr high. So I don’t think that the elementary is entirely accurate, since it seems like concepts of work ethics come into a much bigger play starting around the 6th grade (for me at least)
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I was actually opposite from you. I was an over achiever in elementary and jr. high, but I got lazy in HS. I would get really upset because I got one G instead of all E. I would strive to become student of the month as many times as possible. Since I came to the US in 3rd grade, I didn’t exit ESL until 6th grade. So, I missed to whole GATE thing and end up taking the AVID route, just so I can take advance classes.

[an]

[quote=flu]
Well to be honest, I sort of was an underachiever in elementary in some areas (though somehow I managed to slip through into GATE..didn’t really help though)…And was sort of an overachiever starting jr high. So I don’t think that the elementary is entirely accurate, since it seems like concepts of work ethics come into a much bigger play starting around the 6th grade (for me at least)
[/quote]
I was actually opposite from you. I was an over achiever in elementary and jr. high, but I got lazy in HS. I would get really upset because I got one G instead of all E. I would strive to become student of the month as many times as possible. Since I came to the US in 3rd grade, I didn’t exit ESL until 6th grade. So, I missed to whole GATE thing and end up taking the AVID route, just so I can take advance classes.

[an]

[quote=flu]
Well to be honest, I sort of was an underachiever in elementary in some areas (though somehow I managed to slip through into GATE..didn’t really help though)…And was sort of an overachiever starting jr high. So I don’t think that the elementary is entirely accurate, since it seems like concepts of work ethics come into a much bigger play starting around the 6th grade (for me at least)
[/quote]
I was actually opposite from you. I was an over achiever in elementary and jr. high, but I got lazy in HS. I would get really upset because I got one G instead of all E. I would strive to become student of the month as many times as possible. Since I came to the US in 3rd grade, I didn’t exit ESL until 6th grade. So, I missed to whole GATE thing and end up taking the AVID route, just so I can take advance classes.

[an]

[quote=flu]
Well to be honest, I sort of was an underachiever in elementary in some areas (though somehow I managed to slip through into GATE..didn’t really help though)…And was sort of an overachiever starting jr high. So I don’t think that the elementary is entirely accurate, since it seems like concepts of work ethics come into a much bigger play starting around the 6th grade (for me at least)
[/quote]
I was actually opposite from you. I was an over achiever in elementary and jr. high, but I got lazy in HS. I would get really upset because I got one G instead of all E. I would strive to become student of the month as many times as possible. Since I came to the US in 3rd grade, I didn’t exit ESL until 6th grade. So, I missed to whole GATE thing and end up taking the AVID route, just so I can take advance classes.

[an]

[quote=flu]
Well to be honest, I sort of was an underachiever in elementary in some areas (though somehow I managed to slip through into GATE..didn’t really help though)…And was sort of an overachiever starting jr high. So I don’t think that the elementary is entirely accurate, since it seems like concepts of work ethics come into a much bigger play starting around the 6th grade (for me at least)
[/quote]
I was actually opposite from you. I was an over achiever in elementary and jr. high, but I got lazy in HS. I would get really upset because I got one G instead of all E. I would strive to become student of the month as many times as possible. Since I came to the US in 3rd grade, I didn’t exit ESL until 6th grade. So, I missed to whole GATE thing and end up taking the AVID route, just so I can take advance classes.

[an]

[quote=Eugene]
Yeah, we could cut the district, find some use for all the empty rooms in Madison and LJ High, and somehow find money to build two or three new high schools south of the 8, to accommodate all kids that can’t be shipped off to UCHS and LJHS any more (Fat chance of that happening, given the state of CA economy!) Or we could just keep the status quo.[/quote]
That’s why I said I highly doubt this would happen. We’re grate at keeping the status quo. That’s also why I’ll be moving out of SDUSD as soon as it make sense to (i.e. when my 1st born enters Jr. High).

I can’t prove SDUSD schools is any worse than Poway schools when account for demographic, but I can point out diversity in student capability will bring down the ceiling for a lot of the good students. When I was in HS, we had AP classes canceled on us because not enough students signed up. That wouldn’t happen in schools like TPHS or RBHS.

[an]

[quote=Eugene]
Yeah, we could cut the district, find some use for all the empty rooms in Madison and LJ High, and somehow find money to build two or three new high schools south of the 8, to accommodate all kids that can’t be shipped off to UCHS and LJHS any more (Fat chance of that happening, given the state of CA economy!) Or we could just keep the status quo.[/quote]
That’s why I said I highly doubt this would happen. We’re grate at keeping the status quo. That’s also why I’ll be moving out of SDUSD as soon as it make sense to (i.e. when my 1st born enters Jr. High).

I can’t prove SDUSD schools is any worse than Poway schools when account for demographic, but I can point out diversity in student capability will bring down the ceiling for a lot of the good students. When I was in HS, we had AP classes canceled on us because not enough students signed up. That wouldn’t happen in schools like TPHS or RBHS.

[an]

[quote=Eugene]
Yeah, we could cut the district, find some use for all the empty rooms in Madison and LJ High, and somehow find money to build two or three new high schools south of the 8, to accommodate all kids that can’t be shipped off to UCHS and LJHS any more (Fat chance of that happening, given the state of CA economy!) Or we could just keep the status quo.[/quote]
That’s why I said I highly doubt this would happen. We’re grate at keeping the status quo. That’s also why I’ll be moving out of SDUSD as soon as it make sense to (i.e. when my 1st born enters Jr. High).

I can’t prove SDUSD schools is any worse than Poway schools when account for demographic, but I can point out diversity in student capability will bring down the ceiling for a lot of the good students. When I was in HS, we had AP classes canceled on us because not enough students signed up. That wouldn’t happen in schools like TPHS or RBHS.

[an]

[quote=Eugene]
Yeah, we could cut the district, find some use for all the empty rooms in Madison and LJ High, and somehow find money to build two or three new high schools south of the 8, to accommodate all kids that can’t be shipped off to UCHS and LJHS any more (Fat chance of that happening, given the state of CA economy!) Or we could just keep the status quo.[/quote]
That’s why I said I highly doubt this would happen. We’re grate at keeping the status quo. That’s also why I’ll be moving out of SDUSD as soon as it make sense to (i.e. when my 1st born enters Jr. High).

I can’t prove SDUSD schools is any worse than Poway schools when account for demographic, but I can point out diversity in student capability will bring down the ceiling for a lot of the good students. When I was in HS, we had AP classes canceled on us because not enough students signed up. That wouldn’t happen in schools like TPHS or RBHS.

[an]

[quote=Eugene]
Yeah, we could cut the district, find some use for all the empty rooms in Madison and LJ High, and somehow find money to build two or three new high schools south of the 8, to accommodate all kids that can’t be shipped off to UCHS and LJHS any more (Fat chance of that happening, given the state of CA economy!) Or we could just keep the status quo.[/quote]
That’s why I said I highly doubt this would happen. We’re grate at keeping the status quo. That’s also why I’ll be moving out of SDUSD as soon as it make sense to (i.e. when my 1st born enters Jr. High).

I can’t prove SDUSD schools is any worse than Poway schools when account for demographic, but I can point out diversity in student capability will bring down the ceiling for a lot of the good students. When I was in HS, we had AP classes canceled on us because not enough students signed up. That wouldn’t happen in schools like TPHS or RBHS.

[Eugene]

[quote]I can’t prove SDUSD schools is any worse than Poway schools when account for demographic, but I can point out diversity in student capability will bring down the ceiling for a lot of the good students. When I was in HS, we had AP classes canceled on us because not enough students signed up. That wouldn’t happen in schools like TPHS or RBHS.[/quote]

In schools like TPHS or RBHS, the opposite could happen – your kids could be denied access to AP classes due to limited space and strict prerequisites.

An example I gave in Mahogany/Rockledge thread is that San Dieguito requires 4 years of honors algebra as a prerequisite for AP Calculus/Statistics, and one year of honors algebra as a prerequisite for AP Chemistry. RBHS has especially low AP exam rate per student, given its demographics. Both MMHS and SRHS students take more AP exams than RBHS students. SRHS students pass more AP exams per capita, too. Something’s fishy there, too.

And then there are other aspects, such as class rank and weighted GPA …

[Eugene]

[quote]I can’t prove SDUSD schools is any worse than Poway schools when account for demographic, but I can point out diversity in student capability will bring down the ceiling for a lot of the good students. When I was in HS, we had AP classes canceled on us because not enough students signed up. That wouldn’t happen in schools like TPHS or RBHS.[/quote]

In schools like TPHS or RBHS, the opposite could happen – your kids could be denied access to AP classes due to limited space and strict prerequisites.

An example I gave in Mahogany/Rockledge thread is that San Dieguito requires 4 years of honors algebra as a prerequisite for AP Calculus/Statistics, and one year of honors algebra as a prerequisite for AP Chemistry. RBHS has especially low AP exam rate per student, given its demographics. Both MMHS and SRHS students take more AP exams than RBHS students. SRHS students pass more AP exams per capita, too. Something’s fishy there, too.

And then there are other aspects, such as class rank and weighted GPA …

[Eugene]

[quote]I can’t prove SDUSD schools is any worse than Poway schools when account for demographic, but I can point out diversity in student capability will bring down the ceiling for a lot of the good students. When I was in HS, we had AP classes canceled on us because not enough students signed up. That wouldn’t happen in schools like TPHS or RBHS.[/quote]

In schools like TPHS or RBHS, the opposite could happen – your kids could be denied access to AP classes due to limited space and strict prerequisites.

An example I gave in Mahogany/Rockledge thread is that San Dieguito requires 4 years of honors algebra as a prerequisite for AP Calculus/Statistics, and one year of honors algebra as a prerequisite for AP Chemistry. RBHS has especially low AP exam rate per student, given its demographics. Both MMHS and SRHS students take more AP exams than RBHS students. SRHS students pass more AP exams per capita, too. Something’s fishy there, too.

And then there are other aspects, such as class rank and weighted GPA …

[Eugene]

[quote]I can’t prove SDUSD schools is any worse than Poway schools when account for demographic, but I can point out diversity in student capability will bring down the ceiling for a lot of the good students. When I was in HS, we had AP classes canceled on us because not enough students signed up. That wouldn’t happen in schools like TPHS or RBHS.[/quote]

In schools like TPHS or RBHS, the opposite could happen – your kids could be denied access to AP classes due to limited space and strict prerequisites.

An example I gave in Mahogany/Rockledge thread is that San Dieguito requires 4 years of honors algebra as a prerequisite for AP Calculus/Statistics, and one year of honors algebra as a prerequisite for AP Chemistry. RBHS has especially low AP exam rate per student, given its demographics. Both MMHS and SRHS students take more AP exams than RBHS students. SRHS students pass more AP exams per capita, too. Something’s fishy there, too.

And then there are other aspects, such as class rank and weighted GPA …

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