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Beatrice Karnes April 26, 2013 at 01:04 am
This article focused on the Top 100. In comparison, rankings of 290 and 432 are not stellar.
jspeller April 24, 2013 at 02:44 pm
Patch – you got it completely wrong; South City schools are thriving!
Here’s a quote…Read More from the US News & World Report Best High Schools Ranking Survey Results you linked to:
“South San Francisco Unified School District
California's SSFUSD contains three high schools. The district contains two schools that received gold, silver or bronze medals in U.S. News's Best High Schools rankings.”
The USN survey results included El Camino HS and South San Francisco HS in their list of Best High Schools in the U.S.
Out of the 1200+ high schools in California, El Camino was rated #290 out of the BEST 600 and SSFHS was rated #432, and both received silver medals, but you say they “are struggling”? Did you read the ranking survey results? You wrote that our schools "are struggling by comparison,” but you fail to define "struggling", nor do you explain what you are comparing.
Have you reported that SSFUSD’s graduation rate is the highest in San Mateo County? Have you done any in-depth reporting about our students’ academic improvements and successes, or challenges?
As a representative of the hard-working and accomplished teachers of the South San Francisco Classroom Teachers Association, I’m disappointed in your reporting. And Patch, if this were an assignment for one of our Journalism classes, I doubt it would pass Peer Review, and if graded, I’m pretty sure it would earn an “F”.
Jan Speller
President, South San Francisco Classroom Teachers Association
Chris Corbett April 11, 2013 at 05:01 pm
As much as I disagree with your leadership and ways, Mr Hogan, to show you I am ultra fair, I always…Read More give credit where it's due, so kudos to you and your workers for helping the youth of SSF graduate at a solid rate! Keep up the good work--at least on this topic...I just wish you were not a cover-up artist!
Andrew Peceimer April 11, 2013 at 12:52 am
So how did the high schools students perform? The link is below...can anyone explain the results?…Read More
http://api.cde.ca.gov/Acnt2012/2012GrowthSch.aspx?allcds=41690704137279
Mike March 7, 2013 at 08:39 pm
So from what I understand from the 2 comments made here so far, Fred thinks the man was a murderous…Read More scum bag, and wolfone believes Chavez was a good guy, everything connected with oil or failure is almost always George W Bush's fault, and Medicare is not going to help anyone when they get cancer. As for the article we have the owner of Pica Pica Maize Kitchen who is from Caracas mourning the death of his/her president. I find that statement most interesting, my immigrant grandparents after once stepping foot on US Soil NEVER referred to any president other that the President of the USA as being their president. I guess that is because they planned on staying here and wanted to be part of the USA not to just benefit from what the country has to offer. Who knows what that person is thinking or what they believe but, I find the statement "interesting" because I do not see or hear anything that is even similar from my good friends immigrant Asian wife, or my Marine nephew's South American immigrant wife who are now both naturalized citizens and they made that transition in less than 9 years.
Fred Eiger March 6, 2013 at 11:10 pm
Chavez was a murdering scumbag. He's roasting in flaming eternity. Hopefully, Venezuela can…Read More recover from that pig.
wolfone March 6, 2013 at 11:54 am
Well follow the money! Bush tried to assassinate him for the oil. He would give oil every year to…Read More the people of Alaska's Bush who every year have to make a choice between eating or heating. The Gov does nothing.
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Its all about Money/Oil. And Fred before you call someone a PIG look in the mirror first you may be shocked. Medicine won't help you either when you get CANER!
Angelina P March 12, 2013 at 06:16 pm
I disagree that students should fight the intruder at their school. They should leave it to the…Read More teachers. Though I do respect that they help the student at their school.
Ken March 27, 2013 at 01:42 am
I see I have no response. And I'll bet the majority of people would respond "of…Read More course".....
Sorry folks, to the first airport in Oregon ( Medford,35 miles over the Northern border) , and flight time to San Diego (Southern border) from SF are nearly identical. WTH! Congratulations Bay Area...you are in Central California....Teachers need to teach and be allowed to do so.
The Captain March 27, 2013 at 01:30 am
Like I said, proves my point most definately, and Mrs. Java had a burning comment but couldn't…Read More disclose herself-Patch staff are Trolls and proven. I rest my case! Psst, change is coming, that's fine, that's only cause you mean emails will be matched and confirmed with thd person, you know Mrs. Java, like you did - post a comment, "First Name, email, and password-thank you for joint Patch :) ha ha, so easy. That would be better, but it seems you cant afford it yet! Ohh wait, trouble, if trouble is what you're trying to get us into, can we include you Mrs. Java for your Trollness ... I think you should. Common there's nothing wrong with being fair. Let's keep that in mind for the "change" woooo hooo, little baby cry.
LGCRC Coffee drinker March 26, 2013 at 02:05 am
all of you need to step way to the left or get ready to get run over.
we are coming. Change is upon…Read More us.
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Cory David February 14, 2013 at 12:50 pm
Sounds like an excellent idea but get real, "Big Oil" won't be paying for this, we will.…Read More As with everything these greedy parasites do, the increased cost of doing business, that Oil Severance Tax, will be passed along to the consumer. Just open the paper and on a daily basis you will see that the oil industry will never be a positively contributing member of any community. If someone spills their coffee at a refinery, these clowns will use that event to spike the cost of their products. Hate to be the "reality check."
Andrew Peceimer February 3, 2013 at 04:20 pm
How much money did WE the taxpayers lose in this law suit? Who was the law office that represented…Read More us? Why did Anne Campbell think we would win?
Anyone know?
Me January 28, 2013 at 01:29 pm
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RethinkWaste is a joint powers authority of twelve public agencies (Atherton, Belmont,…Read More Burlingame, East Palo Alto, Foster City, Hillsborough, Menlo Park, Redwood City, San Carlos, San Mateo, the County of San Mateo and the West Bay Sanitary District) in San Mateo County, California
Lionel Emde January 27, 2013 at 02:37 am
Uh, "Rethinkwaste" is a part of Recology, a profit-making corporation engaged in…Read More extracting money from residents they collect garbage from. Why didn't the story clearly identify that?
Cara Bryant January 26, 2013 at 02:01 pm
Actually, the lice shampoo didn't work for us at all, but this worked great, and was much less toxic…Read More than the shampoo option: http://www.nuvoforheadlice.com
Also, our school said my son could go back to school as soon as he was treated, and they did not check for nits, nor do they have a no nits policy.
Scott C. January 16, 2013 at 06:24 pm
Hi Todd,
I hope to see you at the SBPSD Board meeting 7pm tonight where there will much discussion…Read More about the district's budget; including a report from an external financial auditor. Perhaps you can ask him do what degree he might (or might not) think that funds are are being wasted?
Tonight's agenda is here... http://sbpsd.k12.ca.us/assets/docs/board-agenda.pdf
One thought about your comments:
- In our private business, we are able to turn away poor performers and unprofitable projects, public schools are obligated to educate all kids, and deliver on unfunded state requirements. In many ways, they are already micromanaged.
Scott C. January 16, 2013 at 06:05 pm
Not counted is the disparity in regards to wealthier parents being able to contribute more time and…Read More resources to their children's education inside and outside the classroom. I think the Brown budget isn't perfect, but it's headed in the right direction. You can find the 18 page summary here... http://www.ebudget.ca.gov/BudgetSummary/BSS/BSS.html
Todd Mirkin January 16, 2013 at 01:08 pm
If I am 100% honest with myself, and this goes against my core as somebody who manages people and…Read More projects for a living, I would micromanage the distribution of the education's budget. Before doling anything out I would look at each districts budgets and expenditures. As in look at their books. If balance their budgets in a true to real life way, as in the way we the people have to in our own lives and private businesses, and the budgets don't show tax dollars being wasted than they get moved up the list for more funds. If they do 1/2 of the have above put them in the pack in the middle of the list. If they do neither to bottom of the State's educational funds list they go.
Unfortunately due to budget trickery, such as using one time payments to balance the books, San Bruno would be in the middle of the pack.
M Feldman January 12, 2013 at 04:46 am
Its an interesting idea. Now, though,who is going to pay for all the computers needed for these…Read More tests? To make the test fair, each student will have to take them at the same time. Where will the schools put them? Who will pay for IT staff to make sure they are operating properly? Who will pay the insurance for the computers, and for the extra electricity needed at each school site? Where are the facts behind the ability to implement this new plan? This plan needs more details explained.
navigio January 10, 2013 at 03:18 pm
Not only that, but CST participation rate is a metric for AYP, so a school that falls below the 95%…Read More threshold will not make AYP (not that that matters anymore, nor that it ever mattered for non-title1 schools like SM).
I would expect ongoing district assessments are used more than CSTs for placement for intervention given that there are more of them and they are more closely aligned with what is going on the classroom. If its true that schools are using CST results for individual intervention decisions, then I think parents should know that (and realize its probably a bad idea). Your school site council should have info on that since its job is to monitor things like that.
In any case, anyone who wants to opt out should also ask their child. They should have a say in the matter.
Louis Educe January 10, 2013 at 12:07 pm
Gail Ann, while you are correct on the parent opt out right please make sure and tell parents to ask…Read More the school/district what the STAR scores are used for with in the disrtict/school/grage-level. if the child is in the middle grades (7th and 8th are most important) these scores are used to make placement choices for high school courses. Many HS counselors will NOT look very closely at grades (A,Bs) because of the fear of grade inflation - unless you can make sure you child also have some non-biased, standardized (normed) test data their placement choices might be limited. If your child is a high performer you can have them start taking the PSAT in 8th grade (but they will be compared to 10th grade standards). At the lower grade levels the CST data is used to also make placement choices into intervention as well as higher level instructional clusters. Be well aware of the implications of withdrawing your child from the testing before you just exercise you right to "make a point"
John Hanson January 9, 2013 at 10:54 pm
Time to get rid of TSA. Ripping off baggage is common with them.
Harry E. Smith January 7, 2013 at 05:53 pm
Now being annoyed with the harsh, discourteous, and uncaring attitude of the TSA is a crime??? Bye…Read More bye 1st Amendment. What will be taken from the people next in the name of government authority???
Shripathi Kamath January 16, 2013 at 06:40 pm
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Sylvia Jones January 16, 2013 at 06:24 pm
I am responding to Shlripathi Kamath's post of January 15 which takes exception to a teacher who…Read More receives a 78% pension for 12 years of teaching based on a salary in her/his last year in the classroom of $78,912. The writer cites no source for the information, and as a retired teacher I am concerned that readers will take this claim as fact.
Please consider the following: teacher retirement in the State of California is administered by the state, not by school districts. It is based on teacher age at retirement, number of years taught, and birthdate.
Here is an estimate of what a California teacher might receive based on the profile the writer uses. It is based on the formula as I came to understand it in going through my own retirement process.
Using the writer's data, here is what a California teacher might receive If she/he
retires this June with 12 years of experience, a birthdate of 1946 and an age at retirement of 64 years and seven moths, her/his retirement stipend would be approximately $1,869.89 per month or $22,438.68 per annum. That equates to 28% of final compensation, not the 78% that the writer decries.
Tom January 16, 2013 at 04:26 pm
Good teachers of course matter and I think most of them are quite good. I have kids at SRVHS and…Read More CWMS and for the most part am pleased with how professional they are. Sometimes though we do run into a bad one. When that happens my kids are strong enough to work through it and be fine but the weakers ones suffer.
In our school system it is MUCH easier for the teachers because you have VERY involved parents. We are a team and work with eachother. I hate the teachers union but respect the teachers. I also think there are many things we could do to improve things for students and teachers but we lack the backbone to do it.
Alyssa Jenkins January 3, 2013 at 07:41 pm
Jo Tog, we'll have to agree to disagree. Happy New Year to you.
Jo Tog January 3, 2013 at 05:14 pm
I have raised many kids, including my own. The Ten Commandments needs to be put back in all public…Read More buildings, cause therin lies the problems we are having today with our youth. Too many government officials, teachers are lawbreakers, cheaters, thiefs, and commies. Commies hate the Ten Commandments. They, commies, prefer chaos and the breakdown of the American Family. Makes it easier for them to brainwash the likes of you.
Dee January 2, 2013 at 04:11 pm
With 800 people you're bound to have some trouble, I agree. But as a parent of teenagers I would…Read More never consent to having them attend a hotel party in the city with 800 people! Sounds like trouble to me. Perhaps many of those kids went without telling their parents where they really were. So it makes me wonder how kids are being raised these days, or are parents more lenient or just not paying attention? Are kids different today or are the parents parenting differently?
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Mike December 23, 2012 at 10:43 pm
What does the California State "Gun Control Laws" (strictest in the nation) already…Read More address? I understand that some of what you propose is already covered in CA at least. What will insurance provide? How will a law forbidding ammo sales over the internet or banning assualt weapons stop people from committing illegal acts? Of the millions of LEGAL gun owners in CA how many are involved in illegal acts? As a former Police Officer I do not now see, nor have I ever seen legal gun owners as being the real problem. The problem I believe has always been the gang bangers and other “outlaws” who are in illegal possession of a firearm. Hunters and shooters are very often in compliance with the laws and have no malicious intent to violate such laws. Laws are ignored by criminals so where gun control laws are concerned all we often do is make more laws that restrict the freedom of those people who would likely never violate the law or commit an illegal act anyway. That is not to say that we should not have laws governing the ownership of a gun but do we actually need more gun control or ammo purchasing laws in CA. I do not think so.
wolfone December 23, 2012 at 01:23 pm
Vote out the crazy! Every time I vote I try to see if they are "Crazy" or sane ie: R or D.…Read More Today the head of the NRA said "If bringing guns to school is crazy than call me crazy"!!!! Vote out the CrAzY! We do vote for School board members...Just sayin'!
wolfone December 22, 2012 at 03:02 pm
The NRA's"response" is the biggest load of bull pucky ever! Remember Gabby Gifford's had a…Read More gun, a glock, and was shot point blank.
More guns is not the answer. Ban assault weapons, ban clips over 10 shots, and make mandatory insurance for ever gun owned, Ammo not over the internet and tax it, a National License Registry for each each gun, and proof of insurance for each gun just like cars.
Any guns not registered are taken away.
Denise Nelson December 16, 2012 at 10:26 pm
Hi Chris! The Mayor posted a blog addressing this topic. I believe you can find it right here on…Read More Patch.
Chris Kiely December 20, 2012 at 11:19 pm
I was glad to see folks at school board meetings making their preferences known before the money was…Read More spent, instead of just waiting to gripe after the fact.
Austin Choi December 14, 2012 at 07:34 am
I may be biased or too loyal to SSF, but i think SSF really makes good use of bond money.
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