Comments on: City pulls seven schools with top ratings from turnaround plans

By: Bellstar8

Bellstar8 — Thu, 31 May 2012 11:17:00 +0000

Finally somebody gets it. No one is safe from Bloomberg & his truckloads of money. He bought John King like he bought everybody else.

By: Burned

Burned — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:57:00 +0000

Tell that to the teachers at Dewey, Sheepshead, Long Island City HS. GCA HS, etc. Their Unity Chapter Leaders did not save them from closing! Lesson: Don’t listen to slanted postings.

By: burned

burned — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:51:00 +0000

Good question. Here’s your answer: Because a school’s letter grade depends upon the “cohort” of other schools it was placed in, whle the state designation of PLA is by a single standard for all schools, regardless of student body composition.

By: Bird

Bird — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 16:09:00 +0000

These schools were set to fail. THEY HAVE BEEN GETTING WEAKER AND WEAKER STUDENTS.

By: Ellen Mc Hugh

Ellen Mc Hugh — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 19:59:00 +0000

From your mouth (or posting) to God’s ears

By: Doug E. Cooper

Doug E. Cooper — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 20:46:00 +0000

I know John Adams went from a D to a B to a C, during the past three years.

By: guest

guest — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 16:43:00 +0000

which 13 schools did not have 3 c’s in a row?

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:41:00 +0000

If the only way you know about these schools is from what the the mayor and his people tell you, then you have no idea how wrong the DOE’s approach is. I worked in a school that was closed and, to be honest, by the time it came to that, it actually needed to be. Currently, I have reason to be in Bryant High School on a regular basis and find it absolutely unfathomable that this could be considered a failing school. Wonderful teaching is going on there, attendance is high, afterschool activities are lively and creative. To make such a place a target for closure shows how absolutely out of touch with reality the DOE is under Mayor Bllomberg.

By: SIRGILBERT888

SIRGILBERT888 — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 16:00:00 +0000

GO STUDENTS! KEEP UP THE GOOD GRADES!
While it is gratifying that seven schools in Brooklyn will not be closed… Still 26 other schools will be… and that is sad and dissapointing.
GO COBBLE HILL!
GO GLOBAL STUDIES!
GO HARLEM RENAISSANCE! GO TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL! GO FDR HIGH SCHOOL! GO WILLIAM MAXWELL! GO WILLIAM GRADY!

By: Ms. Smartie Pants

Ms. Smartie Pants — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 14:58:00 +0000

There is always a hater in the crowd. Sounds like an ousted principal or a “U” rated teacher that cant accept the fact that positive change occured without them. Build a bridge and get over it.

By: confused teacher

confused teacher — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 14:34:00 +0000

How accurate is the data for schools with A and B report cards? Are you sure that they reported everything correctly? How could the school be a PLA and yet get such high grades on the City reporting? Some things do not add up…

By: old teach

old teach — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 12:25:00 +0000

This reversal indicates that the DOE is in retreat and the political pressure must continue for the sake of the other schools on the bogus list for restart, redesign or closure. This should show the public the fallacy of the Bloomberg education department and the incompetence of those running things at Tweed.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 11:35:00 +0000

I hope this is sarcasm, the union did nothing to prevent any of these schools from being closed that I can tell. Mulgrew was invisible and union delegates that were sent to meetings at the schools threw the responsibility onto teachers, parents, and students, without even helping in the logistics of organizing the 33 schools.

By: guest

guest — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 10:04:00 +0000

Ms.Maione is a one of a kind leader.She has the qualities that we should all try to emulate in our lives.A true leader.

By: Ms. Smartie Pants

Ms. Smartie Pants — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 04:21:00 +0000

I am glad that Grady HS is off of the list. Ms. Maione fought hard because she is a great leader and loves kids. I’m so glad that she didnt “bow down” to being closed. She is of a dying breed.

By: Evrytos

Evrytos — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 03:33:00 +0000

That might change because the union did nothing to save these schools.

By: Mary Conway-Spiegel

Mary Conway-Spiegel — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 01:57:00 +0000

How is this acceptable? How is this professional behavior? Imagine running any other organization like this?

By: Guest

Guest — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 01:39:00 +0000

Typical negotiating strategy. I wonder whether the internal documents show that the 33 were never intended to be shut down, but instead make him look reasonable for closing 25.

By: Hopefulcounselor

Hopefulcounselor — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 00:06:00 +0000

Perhaps, they will actually go ahead and just end this whole fiasco and joke of what is being called a drastic change of these schools. Most likely, this was done to appease some people to show that the DOE has some fairness is its evaluative tools and measures. The fact they took these schools off the table after scaring staff and children for three months just shows more of the insensitive human beings run this system and their only concern is to fight with the union and break it.

By: alumni

alumni — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 23:52:00 +0000

Congrats to the hundreds of cleveland students and alumni who attended the rally and to the hundreds more who are attending the hearing currently in progress. The nyc doe awakened the ridgewood community to support cleveland and I am hopeful our school will be saved from this ill advised policy. Cathy Nolan. Class of ’76.