tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069744000849776605.post7998944890216303446..comments2023-03-26T03:47:29.469-04:00Comments on Peter St. Onge: Mayor's choice: Private school, public scorn?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069744000849776605.post-34226030267341724272010-12-21T08:32:14.241-05:002010-12-21T08:32:14.241-05:00McCrory sounds like he might finally be growing a ...McCrory sounds like he might finally be growing a set if he'd get elected. That remains to be seen otherwise we'd still have the 30 million 24,000 seat immaculate spacious colorful massive Tyvola Arena Dome instead of a 17,000 seat cramped sardine can downtown that cost 300 million for free usage. <br /><br />Somebody tell McCrory its pronounced PHONE not "phoan". Its BONE not "bhoan". Its LOAN not "lhoan" etc. Cut the mamas boy phonics.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069744000849776605.post-31706005612616296062010-12-20T15:05:04.556-05:002010-12-20T15:05:04.556-05:00My husband and I don't have children yet but i...My husband and I don't have children yet but if we do we will send our children to one of the private schools. Mccrory has the right to his opinion, but I believe he's just trying to keep himself relevant until he runs for governor again. Had he known he was going to lose, he'd have run for mayor again. He's a hypocrite for being childless and criticizing someone for their school choice. When he was mayor, I can't remember him expressing such concern over CMS. Why doesn't he criticize the county commission who actually holds the purse strings? Foxx and Cannon do NOT fund the schools.cltindependentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069744000849776605.post-49678164900858542682010-12-19T23:05:54.613-05:002010-12-19T23:05:54.613-05:00In response to Anonymous that Cannon's reason ...In response to Anonymous that Cannon's reason for sending his children to private school was BS-------It is not. <br />You are comparing Apples and Oranges. <br /><br />Charlotte Latin School; Charlotte Country Day School and Providence Day School exist for very different reasons unlike Charlotte Christian School--where Cannon's kids attend. Charlotte Christian is faith based. The other three schools you mentioned (Charlotte Latin School; Charlotte Country Day School and Providence Day School) are secular schools---not faith based.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069744000849776605.post-60881766132639332322010-12-19T20:58:21.982-05:002010-12-19T20:58:21.982-05:00"Pat Cannon stated that he and his wife wante..."Pat Cannon stated that he and his wife wanted their children to attend a school where FAITH is the pre-dominant factor."<br /><br />This is pure BS. If you look at the websites of Charlotte Country Day, Charlotte Latin, or Providence Day School, you will not find any statements regarding "faith" or religious studies mentioned in their core values or their core curriculum for any grade level. This is an outdated argument that was used following court ordered desegration to justify the creation of private schools. It's as inaccurate today as it was then. Private schools today still exist for the same reason as when they were created after the Supreme Court decision of 1954. Yes, a few select minorities are allowed to attend but don't get it twisted... In the words of Eddie Murphy, "Don't fall for the banana in the tailpipe."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069744000849776605.post-33918973350249944832010-12-19T20:56:02.103-05:002010-12-19T20:56:02.103-05:00I believe I am sick and tired of catering to ONE r...I believe I am sick and tired of catering to ONE race in this dang town! <br /><br />There are MORE than just blacks and anyone on here knows exactly what I am talking about! <br /><br />FORCED reversed discrimination is all CharMeck is about anymore, well it is getting old, REAL old!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069744000849776605.post-50700592813079374772010-12-19T18:34:12.035-05:002010-12-19T18:34:12.035-05:00Pat Cannon plainly stated that he and his wife wan...Pat Cannon plainly stated that he and his wife wanted their children to attend a school where FAITH is the pre-dominant factor. He did not "bash" CMS nor did he hide behind his choice. As for the Mayor, he's chosen not to comment which is his right.<br /><br />Anonymous noted that Mr. McCrory's neice attended a local private school....and his nephew attended an out of state private boarding school. <br />I believe Mayor McCrory has served his community well and could serve the state well....BUT...there are some opinions he should NEVER offer up in order to be that leader once again.<br />As the saying goes...."just my opnion".....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069744000849776605.post-29573862204402421852010-12-19T17:04:03.408-05:002010-12-19T17:04:03.408-05:00Pam,
You will never say one negative thing regard...Pam,<br /><br />You will never say one negative thing regarding CMS, regardless of whether it is factual.<br /><br />Those who have their heads stuck in the sand are no different than the loudmouths such as the NAACP who see nothing but race.<br /><br /><i>Garinger High School's homecoming game against Charlotte Catholic was ended at the start of the fourth quarter Friday night after a melee broke out in the Garinger home-side stands.<br /><br />Charlotte Catholic football coach Jim Oddo said officials called the game after the ruckus broke out, and players left the field to board a bus.<br /><br />Charlotte Catholic led 37-7 when the game was called.<br /><br />In 2006, Charlotte-Mecklenburg school leaders vowed to make football games safer after violence broke out at East Mecklenburg High following a game with Myers Park.<br /><br />In that incident, two students, one from East Meck and one from Garinger, were beaten with a metal crutch after a group of spectators followed them to a church parking lot near the stadium. Police later said that attack was gang-related.<br /><br />After that fight, CMS started sending extra security staff to make sure that students with chronic discipline issues, including those who display gang signs or behavior, weren't allowed into games.</i><br /><br />...it doesn't seem to be working.wiley coyotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01674905924582409585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069744000849776605.post-17666579852497006512010-12-19T16:51:26.455-05:002010-12-19T16:51:26.455-05:00Yes, what a hypocrite Pat McCrory is. Pat McCrory ...Yes, what a hypocrite Pat McCrory is. Pat McCrory does not have children but his own niece went to private school---Charlotte Latin School---and graduated from Latin in May 2008.<br /><br />So, why were the Public Elementary Schools, Public Middle Schools and the Public High Schools not good for McCrory's own niece but they are good for Foxx's and Cannon's children? <br /><br />Give me a break!!!!!<br /><br />If you can afford to send your children to private schools---by all means--- do. There is no question about the differences in the quality of education received from the public schools versus the private schools. <br /><br />Just check the percentage of students who are admitted to 4-year colleges. The private schools are at a 100% admission rate to four year colleges, including the Ivy League schools. You cannotsay the same for the public school---not even our own Myers Park High School in its very best years!!!!<br /><br />Please leave PARENTS ALONE TO MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS FOR THEIR OWN CHILDREN!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069744000849776605.post-85580882647412214832010-12-19T16:51:19.300-05:002010-12-19T16:51:19.300-05:00Where is you go to school? Better yet, where would...Where is you go to school? Better yet, where would you send your kids if you had the money?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069744000849776605.post-71956102028469194432010-12-19T16:31:45.936-05:002010-12-19T16:31:45.936-05:00Bottom line is, find out where most CMS teachers h...Bottom line is, find out where most CMS teachers have their kids enrolled in schools?therestofthestorynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069744000849776605.post-39601077129795796012010-12-19T14:36:24.273-05:002010-12-19T14:36:24.273-05:00Ms. Grundy, how many lock downs have involved stud...Ms. Grundy, how many lock downs have involved student violence at private schools? How many near riots have happened on their campuses? How many police officers are on their campuses daily? Heard of any shots being discharged on one of their campuses? I think you get the point. I taught in CMS and left for the ranks of the private sector schools. At least I get the chance to teach without living in fear like some of my CMS friends do. MegAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069744000849776605.post-19485333986449417262010-12-19T13:56:13.577-05:002010-12-19T13:56:13.577-05:00I don't know how much is spent to educate one ...I don't know how much is spent to educate one sutdent for one year, but will say, for example, $5000. If 1000 private school students decided to attend public school for one year, it would cost the taxpayer an additional $5,000,000.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069744000849776605.post-25821251532174973142010-12-19T13:11:48.284-05:002010-12-19T13:11:48.284-05:00To Wiley,
It's interesting what makes the fro...To Wiley,<br /><br />It's interesting what makes the front page and what doesn't. Here's a tiny blurb that was buried in a Observer column this summer: <br /><br />Providence Day teacher charged with sexual assault<br /><br />A faculty member at Providence Day School in southeast Charlotte has been arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a minor, school officials said Monday.<br /><br />Tristan Russell, 28, had been a teacher at Providence Day 's afterschool and summer programs for two years, said spokeswoman Jennifer Howe.<br /><br />He was arrested August 9, and charged with indecent liberties with a child and first-degree sex offense with a victim under 13.<br /><br />School officials notified parents Monday.<br /><br />The alleged assaults all happened off school grounds, Howe said.Pamela Grundynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069744000849776605.post-60097239847925773152010-12-19T12:37:52.508-05:002010-12-19T12:37:52.508-05:00Pam said:
I know people who have been at both, I...Pam said:<br /><br /><i><br />I know people who have been at both, I haven't heard from any of them that Country Day is better academically (although it does seem to offer a somewhat softer cocoon). It is this unexamined attitude that private schools must be better than public that people who have never set foot in a public school in their lives (such as the current head of New York City Schools or Waiting for Superman's lame director) are using to wreck public education today. I recommend that you take a break from this column thing and get out and do some actual reporting.</i><br /><br />Let's be blunt here.<br /><br />For 40 years, private schools and the suburbs were and still are havens for whites and white flight. The fact that the County is 62% white and CMS is only 33% white attests to that fact.<br /><br />I wanted to put my son in private school but couldn't afford it. Not because whether private schools are any better academically but because of stability and lack of riff raff and garbage public schools deal with on a daily basis.<br /><br />When is the last time you heard the NAACP run it's mouth about Country Day or any other private school?<br /><br />When is the last time you had a private school occupy the front page of the Charlotte Observer because of Admin who were fired or reassigned due to malfeasance?<br /><br />When is the last time you've seen Butler HS type headlines of athletes being accused of rape or having sex on campus?<br /><br />How many fights, assaults, shootings, etc made the front pages of the Observer from all these private schools?<br /><br />Public schools will never get any better until the mindset changes with personal expectations and discipline.wiley coyotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01674905924582409585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069744000849776605.post-55704139833815747262010-12-19T12:19:07.716-05:002010-12-19T12:19:07.716-05:00judgment as self-evident.
Obama made his comments...<b>judgment as self-evident.<br /><br />Obama made his comments on NBC’s “Today” show in response to a woman who asked whether Malia and Sasha Obama “would get the same kind of education at a D.C. public school” that they would get at the D.C. private school that has educated generations of the city’s elite.<br /><br />“I’ll be blunt with you: The answer is no, right now,” Obama said. D.C. public schools “are struggling,” he said, but they “have made some important strides over the last several years to move in the direction of reform. There are some terrific individual schools in the D.C. system.”</b><br /><br />As previously stated, at least Obama has a spine and states exactly why his daughters won't attend DC public schools.<br /><br />Fixxit can send his kids where he wants, but I personally don't care for his constant "fixxit" approach to CMS, libraries and other things he has no control over.<br /><br />Fixxit? Put your kids in private schools and stay out of CMS business. They have enough problems from the NAACP you and Cannon both support yet keep your mouths shut when it comes to THAT situation.wiley coyotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01674905924582409585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069744000849776605.post-69623897627936590152010-12-19T12:17:29.396-05:002010-12-19T12:17:29.396-05:00To poster at 11:55--You are mistaken about the per...To poster at 11:55--You are mistaken about the perception of CMS nationally--CMS is very much respected because it has actually made progress with the achievement gap. This was not happening under busing (except when it was initially implemented), and the community during those years was very divided over busing. Do you know of any school systems that are clamoring to implement busing based assignment plan today? In addition the race baiting that I'm seeing right now is being done by the pro-busing proponents--those who imply every decision is based on racism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069744000849776605.post-5050375880150645192010-12-19T11:55:43.380-05:002010-12-19T11:55:43.380-05:00It is offensive for McCrory to make such statement...It is offensive for McCrory to make such statements about public education in Charlotte and where two public officials send their children. This is bad politics plain and simple. It is also race baiting plain and simple. The problems with CMS are many and resegregating schools are chief amoung them. Look at the schools and there is no wonder people don't want to send their children. CMS is a national model of how not to do things. It is being look at by many communities because they do not want to suffer the same fate. This was a school system that was a national model and now they are a national model of how not to be. Shame on politicians who bait and get on their soap boxes with sound bites that incite. The political climate in Charlotte is an scating indictment of its residents.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069744000849776605.post-52573660279073145432010-12-19T11:55:07.059-05:002010-12-19T11:55:07.059-05:00If the mayor believes that Country Day is the best...If the mayor believes that Country Day is the best choice for his children he should absolutely put them there if he can afford it. However, almost a year ago he commented to the Swann Fellowship that "we're going to do some housing things on the city side that will help (the schools) in the long run."<br />(http://www.swannfellowship.org/--scroll to bottom of page). Shortly after that the proposal for public housing in Ballantyne came up. So while putting his kids in private schools should the mayor be using his powers to push a diversity agenda, which may affect the public schools? I believe this is a prime example of hypocrisy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069744000849776605.post-75879236333869055192010-12-19T11:54:23.573-05:002010-12-19T11:54:23.573-05:00Pamela,
I'm sorry you read my words as trashi...Pamela,<br /><br />I'm sorry you read my words as trashing CMS schools. I didn't do so. I said that Foxx's decision acknowledges what the rest of us know about most public vs. private schools, and as you know, public schools here face challenges now that private schools do not. <br /><br />Thanks,<br /><br />Peterpstongehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17339785715553747223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069744000849776605.post-54266426821597775372010-12-19T11:52:33.193-05:002010-12-19T11:52:33.193-05:00As a retired CMS teacher, I maintain the right to ...As a retired CMS teacher, I maintain the right to educate my children in the manner in which I choose. If I want my child to have an emphasis on Christian Education, I have to send them to a private school. The government has taken religion out of the public school environment. I appaude Foxx for keeping God in his children's lives 24/7.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069744000849776605.post-86143573752117217482010-12-19T11:44:21.308-05:002010-12-19T11:44:21.308-05:00If you would be happy to have your children at Cot...If you would be happy to have your children at Cotswold, it would have been helpful to state that in the column, rather than insinuating that "the rest of us know" why people "fortunate enough" to be able to choose private over public schools do so. As well as being sloppy writing, that vagueness opens the floodgates to the folks who are so fond of trashing public education.Pamela Grundynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069744000849776605.post-55919412791048488432010-12-19T11:24:26.022-05:002010-12-19T11:24:26.022-05:00We should make the school board decide the fate of...We should make the school board decide the fate of the elected officials children's future.<br /><br />Oh wait how about them getting us all Vouchers so we all can get our kids out of the heck hole of public education.<br /><br />That and put the future of peoples children futures back in the hands of the people with these vouchers.Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07977808657926308272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069744000849776605.post-43212017524134797832010-12-19T11:24:02.948-05:002010-12-19T11:24:02.948-05:00"Mayor = CITY
CMS = COUNTY
The two are not t..."Mayor = CITY<br />CMS = COUNTY<br /><br />The two are not the same.<br /><br />December 18, 2010 11:26 PM"<br /><br /><br />So by your logic Charlotte is not in Mecklenburg County? <br /><br />Ignorance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069744000849776605.post-17666931923123507812010-12-19T11:20:19.109-05:002010-12-19T11:20:19.109-05:00PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH.PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069744000849776605.post-76385722041062656222010-12-19T11:08:52.031-05:002010-12-19T11:08:52.031-05:00Thanks, everyone, for the thoughtful comments toda...Thanks, everyone, for the thoughtful comments today. <br /><br />Pamela: I'm very familiar with both Cotswold and Country Day, and I'd be happy to have my children at either school. But Cotswold, but like many fine CMS schools, faces challenges with funding (and recently, stability) that Country Day does not. As you know, those funding challenges are about to become more pronounced. <br /><br />Thanks,<br /><br />Peterpstongehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17339785715553747223noreply@blogger.com