tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post2313058545908995038..comments2023-09-16T04:58:07.261-04:00Comments on the Annandale Blog: The Fairfax Leadership Academy and college entry ratesAnnandale Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543558586252790593noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-2673176140662859422012-08-01T21:42:31.978-04:002012-08-01T21:42:31.978-04:00Private sector (charter schools) always challenges...Private sector (charter schools) always challenges the public sector to be more efficient. Yay competetion! Boo big government and the failed public school system!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-29369627093698079362012-07-31T23:16:31.587-04:002012-07-31T23:16:31.587-04:00There is no issue switch. UPROAR has always been a...There is no issue switch. UPROAR has always been about two separate issues: the FLA eviscerating Falls Church High School; and the very poor physical plant at FCHS, non ADA compliant in some areas. The two issues are related in some ways, since taking 300 students out of an already underenrolled school won't do anything to hasten renovations, but the problems with the bulding and furnishings have been going on for a long time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-76294377371567755782012-07-31T16:09:38.133-04:002012-07-31T16:09:38.133-04:00I'm not seeing an issue switch. I see a group...I'm not seeing an issue switch. I see a group that is advocating for several issues relating to FCPS and Falls Church High School. The charter school and the renovation are two separate issues.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-51324757160274652492012-07-31T12:21:40.955-04:002012-07-31T12:21:40.955-04:00This isn't about enrollment/renovation of Fall...This isn't about enrollment/renovation of Falls Church High for UPROAR anymore? Now UPROAR is about supporting existing LIM programs because they're performing better than other counties? Maybe I missed some meetings, but I've only heard UPROAR oppose FLA because of the renovation issue (except the one opposition comment I heard about getting buses to Centreville). These new items seem conjured to oppose FLA for opposition's sake. <br /><br />Why the issue switch UPROAR people?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-64310173638481310522012-07-31T08:51:55.211-04:002012-07-31T08:51:55.211-04:00Scroll further back in the blog, there have been a...Scroll further back in the blog, there have been at least 2 articles that have been posted since June 2 regarding the proposed FLA. Several articles in the Washington Post, also.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-72000033460971813212012-07-29T18:38:16.879-04:002012-07-29T18:38:16.879-04:00I think I speak for quite a few readers when I say...I think I speak for quite a few readers when I say I had no idea of what FLA even was, so some explanation of the issue and outlining the positions would have made making your point more effective - but let both sides state a position and let readers decide.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-17174073784022847292012-07-29T08:34:05.779-04:002012-07-29T08:34:05.779-04:00It is posted as an opinion piece and was created p...It is posted as an opinion piece and was created precisely because none of the media or other groups who have published their endorsement of FLA have bothered to talk to anyone who opposes the FLA proposal to get the complete picture. We are just trying to get our "equal print."Lynn Petrazzuolo, FCHS PTSA Co-Presidentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-49525463153627188062012-07-27T22:17:06.924-04:002012-07-27T22:17:06.924-04:00Uh - can you say hatchet job? How about a little ...Uh - can you say hatchet job? How about a little balance here. Rather than post a rant, interview folks from both sides of the issue and post their comments giving each equal print.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-74539898476194069022012-07-27T15:41:30.295-04:002012-07-27T15:41:30.295-04:00Anon, you comment suggests the comparison here is ...Anon, you comment suggests the comparison here is between the white and LIM students at FCHS,that because white students are underachieving the performance of LIM students looks better. But that's not the comparison being made, which is between whites students at FCHS and their peers at other county schools and the performance of FCHS LIM students and their peers at other county schools. Both comparisons are independent of each other. Your point about needing underlying data is well taken. We will put a link to that data on the UPROAR website when the webmaster returns from a trip. In the meantime, if you want the data sooner, reply with an email address and I will send the report to you.Gary Petrazzuolonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-12840508264574488962012-07-27T14:21:53.764-04:002012-07-27T14:21:53.764-04:00Hard to follow this without links to the underlyin...Hard to follow this without links to the underlying data. Mostly sounds as if, because these schools have higher percentages of under-achieving white students than other county schools, the performance of their low-income students doesn't look as bad by comparison. That's damning them with very faint praise indeed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com