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That ACT score average says it all. Yikes.

These results are skewed.

The Canton Public School (movie/film courses) were not included in the results of these stats.

For example: Most of the "2 Gutta" videos of 2012 were produced in the Canton public schools - film curriculum.

Those kids made some amazing props .

Their toy guns looked so real !

Interesting to note that 96.3 of the teachers are "Highly Qualified", the Average ACT Score is 15 and the bar graph signals an abundance of 'successful' schools with almost a 25% dropout rate.

Overall I'd have to conclude this whole instrument is useless and meaningless. No doubt it was designed by administrators with one goal in mind ~ keeping administrators in their positions.

It's a good thing we have casino gaming in the state. The revenue was earmarked for education and it's obviously paying dividends. Same with ABC revenue and other tax increases. They're all sold as a panacea for schools, yet the results remain the same.

Seems like an awfully lot of employees who aren't teachers. Are the teaching assistants included in the non-teacher number?

That's ok - these people were taken care of by their state sen, Ed Blackmon; these school results are so good he sent his own kids there (not!)

Thanks for the memories 1:36 pm .

That just brought back a late 1980's visual of a young Ed Blackmon ..."holding court" at the original Penn's
during lunch hour, (not for the catfish) , but to
show his new power.

MC Hammer couldn't have produced as many pretty young Black Girl interns from the various Illinois
" law schools " .

It's rumored that Nissan makes a considerable, annual, neighborly contribution to this awkwardly situated, failing education system. Two school-years ago when Nissan learned that these moneys were being diverted by the admin, and not benefitting the teachers or students while certificated salaries were cut, more than a little shit hit the fan.

This system, for the most part politically controlled, sits in the virtual middle of the Madison County School System and should be dissolved into that well-functioning system.

Kids are kids and the Canton kids are no different from kids in Flora, Gluckstadt, the outer eastern limits of Madison County or most areas in southern Madison County. So, why should these kids be stuck in this carved-out educational failure? The bureacracy 'downtown' views it as a leper colony, on an island, in an oasis.

This is an excellent case for Charter Schools.

Just saw the Madison County Herald dated November 27. Front page article is titled "Canton Schools Call For Help", by Lucy Weber. In that article, Weber discusses Mayor (yours) Truly's angst at the system being given a grade of F. Truly, according to the reporter promises that within three years test scores will be better. Truly says 'An F status is not acceptable'. I thought he was mayor.

Weber goes on to report on a 'community meeting' attended by 150 parents and others interested in education.

Then this: Laura Jones, bureau manager of school improvement for the state department told the crowd of about 150 that "Canton received an F grade but that doesn't mean the district is a failure". (Huh?) According to the article, Jones went on to say (try to understand this assessment) "This school district is failing in the word 'failing'. It's not failing in the Letter F. Yes, Canton schools did get the letter grade F but Canton was only two points from a D."

Hows that for a feel-good message. If it sounds like the outcome based mantra of 'it doesn't matter what your answer is, it matters that you tried', that's because it is the mantra of outcome based education. Don't worry - Be happy. Everybody who tries is doin' just fine. Meaningless.

So, rather than put a stern finger of honest reproach in the face of the administration and community and political leadership and tell them they are on the brink of being taken over, the representative dispatched by the State Department says, in effect, "Hey, it's not really that bad. You got real close to making a D. Now where's the chicken plates?"

Screw them. They want their own school system, they spend tons of money, and they produce retards.

Let them choke on it.

A bit harsh 2:06. How wide and deep would you suggest we dig the pit to dispose of all these 'retards'?