Yes to number 1, perhaps not to number 2-but in both cases-the need was not driven by the "problems" you refer to, but by the need to renovate or replace the aging building. I haven't heard anyone suggest that the new building will somehow result in model behavior by all the students.
Are you suggesting that the students are somehow undeserving of a new building? In any case, none of them will be there when the new building is completed. _____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 4:13 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [UC] RE: West Philly High re recent violence there In a message dated 3/12/2007 4:06:26 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It's been that way for a LONG time. Not just at West Philadelphia High either but all over the district. At least you don't have to go inside and spend your day in that sort of environment, be trained and re-trained and re-trained in the name of "School Reform." OR Be held accountable if they don't do well on standardized tests; have to present your credentials to proven "highly qualified" to be in there and try to teach them. OR See no consequences for the students or their parents; just you and/or your administrator. This is how people are treated who WANT to be there and want to teach. We shall see how the public reacts when contract negotiations start soon; as the district tries to pare down even more of our rights and heap more responsibility on us. Does anybody think that all the time spent on the "forum" to pretend Community Input drove the plans to build a new facility for West Philadelphia High has had any positive impact? Does anybody think that a new building will solve any or all of the problems? (I don't, and can point to what's happened at the new campus-like Atlantic City High School to back up this belief. It's as bad there as it was in the old high school building. Always at your service and ready for a dialog R brand resident and housing provider, Al Krigman _____ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at <http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000339> AOL.com.
