Welcome to City-Data.com Forum!
U.S. CitiesCity-Data Forum Index
Go Back   City-Data Forum > U.S. Forums > Georgia > Atlanta
 [Register]
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
View detailed profile (Advanced) or search
site with Google Custom Search

Search Forums  (Advanced)
Reply Start New Thread
 
Old 08-07-2013, 03:46 PM
 
16,627 posts, read 29,288,455 times
Reputation: 7550

Advertisements

Enjoy!


http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/07/ed...s&emc=rss&_r=1&

...
He and other educators say that the new school building is an opportunity to show that a large, urban public high school can be a viable alternative to the rising tide of charter schools, voucher systems and private education.
Some of the 1,400 students who will attend the school this year come from the wealthiest families in the region, but others, Mr. Taylor said, are homeless. Nearly half are black. About 27 percent are white and 20 percent are Hispanic. They speak more than 40 languages.
“If there was ever a model for an urban high school, this is it,” he said.
...

The amenities should help. There are a performing arts complex, a broadcast and video center, a cafeteria that looks like a food court, and a rifle range for the shooting team and military programs. The gymnasium can seat 1,800 people.

In the classroom, the school offers an extensive list of advanced placement, international studies and business courses.
...
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message

 
Old 08-07-2013, 03:50 PM
 
16,627 posts, read 29,288,455 times
Reputation: 7550
Inside Atlanta's $147 Million Public School
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 08-07-2013, 04:13 PM
 
7,112 posts, read 10,083,301 times
Reputation: 1781
Is there any criteria for admission? I think the attitude of the students counts more than anything. Are they selecting the best teachers? A close second is the quality of the teachers. Seems as if the experiment is to surround the students with opulence to improve test scores and graduation rates.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 08-07-2013, 04:15 PM
 
1,637 posts, read 2,617,136 times
Reputation: 802
Everybody better make the honor roll
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 08-07-2013, 04:15 PM
 
2,410 posts, read 2,761,401 times
Reputation: 2026
Wow! $147,000,000 on a school that houses 1400 students---and in a thread below this one claims an APS middle school has a 34 to 1 student to teacher ratio!! Ouch!!
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 08-07-2013, 04:34 PM
 
5,110 posts, read 7,106,955 times
Reputation: 3116
Yes it's in the "city" of Atlanta, but calling it urban is a bit of a stretch.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 08-07-2013, 04:41 PM
 
Location: Savannah GA
13,709 posts, read 21,777,695 times
Reputation: 10184
Quote:
Originally Posted by jeoff View Post
Wow! $147,000,000 on a school that houses 1400 students---and in a thread below this one claims an APS middle school has a 34 to 1 student to teacher ratio!! Ouch!!

That school cost $105,000 PER STUDENT!!! How could there be ANY justification for that?! $147 million is more than the entire school-year budgets for 99 percent of the school districts in this country! GOOD GOD!

What was wrong with the OLD North Atlanta High? Every time I drove by there, it looked like a museum -- certainly modern enough. And what about all the other school facilities in the city that need more pressing upgrades? People who live in South Atlanta should be LIVID!

Atlanta Public Schools has painted themselves into a horrific corner. If student performance doesn't improve to prep-school levels, this building will go down in history as a boondoggle BIGGER than the cheating scandal! Does anybody doubt there were kickbacks?!

Last edited by Newsboy; 08-07-2013 at 05:49 PM..
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 08-07-2013, 05:06 PM
 
Location: NW Atlanta
6,495 posts, read 6,067,862 times
Reputation: 4453
Quote:
Originally Posted by jeoff View Post
Wow! $147,000,000 on a school that houses 1400 students---and in a thread below this one claims an APS middle school has a 34 to 1 student to teacher ratio!! Ouch!!
Don't know where the NYT got the 1,400 number, every other article said the building has capacity for 2,400 students.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 08-07-2013, 05:11 PM
 
Location: Savannah GA
13,709 posts, read 21,777,695 times
Reputation: 10184
Quote:
Originally Posted by Gulch View Post
Don't know where the NYT got the 1,400 number, every other article said the building has capacity for 2,400 students.
The school has a CAPACITY for 2,400. That's not the same thing as current enrollment. Hello?!

According to the State DOE Report Card, the enrollment of North Atlanta High was only 1,243 during the 2010-11 school year. Interestingly enough, the report card also shows that over a three-year period, the percent of white students increased dramatically and the percent of free-reduced lunch students declined. So the demographics of NAHS are indeed changing to become more of a Buckhead neighborhood school.

Georgia Department of Education
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 08-07-2013, 05:46 PM
 
Location: Inman Park
402 posts, read 700,819 times
Reputation: 311
NYT has been hammering Atlanta lately. Wonder why.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.

Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.


Reply
Please update this thread with any new information or opinions. This open thread is still read by thousands of people, so we encourage all additional points of view.

Quick Reply
Message:




Over $104,000 in prizes was already given out to active posters on our forum and additional giveaways are planned!

Go Back   City-Data Forum > U.S. Forums > Georgia > Atlanta

All times are GMT -6.

© 2005-2024, Advameg, Inc. · Please obey Forum Rules · Terms of Use and Privacy Policy · Bug Bounty

City-Data.com - Contact Us - Archive 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 - Top