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Old 05-04-2016, 01:00 PM
 
Location: Kirkwood
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I know--that's my point. They've had the pop for a while.




Many whites have had their kids in the charter school(s) K-8, and have gone private or used "transfers" starting in 9th.




I am guessing many from the charter schools have started sending their babies to Jackson High.


Now, the focus needs be on getting wider neighborhood participation at Parkside Elementary, Burgess-Peterson Academy, King Middle, Whitefoord Elementary, and Toomer Elementary.


Toomer has had the most progress. Then, Parkside. And BPA has emerging interest.


Will this continue on to King?
Damn Drew is killing King MS in Kirkwood and East Lake.
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Old 05-04-2016, 01:12 PM
 
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King is already improving, and has leadership trying to make inroads into the community in various ways. There are a lot of really great dedicated people there. Like you said, charter schools have been the primary problem in this cluster, but those are all full now and the lottery has way more applicants than spots. That's why the elementary schools are improving so quickly. King is the only middle school that these kids can go to, so in time, we'll see it become more diverse in terms of both SES and race, which can only do good things in terms of their public perception. They are already a resource loaded school, so I'd have no qualms about sending my kids there now as is.



Awesome.
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Old 05-04-2016, 01:13 PM
 
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Damn Drew is killing King MS in Kirkwood and East Lake.



Yep. Not good.


Inman, Sutton, and Renfroe did not have to worry about this issue as they progressed.
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Old 05-04-2016, 01:25 PM
 
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Congrats to everyone at Jackson.

At the bottom of the comments for that article there is a long comment from a Jackson parent correcting inaccuracies. Here is a small portion of it. "While I'm gratified that this article highlights our HS, the author is wrong on a number of points.
In 2011, Maynard had 791 students enrolled (our oldest daughter being one of them); it now has 1069.

Maynard had already been accepted into the IB Programme, and was accepting students into it in 2011. Teachers and staff were undergoing periodic training and reviews, and the first official classes started in 2013.
"

More in the comments section here - Turnaround of Atlanta’s Maynard Jackson High offers national model | Get Schooled

Also per the DoE's Mar 2016 count Jackson is 8% white, 82 white students total. Jackson had 16 white students at the Oct 2011 count. Per the parent commenter almost none of Jackson's students are coming from charter schools. They're coming from the feeder schools in the cluster.
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Old 05-04-2016, 01:30 PM
 
Location: Kirkwood
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Congrats to everyone at Jackson.

At the bottom of the comments for that article there is a long comment from a Jackson parent correcting inaccuracies. "While I'm gratified that this article highlights our HS, the author is wrong on a number of points.
In 2011, Maynard had 791 students enrolled (our oldest daughter being one of them); it now has 1069.

Maynard had already been accepted into the IB Programme, and was accepting students into it in 2011. Teachers and staff were undergoing periodic training and reviews, and the first official classes started in 2013.
"

More in the comments section here - Turnaround of Atlanta’s Maynard Jackson High offers national model | Get Schooled

Also per the DoE's Mar 2016 count Jackson is 8% white, 82 white students total. Jackson had 16 white students at the Oct 2011 count. Per the parent commenter almost none of Jackson's students are coming from charter schools. They're coming from the feeder schools in the cluster.
You put any trust into the AJC comments section?
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Old 05-04-2016, 01:33 PM
 
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You put any trust into the AJC comments section?
Generally no, but this individual wasn't spewing the usual BS that fills most of the Get Schooled comments and he provided accurate information about the school substantiated by the DoE's website. He has multiple comments on that article and they provide some interesting additional details to Downey's article.
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Old 05-04-2016, 01:40 PM
 
Location: Kirkwood
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Generally no, but this individual wasn't spewing the usual BS that fills most of the Get Schooled comments and he provided accurate information about the school substantiated by the DoE's website. He has multiple comments on that article and they provide some interesting additional details to Downey's article.
Surprisingly the comments section was educated and full of knowledge.
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Old 05-04-2016, 02:05 PM
 
Location: City of Atlanta
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Congrats to everyone at Jackson.

At the bottom of the comments for that article there is a long comment from a Jackson parent correcting inaccuracies. Here is a small portion of it. "While I'm gratified that this article highlights our HS, the author is wrong on a number of points.
In 2011, Maynard had 791 students enrolled (our oldest daughter being one of them); it now has 1069.

Maynard had already been accepted into the IB Programme, and was accepting students into it in 2011. Teachers and staff were undergoing periodic training and reviews, and the first official classes started in 2013.
"

More in the comments section here - Turnaround of Atlanta’s Maynard Jackson High offers national model | Get Schooled

Also per the DoE's Mar 2016 count Jackson is 8% white, 82 white students total. Jackson had 16 white students at the Oct 2011 count. Per the parent commenter almost none of Jackson's students are coming from charter schools. They're coming from the feeder schools in the cluster.
I'd be very surprised if that was the case. Neighborhood Charter only has elementary and middle grades, so once that school is graduating kids, they have nowhere to go except Jackson, unless of course their families are moving away. Drew on the other hand, does have a high school. So that is a different story. The majority of students are definitely coming from the feeder schools, just because of shear number. But there have to be a good number of kids coming from Neighborhood as well.
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Old 05-04-2016, 02:34 PM
 
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As someone that lives a few blocks from Jackson High School and knows a lot of parents in the area, I will be very surprised if there are only 82 white students there.
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Old 05-04-2016, 03:15 PM
 
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As someone that lives a few blocks from Jackson High School and knows a lot of parents in the area, I will be very surprised if there are only 82 white students there.
That's the number Jackson submitted to the state in March. It's on the DoE's website.
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