How bad are Savannah schools?

[masonbauknight]

Originally Posted by bellhead

Savannah Arts has close to a 100% graduation rate with the top 1/3 of the students going to a ranked university. Yes you do have to apply, you need a 3.0 GPA and pass an arts audition. Some of the arts programs are harder to get into than others.

A 3.0 cumulative GPA? That's far more lenient than I thought it was for the Arts Academy. I read in the Morning News last year that most high school kids in Georgia have a solid B average now. Must be grade inflation, as those Chatham honor rolls are 3 and 4 times as long as they were for us "back in the day." Sometimes I think that a B in 2016 would be a C-minus 40 years ago.

[toscgwsndiqz]

The School of Engineering at Jenkins High School is still a very good program, most of the graduates do end up at GA Tech, one of the 2015 graduates is at MIT

Savannah Schools have the best programs in the area

Originally Posted by ajc100890

On the other hand, I went to Jenkins, an inner-city high school with an engineering magnet. I went to Georgia Tech after graduating and now work as a Civil Engineer in Atlanta for a major retailer.

It is what you make of it. I received terrific support from my guidance counselors at Jenkins and had a wonderful network of teachers and administration. Granted this was 10 years ago, but nevertheless it was a good experience. I've never been one to believe that I'm entitled to someone showering me with attention, so maybe that's the difference.

You have to seek support and be willing to learn. That can't be taught at school. That comes from home.

[TheDarkKnight]

Originally Posted by masonbauknight

Only a 3.0 cumulative GPA? That's far more lenient than I thought it would be to enter the Arts Academy. I read in the Morning News last year that most high school kids in Georgia have a solid B average now. Must be grade inflation, as those Chatham honor rolls are also 3 and 4 times as long as they were for us "back in the day." I suspect that a B in 2016 would be a C-minus 40 years ago.

Not even that. I was a junior in 2006. It's amazing how much grades have inflated/standards lowered.

[masonbauknight]

Originally Posted by TheDarkKnight

Not even that. I was a junior in 2006. It's amazing how much grades have inflated/standards lowered.

I've heard that, DarkKnight, from relatives in public education. They tell me many parents refuse to tolerate even a grade of C if "my child does the homework." And the current educational philosophy is that grades shouldn't be "punishing" (which is anything other than A or B). At any rate, I was looking at my high school senior class Honor Roll from the 1970s: 18 to 21 students out of a class of 575. I never quite made it, and recall that those teachers were tough old birds.