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I'm sure this will be considered "spin", but I'd like to point out that many people think education is something that can't be measured in EOGs, but instead in life experiences and richness.
Judge Howard Manning's ruling affects 2 high schools in Durham County Public schools, as well as 17 other high schools in North Carolina, in regards to the Leandro ruling. His ruling does not affect any other schools in the DPS. Also, that ruling was quite some time ago and Southern as well as Hillside are still open. What good does it do for those students and the community if those schools are closed?
This source does nothing to substantiate your claims concerning the DPS system as a whole. Also, I am asking for a source that supports your "99.999%" statistic. One source that is not your opinion, your friend's opinion, your neighbor's opinion, or something you discussed at the water cooler. A fact supported by an accredited research, education, or journalistic publication. Seriously. Prove your claim. Don't accuse me of spin. I want a source to support your claim of "99.999%."
We're relocating from out of state and have been trying to decide on where in the triangle to settle for several months now, with school quality being an over-riding consideration. We've probably spoken to literally hundreds of people with kids in many different districts--colleagues, friends, realtors, home-sellers, and in some cases random people that we've stopped on the street. And I think that it is an undeniable fact that DPS has a generally poor reputation overall, although people have good things to say about individual schools. Jordan HS and the Durham School of the Arts, for instance, seem to be highly regarded.
Conventional wisdom is apparently as follows: consider private schools if you live in Durham, go to public schools in Chapel Hill, and public or private schools in Raleigh depending on the area and your tolerance for redistricting. Now...whether that conventional wisdom is correct or not, I'll leave for others to debate. But the hearsay and offhand advice is remarkably consistent no matter who we've talked to.
We're relocating from out of state and have been trying to decide on where in the triangle to settle for several months now, with school quality being an over-riding consideration. We've probably spoken to literally hundreds of people with kids in many different districts--colleagues, friends, realtors, home-sellers, and in some cases random people that we've stopped on the street. And I think that it is an undeniable fact that DPS has a generally poor reputation overall, although people have good things to say about individual schools. Jordan HS and the Durham School of the Arts, for instance, seem to be highly regarded.
Conventional wisdom is apparently as follows: consider private schools if you live in Durham, go to public schools in Chapel Hill, and public or private schools in Raleigh depending on the area and your tolerance for redistricting. Now...whether that conventional wisdom is correct or not, I'll leave for others to debate. But the hearsay and offhand advice is remarkably consistent no matter who we've talked to.
Thank you for the honesty and support. Jordan High School is one of the better schools that Durham has for sure. If the rest of the schools were like Jordan, we would not even be having this debate.
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A brief word in support of the embattled Charlton
