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Old 06-15-2007, 11:34 AM
 
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comments and/or concerns about HILLSIDE HS in durham?
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Old 06-15-2007, 04:41 PM
 
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I would avoid Hillside HS. In Durham, I would consider either Jordan or Riverside HS. In fact of all the HS in Durham, I would put Hillside last on my list.
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Old 06-15-2007, 05:27 PM
 
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Here's what NCReportCards.org has to say about Hillside.

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Old 06-15-2007, 06:35 PM
 
Location: Durham, NC
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One thing to keep in mind with Hillside is that -- like some of the top schools in Raleigh -- Hillside is home to the county's excellent IB magnet program. I would have no hesitation sending a child to Hillside for that program, the students from whom can do very well at even America's best universities.

The regular program in the school has been troubled. The new principal has by all accounts made great strides his first year but they have a long way to go.
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Old 06-15-2007, 09:23 PM
 
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The regular program in the school has been troubled. The new principal has by all accounts made great strides his first year but they have a long way to go.
Troubled? Isn't that school and Southern Durham on a short list to be closed if they can't get the year end test passing scores above 50%?
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Old 06-16-2007, 03:19 PM
 
Location: Durham, NC
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Troubled? Isn't that school and Southern Durham on a short list to be closed if they can't get the year end test passing scores above 50%?
Ah yes, the same Raleigh judge who created a mess of things with the MYR debate recently has put the same threat in place.

The issue with these schools, sadly, isn't that the students in them perform any worse than students from similar socioeconomic backgrounds in other Durham or even Wake schools. The issue is really that these two schools have very high concentrations of very low income students, who are statistically much harder to reach in re school performance than students from greater privilege.

If you moved the entire student body of Southern High School -- homes, neighborhoods, families, everything -- to Cary and put the school under the jurisdiction of the Wake Public Schools, without the kind of (very effective) diversity and balancing program in place in Wake... I am willing to bet that you would see the absolute same results.

<soapbox>What we're doing with schools is, really, trying to force the outcome of deep social, cultural, and family problems along with wealth inequality in this country into something where schools are expected to be sole performers. We're not really addressing the root causes of cycles of poverty, broken homes, blight, drugs and crime.</soapbox>
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