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25% of 10th-graders get held-back notice
Seattle Post Intelligencer ^ | February 14, 2006 | JESSICA BLANCHARD

Posted on 02/14/2006 11:45:18 AM PST by george76

827 Seattle students informed they will be freshmen again...

Nearly one in four Seattle Public Schools sophomores is missing required credits and has been reclassified as a freshman, potentially delaying graduation.

The move, effective this semester, was part of a package of changes the district announced in October to help better prepare high school students to pass the Washington Assessment of Student Learning and graduate.

Under district policy, high school students have to complete five credits a year to advance to the next grade.

At some schools, the rate was far higher than one in four students.

At Rainier Beach and Cleveland high schools, for example, more than 40 percent of the sophomores were reclassified as freshmen.

(Excerpt) Read more at seattlepi.nwsource.com ...


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To: M0sby

The deteriorating condition of the Seattle public school system, could have helped the NFL and the Pittsburgh Steelers make it possible to commit the robbery that occured in Detroit on February 5th of 2006.....fenway


61 posted on 02/14/2006 7:03:07 PM PST by fenway
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To: george76

Yeah, but they all can put a condom on a banana with the skill of a prostitute.


62 posted on 02/14/2006 8:05:05 PM PST by Search4Truth (The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul.)
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To: Madison Moose; MadJack

And in a related item....


63 posted on 02/14/2006 9:47:05 PM PST by patriciaruth (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1562436/posts)
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To: ThisLittleLightofMine
They have elementary kids stressed out months before they actually administer the test.

Better learn how to handle that stress early. Think how stressed out they're going to be when they can't handle paying the rent.

64 posted on 02/14/2006 9:53:19 PM PST by patriciaruth (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1562436/posts)
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To: dropandgimme20
I said to my secretary, "If I gave you twelve grand minus fourteen per cent, how much would you take off?" She said, "Everything but my earrings."

You forgot this.

Reminds me of the teenage mother who was failing math because she couldn't do arithmetic--the teacher told her it was too bad she couldn't add because unfortunately she sure could multiply.

65 posted on 02/14/2006 9:56:33 PM PST by LibertarianInExile (Freedom isn't free--no, there's a hefty f'in fee--and if you don't throw in your buck-o-5, who will?)
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To: D-Chivas

I was floored watching a news story today calling kids "Tweens". Isn't that just cute? (barf)


66 posted on 02/15/2006 5:08:05 AM PST by greccogirl ("Freedom belongs to those who are willing to sacrifice the most for it")
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To: greccogirl
Nearly one in four Seattle Public Schools sophomores is missing required credits and has been reclassified as a freshman, potentially delaying graduation. Why is them not getting a good education? They reporters is using good grammar, no?
67 posted on 02/15/2006 7:12:48 AM PST by WildReeling
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To: WildReeling

LOL!!


68 posted on 02/18/2006 6:22:17 PM PST by greccogirl ("Freedom belongs to those who are willing to sacrifice the most for it")
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To: george76
Buried at the bottom of the article is this jewel...

The goal is to improve graduation rates -- currently around 60 percent...

What!!! Two of every five high school students drop out and fail to graduate!!!??? In the liberal utopia of Seattle!!!???

How can this be...???

69 posted on 02/18/2006 6:37:06 PM PST by okie01 (The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
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To: okie01

The Union does not care about the students.

The Union's goal is to get the teachers to pay their union dues to the union.


70 posted on 02/18/2006 7:25:10 PM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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