BCPS Convocation 2008-2009

I have heard a lot of stories about golf claps to Tim and Tracy, please share yours here.

How much lunch money will your kid need next year?

ASHEVILLE - School cafeterias statewide are struggling to cover the costs of lunch programs amid dramatic price increases for gas, food and labor.

Burke County Public Schools Superintendent David Burleson said county schools will try to keep prices for school lunches as low as possible.

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The good things BCPS has done and is doing!

I was reading through the last of the comments from the 3/17 school board post.  I really liked what I was reading.  Here is part of the comment.

"Burke County Schools has done many innovative things for students that have become the model for other systems across the state. Two that quickly come to mind are Senior Projects and Burke Alternative to Suspension. Burke County was the first system to assign Senior projects to ALL seniors - not just honor students as did Mecklenburg. The SBOE took our model and ran with it."

And that was followed up with "REALLY???"

Yes really, BCPS does some great things.  

Then I found this site http://www.burkecounty.org/education/

"The Burke County Public School system was recently awarded national first place honors for a pre-kindergarten program. Numerous state awards have been received for career and economic development, reading, leadership and excellence awards at the state level, and nationally published articles highlighting the school system’s achievements."

"There is a brand new educational opportunity in Burke County called Burke Middle College. It is funded by a federal grant."

"The Burke Middle College student is an academically capable individual who will be more successful in a non-traditional high school setting. The student must possess maturity, independence, and self-discipline in order to meet the challenges of this innovative program."

I have heard that Tim and Tracy read this blog.  Let's fill the comments with all of the awards, recognitions, and positive press our schools have received, our teachers have received, and our administrators have received.  Let's remind them who made this a great school system before they were elected.  And let's remind them we are still working hard to make this school system great regardless of the stunts they try to pull.

Racing to Bring Art to Students

Let's highlight something positive about Burke County Public Schools.

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Burke County Drop Out Rate Drops

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Truthiness

Truthiness is a satirical term that U.S. television comedian Stephen Colbert created in 2005 to describe things that a person claims to know intuitively or "from the gut" without regard to evidence, logic, intellectual examination, or facts.

How many times have I heard the newly elected school board members talk about refocusing on education and how bad our drop out rate its. Too much. Their fix, we need new administration.

Well they have said it so much that it has become truthiness. Tim Buff ran a great campaign and got relected on truthiness. It was so good it got Karen Brittain Sain elected too.

Today news herald there are two things that show the administrators are focused on education.

Drop out rate falls and a letter to the editor defending David B. I would give you the link, but that section of morganton.com is not showing up.