The "math mom" has been the topic of much controversy and that is understandable.... at least in Lebanon in 2008. She questioned the powers that be and pushed hard against the apathy of the administration when it came to math scores and failing grades.
The fact of the matter is that the new building policy is yet another attempt to cover up the failing grades of students. If you have them retake and retake and retake a class until they pass it and you cover up the "f"s with a "no pass" grade it does a couple of magical things...
1. It decreases the amount of "f"s the school has... (but it does not decrease the level of failure.)
2. It increases GPA...(and we thought 8 valedictorians was too many? Now we could have dozens... but is that fair to those who actually passed EVERY class they took?)
3. It makes the transcripts of LHS unreliable as sources of data.
4. It feels like "cooking the books" in yet another area.
So, anyway....
Math mom asked the questions and the answers exploded in the administrators' collective faces...
So, she moved into the forefront of the battle and found herself another victim of "the other side" which (as unfair as it should be) is the status quo for those who stand up.
However, the other blog apparently allowed Math Mom's daughter to be publicly attacked and maligned with libelous postings....
Talk about crossing the line.
Thank goodness, supposedly, some people stepped in and the posts were removed...
Mr. McUne gave us a good message at the last meeting... "let's act like big boys and girls."
I am willing to be argued with and held accountable for the accuracy of my messages, but I will not attack the children or spouses of people I disagree with... and no decent person should allow it to happen again.
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Well said. Kudos to you by standing up for what is right.
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