The last few commentors assume that I have not spoken with people from the opposite view point.... Actually, I have discussed these issues with several teachers who disagree with one or the other of the points I have made, but not one of those people has disagreed with everything...the debate rages around the "water cooler" on most of these issues, but there are more things that make sense from my perspective that seem to resonate with more people.
What is frustrating is having community members who have not spoken with any teachers besides the one that has been theorized to be the other blogger and others who only think like her and they honestly believe that they are getting an objective view.
I have actually had conversations with that particular teacher and her like-minded friends. None of them were employed when much of what was done well was going on here. They do not know what 15 years ago looked like. I walked the halls of LHS when things were different in a good way.
Just a note about the graduation requirements that we are not offering.... the loss of the advanced programs makes it difficult for people to graduate with honors, and it is a shame that people would be okay about decreasing the opportunities of our advanced students and not just have them graduate with the lowest common denominator education that they have been forced to embrace by the current administration.
About the seniors and "leaving them alone." I am not advocating any changes other than a schedule fix that would allow them to get all the classes they need to graduate because according to several advisors at LHS there were very limited offerings of some important classes, like Algebra 2 etc. students were not able to find classes they needed or wanted to complete the second half of a course because they are scheduled against each other. How does rearranging the schedule with the SAME classes offered, just more available, hurt the seniors? Leaving the schedule alone will cause them more trouble.
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I have a great suggestion for you. Why don't you talk to the two teachers who graduated from Lebanon in 2000 and see their opinion on how things were then and how things are now. I think their perspective would be of great value. The times have changed and students have changed. These teachers could compare and contrast the differences. Both had freshmen core and were involved in advanced classes. They also suffered through 3 principals in four years and some other things people don't talk about when they talk about the good old days.
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