tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35977419.post2191216391120129025..comments2023-08-19T06:36:16.096-04:00Comments on James River Maven: Charter Schools, New Buildings And Other Panaceas (Part II)Bert Berlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13475537924353776378noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35977419.post-91248831477321497112009-12-11T10:31:41.695-05:002009-12-11T10:31:41.695-05:00Well put. I still recall the court enforced build...Well put. I still recall the court enforced building program in Kansas City, MO 20 years ago, 150 million at that time. Beautiful new schools were built, advanced curriculum was added (Latin only) with little effect. Today KCMO schools have been taken over by the state continue to be 90% minority.<br /><br />Are there any successful urban school districts operating in the country? If so we need to study what they are doing and replicate that here.<br /><br />A couple years ago I called for the <a href="http://downtownrichmond.blogspot.com/search?q=abolish+school" rel="nofollow">abolition of the RPS</a>, not because I hated the schools, but because we have two award winning school districts surrounding the city. Why duplicate their bureaucracy, waste money and punish students and families for living on the wrong side of the city limits. This is not such a radical idea. Countywide school systems are the norm in many parts of the country. The archaic Dillon Rule divides city from county and keeps us from having a regional school system that could provide equal educational opportunities no matter where you lived.Paul Hammondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00672123256678811134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35977419.post-4710596755401550332009-12-11T08:06:53.940-05:002009-12-11T08:06:53.940-05:00Remember that the Richmond School Board, as candid...Remember that the Richmond School Board, as candidates, made promises to make RPS buildings green- more energy efficient and environmentally run.<br /><br />How are they doing that with new buildings? Will they be LEED certified? More importantly, how are they doing that with the older buildings that need to be renovated?Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08185330355847710755noreply@blogger.com