tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post8081626023101369334..comments2024-03-22T02:15:56.280-07:00Comments on Jersey Jazzman: New Camden Super: Christie Shows Hypocrisy on School Spending Once AgainDukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16535645107179796099noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-7016798983847828282014-09-10T21:50:39.311-07:002014-09-10T21:50:39.311-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.otr214423https://www.blogger.com/profile/16376109133070654680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-84685452482372084522013-08-23T06:53:20.674-07:002013-08-23T06:53:20.674-07:00As Duke said, "Can you imagine the Camden sch...As Duke said, "Can you imagine the Camden schools if they quadrupled their spending per pupil?" And I would add, can you imagine the Camden schools if they could pick and choose with a fine tooth comb the students who enter their schools; not only that, if Camden schools could off load and eject any pupils who are too problematic or disruptive. That's certainly the case for elite private schools.giuseppehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13445832057107337104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-86087658701820627752013-08-22T19:19:38.920-07:002013-08-22T19:19:38.920-07:00I’m stunned!!! This character is very much the cor...I’m stunned!!! This character is very much the corporate puppet cliché. The onion can’t think of this…juanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05274709049573235618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-45723807860689814822013-08-22T13:42:37.252-07:002013-08-22T13:42:37.252-07:00Good stuff, g. Don't forget: if you want to re...Good stuff, g. Don't forget: if you want to recruit "great" teachers to a district like Camden, you have to give them competitive pay relative to "easier" jobs in the 'burbs.<br /><br />jcg: why am I not surprised? ;-)<br />Dukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16535645107179796099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-81647522678188931152013-08-22T13:33:29.766-07:002013-08-22T13:33:29.766-07:00Dr & ex Senator Bill Frist is a 1970 MBA grad....Dr & ex Senator Bill Frist is a 1970 MBA grad. Frist (R) is the state chair of TN SCORE- Gov Haslam's independent state collaborative on improving (wink, wink) public education. These reformies are such an incestuous group. <br /><br /><br />One little tidbit lest you think those need based scholarships are because MBA alumni are magnanimous givers. The scholarships go to athletes- mostly for football. The coaches are paid like university coaches used to be paid. Only the BEST for Big Red.<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12813056667733621829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-5075171928235199872013-08-22T13:22:24.751-07:002013-08-22T13:22:24.751-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12813056667733621829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-85687042319942202302013-08-22T13:04:56.360-07:002013-08-22T13:04:56.360-07:00More from the CEA web site: "Unlike Charter s...More from the CEA web site: "Unlike Charter schools that receive both district funds, and Camden students from more stable backgrounds, by law, public schools cannot discriminate in who we educate and must serve everyone walking through our doors. In short, per-pupil spending at Camden public schools is higher because our students need, and are entitled to, all the help and resource our district can provide.<br /><br />What will our district look like with the simultaneous increase of charter schools and decrease of state funding: Chester-Upland School District in Chester County, Pennsylvania."<br /><br />http://camdenea.org/shout-outs/giuseppehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13445832057107337104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-38772669683080378082013-08-22T13:02:41.298-07:002013-08-22T13:02:41.298-07:00From the Camden Education Association web site: &q...From the Camden Education Association web site: "Without appropriate state aid, classes in our district would be outrageously over crowded due to lack of adequate staffing. Already aged infrastructure would be crumbling and necessary repairs would go undone. (Currently, our district pays about 28% more than our state average for maintenance and grounds.)Thanks to current funding prescribed by the SFRA, our poorer students have greater access to free or reduced price school breakfast and lunch. Students grappling with external societal issues creates the need for more school psychologists, more district employed social workers, more special education staff, more behavioral therapists, and even nurseries for teen mothers looking to continue their education – mostly financed by funding mandated by the SFRA; which Governor Christie seeks to scrap. (Camden schools pay 44% more for “support services” than the average NJ school district.)"<br />Now do you get where a lot of that $22K goes. Maybe, all things considered, Camden teachers and schools are doing the best they can. Throwing money at elite private schools which can pick and choose who enters their schools, who can expel disruptive kids while Camden public schools must accept all kids from a poor and crime ridden dying city.giuseppehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13445832057107337104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-39198545982499839582013-08-22T12:54:07.659-07:002013-08-22T12:54:07.659-07:00Camden should graduate more than 49% of its kids f...Camden should graduate more than 49% of its kids from HS? Gee, if you ignore the fact that Camden is one of the poorest cities in the US, if you ignore the crime, the violence, the unemployment and if you ignore all the kids who enter school with huge social problems (incredible problems that don't exist in suburbs like Princeton), then I guess you can be outraged at the low graduation rate. Much of that $22,000 goes to special services to deal with the huge problems of the children of Camden.giuseppehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13445832057107337104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-86876626065915686212013-08-22T11:54:26.931-07:002013-08-22T11:54:26.931-07:00alm:
Brimm Medical Arts High School teacher Karen...alm:<br /><br /><i>Brimm Medical Arts High School teacher Karen Borrelli also said experience was essential to navigating a district as troubled as Camden. <br /><br />"If I need heart surgery, do I chose a resident or an established, experienced surgeon?" Borrelli said. "Why do we settle for less for our children?"</i><br /><br />http://www.philly.com/philly/education/20130822_New_schools_superintendent_named_in_Camden.html<br /><br />Further: if well-resourced schools are good for Rouhamifard and the Christie children, why aren't they good for Camden's children?Dukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16535645107179796099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-15770623404360839362013-08-22T11:41:14.069-07:002013-08-22T11:41:14.069-07:00The logic here is so upside down that I am having ...The logic here is so upside down that I am having trouble following it -- Rouhanifard's story, as far as I understand it, is the American dream made real - coming as an immigrant, a refugee, attending a mix of public and private schools from K-12, and ultimately going to his state's flagship public university. When Christie says that he is inspired by his personal story, I think it includes the totality of everything listed above.<br /><br />Maybe Camden's schools can't all have rifle teams on 22K+ a year, but they sure as hell ought to graduate more than 49% of their students from HS.almhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420465709926105665noreply@blogger.com