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Recent Blog Posts
To Green or Not To Green by CalicoHawk
Mar 13, 2013 | 
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Everywhere you turn, you see Green this, and Green that, and Green the other. Now, don't get me wrong, I appreciate Green. I try to go Green as often as possible. I tweaked my Chevy pick-up up to 23-24 MPG, up from 17-18, through tuning and soft-pedaling the gas pedal. (Great-Gran said, "If ... | 11 |
While You Were Out....... by DebraThomas
Mar 12, 2013 |
It has been a while since I got to blog. Thank you for the few of you that have asked when I would write again. That makes me smile from ear to ear and on the inside too!! If thats possible. Been a lot of changes in my life since I was here last and some I am sorry to say not for the best. My... | 12 |
Lowongan Kerja 2013 by duakerja
Mar 08, 2013 |
Lowongan Kerja 2013 , Lowongan Bank, Lowongan BUMN, Lowongan CPNS 2013, Lowongan Pertamina, Lowongan Telkom, Lowongan Kereta Api, Lowongan Astra, Lowongan Guru, Lowongan SMA sederajat | 8 |
SOMETHING ELSE TO WORRY ABOUT by SherryBlanton
Mar 07, 2013 |
Two weeks ago at our Master Gardener training class Dr. Jim Jacobi, an Auburn pathologist, discussed the many diseases–viral and bacterial, etc. that can afflict our beloved plants. One of those that really caught my attention was Rose Rosette disease. This is not a new disease but due to the wi... | 13 |
15 Or More Camping Stove Safety Principles by applewood
Mar 04, 2013 |
A number of these companies have a the oven that fits on seo suggestions of a gas cyndrical tube. Thus you can quite simply carry a canister with your cooking and needed for light, on a superficial trip. These generally light and easy three easy steps. The pot and therefore pans are usually stand... | 9 |
The Thought Experiment by JohnBagwell
Mar 03, 2013 |
You can have some pretty interesting conversations with kids as they can come up with some pretty interesting questions out of the blue. Just such a conversation happened earlier this week with my oldest daughter. During our little talk, I asked her to imagine what would happen if an unb... | 23 |
THROUGH the Storm by JohnBagwell
Feb 24, 2013 |
Flashback to April 27th, 2011. What do you personally remember from that day? Unless you were in Alabama or a neighboring southern state, probably not much. However, for those of us around that day, each of us has a story to tell. That morning, I remember being awakened by the strong so... | 29 |
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Feb 17, 2013 |
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by WhoKnew2013
Feb 11, 2013 |
I was invited by a few parents of oxford Basketball players and was not surprised to see that nothing has changed . Being a graduate of OHS I have experienced and witnessed the in your face favoritism. Some patents were afraid to admit it until they spoke with their kids. I was told by some play... | 14 |
SOIL by SherryBlanton
Feb 11, 2013 |
Our Master Gardener intern class recently had a soils class with Auburn professor, Dr. Charles Mitchell. Good soil is the backbone of a garden, whether that garden contains vegetables or flowers or whether the soil supports a beautiful stand of grass. When we talk about soil we are not talking a... | 13 | Follow Us
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Anniston Middle School
Editorial: The shattered world of Anniston Middle School
Jun 18, 2013 | 291 views | 
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Last month, after decades of debate, the Anniston Board of Education voted to close the school on Alabama 21 and move its students to other campuses as part of a system-wide reorganization and cost-cutting measure.
Last week, Superintendent Joan Frazier announced her retirement for June 2014, meaning someone else -- possibly from outside the system hierarchy -- will shepherd the system through the middle school’s closure.
And Tuesday, the state Board of Education included Anniston Middle on its list of “failing” schools that, as part of the Alabama Accountability Act, will allow parents zoned for AMS to receive tax credits if they transfer elsewhere.
For the Anniston Board of Education, the state board’s list of 78 “failing” schools represents two different headlines -- both significant. No other Anniston schools made the list. (For that matter, Anniston Middle was the only school in Calhoun County to be deemed “failing” by the state board.)
Anniston High School, whose dropout and graduation rates have long been serious civic concerns, and the system’s five elementary schools are free of both the stigma and the practicality of being considered “failing” institutions. We are glad that’s the case.
But the other headline didn’t bring a sigh of relief to a city desperate to use public education in its efforts to reinvent the city’s outlook on vital matters such as job creation, economic growth and crime reduction. A city without vibrant and well-supported public schools is a city that struggles to educate its children and sustain its future. A city without successful public schools is a city that faces stagnation and decline, not prosperity.
That is Anniston’s struggle today.
Our advice is to consider Anniston Middle School’s label as a “failing” school as part old news and part opportunity. Don’t overreact.
Instead, see Anniston Middle as what it is -- a school already destined for closure. That’s not a rationalization; it’s a fact. What’s important now is the system’s still-developing reorganization that, once completed, is expected to lessen the system’s fiscal concerns.
More important, still, is this community’s understanding that the education of the children within Anniston’s public schools must be a grade-A priority. It is not the priority solely of the city’s educators or its black community, whose children are overwhelmingly the majority of the city’s schools. It must be a priority for all who want Anniston to prosper.
Make no mistake: We are disappointed that the state considers Anniston Middle School a “failing” school. But we cannot lose focus on the larger, vital picture -- the reinvention of Anniston’s school system and the improvement of its public education. The ailments are well known. Repairing them with hard work and rational decisions is the key.
Fifteen-year-old Christel Trainer paints on the Dr. Francis museum. Photo: Anita Kilgore/The Jacksonville News
