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| Number of Virginia high schools who failed to inform students of merit awards rises to 13 |
| 2023-01-18 |
New, all-Republican school boards there in the next election? [HotAir] Well, I suspected last week that we probably hadn’t seen the end of this story and that’s certainly proven to be the case. As Beege pointed out yesterday, the number of Fairfax County high schools where students were not informed they had received National Merit Scholar Awards has risen to seven. That’s in addition to the three schools in nearby Loudoun County that made the same mistake. That brings us to ten Virginia high schools.Yesterday, Prince William County which is just a bit further west from Fairfax County joined the club. Another School system in Northern Virginia has admitted to not telling students about their prestigious national merit recognition in time for important college scholarship deadlines. Two Prince William County high schools didn’t notify students of their national merit recognition in time for important college scholarship and admissions deadlines, the school district told 7News. The school system blames "accidental administrative oversight" for not telling students last September. In all, this only impacted 16 students but that just points out again how few students receive these awards in the first place. In addition, Loudoun County added a fourth school to its existing tally. On Monday, 7News learned a fourth high school in Loudoun County, John Champe High School, didn’t notify students of their national merit recognition. The principal of the Loudoun County high school sent an email notifying the high school the Director of School Counseling is on leave as of Jan 13. Right now, it’s unclear if the counselor was placed on leave for not notifying students of their national merit recognition. It’s difficult to keep track of all of this but that brings us to 13 schools in all, seven in Fairfax County, four in Loudoun County and two in Prince William County. The Daily Mail created this list. The unnamed high school is John Champe High: Fairfax County Superintendent Michelle Reid has claimed all of the failures in her district were the result of individual failures, not an organized effort. But Reid has expressed her commitment to equity from her start on the job. In this clip put out by FCPS she said, "I’ve made it my life’s work to ensure equitable opportunities and equal outcome for each and every student that I’ve had the opportunity to serve I don’t think anyone has a problem with a superintendent who wants to see equal opportunities for all students under her care to learn and grow. That’s a good thing. But her statement about ensuring an "equal outcome" for every student is a step too far. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #6 up to 16 schools as of noon today |
| Posted by: lord garth 2023-01-18 16:34 |
| #5 It is worth parent looking at their own states for the same practice. The chances that any opportunity for woke was missed in Columbia, Maryland, for instance, seems unlikely to me. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2023-01-18 09:01 |
| #4 Only growing to sound more and more like an organized effort to discriminate against certain students of a certain racial backgrounds. Maybe?? To promote other racial background students? I have to wonder what was N.E.A.'s hand is in this mess. |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2023-01-18 09:01 |
| #3 Gummint out of the school bidness... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-01-18 07:25 |
| #2 /\ Won't make a difference. No, it certainly will not. And here is another example of the filth and poison being fed our young children. PASTE |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2023-01-18 06:43 |
| #1 New, all-Republican school boards there in the next election? Won't make a difference. This is too extensive in the 'professional educators' culture. We've already proved you can shut down the school system for a year and the world did not end. It's time to fire everyone (other than the janitors) and send recruitment teams to red country. Not going to happen cause those who are concerned do not want to acknowledge we're at war and take the drastic action that is necessary. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2023-01-18 06:39 |