{"id":14532,"date":"2015-11-17T13:21:28","date_gmt":"2015-11-17T18:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=14532"},"modified":"2015-11-17T13:56:26","modified_gmt":"2015-11-17T18:56:26","slug":"are-danville-public-schools-really-this-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2015\/11\/17\/are-danville-public-schools-really-this-bad\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Danville Public Schools really this bad?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today’s letter to the editor in the Danville Register & Bee paints George Washington High School as an anarchic catastrophe with uncaring teachers and rampant cheating & discipline problems. Sadly, social media is already buzzing today with people condemning the school system for all of this.<\/p>\n

I’m asking that we all hit the brakes a little before immediately jumping to the conclusion that GWHS is today’s version of Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.<\/p>\n

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Let’s get it started with the above referenced letter to the editor (Register & Bee article, paywall may apply unless you break through it).<\/p>\n

Through the eyes of a GW senior<\/a><\/h4>\n

I want to make it clear that I am not immediately rejecting the author’s opinion and stories. I am also not giving them instant full credibility. The writer is putting her side of the story out there and there are multiple sides to this issue.<\/p>\n

I know a lot of Danville Public Schools teachers. None of the ones that I know would be as submissive as the teachers described in the opinion piece. I’m quite confident to believe that there are discipline and other issues inside GWHS, just like there are in every other schools. Do they rise to the level presented in this letter? I have no idea of the answer to this question and very few other people do either. That’s not stopping today’s onslaught of attacks against the school system, the teachers and the administration.<\/p>\n

Here’s what I do know. Very few people attend Danville School Board meetings unless they have a specific need to do so. The public comment section of every school board meeting has never had a parent (or citizen) bring up any of these issues noted in the letter. Today, I’ve read and heard people saying “This has been the way it’s been for many years now”. My response to that is “If that’s so, then why hasn’t anything been done about it? Why hasn’t anybody said anything about it publicly?”<\/p>\n

If the answer to my questions is “fear of reprisal”, that doesn’t cut it with me. If people truly care about the school system and the educational process, it’s way past time to get these issues out to the public. If that’s what Jazzmyne Humphries’ letter accomplishes, that’s perfect. It’s a damn shame that a student has to be the one who yells that the emperor has no clothes on.<\/p>\n

But as for now, let’s all slow down some. Let’s allow the time for the school system to address these concerns and do that publicly. If 13 out of 20 students are willfully cheating on a test and the teacher allows that, that teacher needs to be immediately pulled into the office and handled in the appropriate manner. If the school’s administration is not doing their job properly, then it’s time for yet another administration change at the school. But once again, let’s take the time needed to fully investigate what is truly going on. Let’s all be vigilant and demand full disclosure of what is found out, though. Anything less would have the stench of a coverup.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, some people are instantly believing that 100% of this letter is absolutely true without taking the time to find out any of the other sides of the issues. Jumping to conclusions like what’s happening now is massively unfair to the school system and to the teachers (and all other school personnel) who devote their life to the education of the children. We’re all stakeholders in the Danville Public School system even if we don’t have children in the schools. Let’s all be responsible stakeholders.<\/p>\n

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