{"id":5020,"date":"2009-08-15T14:40:37","date_gmt":"2009-08-15T18:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=5020"},"modified":"2009-08-15T14:40:37","modified_gmt":"2009-08-15T18:40:37","slug":"oc-those-45-damn-kids-with-disabilities-its-their-fault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2009\/08\/15\/oc-those-45-damn-kids-with-disabilities-its-their-fault\/","title":{"rendered":"OC: Those 45 damn kids with disabilities. It’s their fault!"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’d have gotten away with it if it hadn’t been for those 45 disabled meddling kids! Paul Stapleton, you’re an ass.<\/p>\n

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So the Halifax County High School missed making AYP (Adequate Yearly Progress) because of the math SOL. So who does HCPS superintendent Paul Stapleton blame for that failure?<\/p>\n

From a quote published in the Gazette-Virginian<\/a>…<\/p>\n

\u201cIt only took the scores of 45 students with disabilities to pull down the entire school and keep it from making AYP\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There you go, Paul. Blame the bottom 45 scores on students with disabilities. Hey, it’s only 45 anonymous students who don’t give a damn about math, eh? Everybody knows that kids with disabilities are stupid on math tests. They’ve got to be those 45 scores that sunk your precious high school’s scores below the passing line!<\/p>\n

Hey, Paul? William Fleming High School thinks like you do<\/a>! They made sure that they knew which students were going to screw up their SOL scores and they um… “got rid” of them. Too bad they got caught.<\/p>\n

Your school system (you know, the one that you’re in charge of?) was the cause of your school system not making AYP. How’s that for a fact? Deal with it.<\/p>\n

Instead of you standing up and taking the responsibility for the slight failure and promising to work harder next year, you pointed the finger at 45 students. Classy.<\/p>\n

Paul Stapleton, you’re a coward. You’re a jerk. You’re an ass. Halifax County deserves a sincere apology for that quote of yours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We’d have gotten away with it if it hadn’t been for those 45 disabled meddling kids! Paul Stapleton, you’re an ass.<\/p>\n

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