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Sound Off: Why do the four middle schools each have their own unique honor roll systems instead of a uniform honor roll system applicable to all of them?
Kim Bodensteiner, Lawrence school district’s chief academic officer, provided this information: “For many years, each junior high school established its own criteria for honor roll. During our planning last spring, the middle school principals agreed that this site-based practice would continue as we moved to the middle school configuration.”
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Comments
Did_I_say_that 1 year, 3 months ago
Because it has always been that way, and we are not changing it.
EPIC FAIL
punkrockmom 1 year, 3 months ago
I've always wondered that as well. It's the same school district, should be the same grades.
songbird 1 year, 3 months ago
Heck, grades are calculated differently WITHIN each middle school due to standards based grading. 6th graders only get letter grades in core classes so honor roll achievement must be calculated differently for 6th graders compared to 7th and 8th graders. Talk about complicated!!
Deb Engstrom 1 year, 3 months ago
I'm not a big fan of an honor roll anyway. They need to have a category that says, "working very hard, doing the best they can -- even though they might get a C or D."
rtwngr 1 year, 3 months ago
Sure, Deb, we can't have any winners or losers only "working very hard" or really trying. As we all know, it doesn't matter in life whether we are getting results its only important to understand that we are "trying." This attitude has a lot to do with the problems in our society.
parrothead8 1 year, 3 months ago
So does your attitude.
Paul R. Getto 1 year, 3 months ago
Good point. If more than 10% are on the 'honor' roll, it isn't much of an 'honor' is it? There are lots of ways to recognize students for achievement, and improved achievement no matter where they start their journey. In many schools 30-50% of the student body earns these honors. If I had my way, I'd dump grades and work on seeing that students meet the required standards at a high level, and have them prove their skills over and over.
KRichards 1 year, 3 months ago
Anyone who puts an honor roll bumper sticker on their car deserves to get made fun of and laughed at until it is removed.
dancemomx2 1 year, 3 months ago
Laugh all you want, KRichards, I will be putting one on my van. My daughter worked hard for the grades she has, no matter what you or anyone else thinks. By putting the sticker on my van window, shows my daughter how very proud of her we are. Laughing and smiling is what more people need to do:)
dancemomx2 1 year, 3 months ago
Laugh all you want, KRichards, I will be putting one on my van. My daughter worked hard for the grades she has, no matter what you or anyone else thinks. By putting the sticker on my van window, shows my daughter how very proud of her we are. Laughing and smiling is what more people need to do:)
PennyBrite 1 year, 3 months ago
Do all 4 middle schools have honor roll bumper stickers? Someone mentioned that only some of the schools had them......
Did_I_say_that 1 year, 3 months ago
Then there is this bumper sticker for the not-brainy, but brawny students:
"My Child Beat Up Your Honor Roll Student"
http://tinyurl.com/78435p8
dancemomx2 1 year, 3 months ago
Didn't mean to post it twice.........irritates me when it happens.
dancemomx2 1 year, 3 months ago
Nope.....sure did not. Thanks:)
rtwngr 1 year, 3 months ago
I had one child that made it a couple of times and one child that was always on it. In the overall scheme of things it is irrelevant at that level but it is wonderful recognition for "achievement". We should reward achievers.
wissmo 1 year, 3 months ago
things it is irrelevant at that level
huh?
superswagg56 1 year, 3 months ago
Who decides about the questions that are answered on this forum? I have been reading this since it began running and I can count the number of intelligent questions answered here on 1 hand and have fingers left. "Sound Off" is a tremendous waste of time and space!!
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