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Madison Park sinks in state rankings; now considered underperforming
By adamg on Wed, 12/09/2015 - 3:58pm
BPS officials reported today that state education officials have dropped Madison Park High School to the second-worst "accountability" results for 2015, which means the state considers it "underperforming."
But BPS officials says there's a glimmer of hope in the new Level 4 designation for the city's only vocational school:
Superintendent Chang said the district has been aware that Madison Park has long been underperforming and that placing the high school into Level 4 status could help galvanize a plan already in place to vastly improve the school.
"As we develop our future plans for Madison Park, we are thinking bolder and broader,” Dr. Chang said. "It's about expanding what is possible for our students, ranging from vocational fields to areas such as finance, healthcare, technology, and quality four-year colleges and universities."
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Right next door to Madison Park, the John D. O'Bryant School of Mathematics and Science stepped up a notch to Level 1, the highest possible ranking.
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A big factor in this is the
A big factor in this is the students cannot concentrate because of violence and murders nearby. Some of these kids are living in fear they're going to get shot, stabbed, etc., just by going to school. Don't tell me that doesn't have anything to with poor performance in school.
Um, yeah
That's why the downgraded the O'Bryant, too, right?
Funding improvements
While I think it is great that the city wants to look to the Burke as a model for potential improvements at Madison Park, how is the city going to deal with the funding challenge at both schools? The Burke used 1.7 million dollars in grants from the state and feds under the School Improvement Grants which is set to expire in 2016. First off, how is the Burke going to maintain all the changes they made with dramatically less funding in the coming years? Second, how is Madison Park going to be able to replicate changes in the same manner without any additional federal and state funding? Finally, why not look next door to the O'Bryant for assistance/lessons/best practices? While they are an exam school, there is no reason for Madison to not strive for the same level of success as one of the city's best leaders in learning.