Comments on: No More Alabama Kids Allowed In Florida Schools

By: studentss

studentss — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:43:42 +0000

All this stuff is pretty ridiclous if you ask me. People are fighting and arguing about things that can be ignored. What does it matter if Alabama kids come over to Florida schools anyway? Well i think we should just let this stupid conflict go and not worry about it!!!!!!!!!! if it a big deal like people make it to be let them worry about it! they obviously don’t have a kid in school.

By: Doglover

Doglover — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:24:56 +0000

Atmore schools have teachers just as good as the Florida schools. They are not the problem. The problem is the environment and by that I do not mean black kids. The kids come to school and they don’t care about their grades. Their parents usually act just as bad as the kids. According to them it is never their kids being bad. You can only do so much with what you have to work with!

By: ECHS Parent

ECHS Parent — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:42:15 +0000

I think that there are alot of problems with Esc Co, AL schools that need resolution. But, if you take time to pay attention, you would know that alot of them are being addressed. I have friends who “bootleg” their kids across the state line, I choose not to do so. I am proud to say I am a product of the Es Co, AL school system. I have 2 children that graduated in the top 10 of their class, with honors from ECHS. They are both successfully pursing a college degree. I also have students still attending ECHS. I also work for Es Co, AL school system (yes, I am posting during my planning period). I have friends that work for Es Co, AL and Es Co, FL school systems. No school is without it’s problems and if you think that they are, you need to get your head out of the sand. If you want to send your child to FL schools, that’s your choice…buy some land and build yourself a nice house or buy a trailer. Just move across the line and the problem is solved. The bottom line is, we’re griping about right and wrong and what’s best for our children. The people that live in Atmore and are illegally sending their children across the line to FL schools are doing wrong. It’s against the law! If you used the time it takes you everyday to transport your child to FL and volunteered at an Atmore school, maybe we wouldn’t be having this conversation. Running from a problem and manipulation of the system is never the answer. Let’s all try to be a cure and not a cause. Sadly we’re missing the point. The children are the most important thing. The downfall of any of our schools is ultimately the downfall of our community….whether you live in Atmore or Walnut Hill.

By: EA Mom

EA Mom — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:38:49 +0000

I am sending my kids to EA to escape the environment of the Atmore schools. Not the black population. When we go to ballgames we don’t worry about our kids running around and playing. We know everyone is watching out for all the kids. Not just their own. I would never let my child do that at an Atmore game. The only time I have heard of a problem at our football game is this year when some Northview kids came to the 1st game and booed our kids. And they were sitting on our side!

By: EA Mom

EA Mom — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:14:24 +0000

Tray,
Your commentary was very well written. You are an assest to ECHS . It also says alot for EA's academics since you went to school here until the 10th grade. So we must be doing something right!

By: EA Mom

EA Mom — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:21:54 +0000

Truthteller,
You said it all. We have had some problems these past couple of years but now we are back on track. I wish we could get back a couple of the kids that left us but the majority I don't.

By: Doglover

Doglover — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:16:01 +0000

I work in the Atmore schools and I see kids all the time coming to us because they can’t pass the FCAT. Alabama schools are behind FL schools. The Atmore parents defending the schools are in denial and don’t want to see it. I know a kid who went to Ernest Ward when he left ECMS and he did not like it because he actually had to do work! Can you believe that? They may him work! He lasted about a month and came back.

By: EA Mom

EA Mom — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:31:01 +0000

Concerned Fl Mom of 3, You hit it on the head. Most people can’t afford to buy 20 acres of land. I would be there in a heartbeat otherwise!.

By: EA Mom

EA Mom — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:24:08 +0000

Angela, If the Atmore schools are so great why did you move to Florida so that your child could go to school there? I talked to alot of Atmore teachers who had their children at other schools. The one thing I heard the most was “so I know that they are safe”. Just wondering.

By: Alabama Man

Alabama Man — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:24:14 +0000

Let me correct myself, would their attitude be the same toward Bratt/Ernest Ward as it would towards Carver/Century? No way.