Comments on: Carver/Century K-8 School To Close; Students To Bratt, Ernest Ward

By: ashley

ashley — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:52:24 +0000

Just a thought… Why not close both schools (ewms and cms) and re-build across from NHS. I believe the district owns that land. Then all 3 schools would be together and all would have rather new buildings. They could SALE ( not rent) the other two buildings and use some of that money for the new building. It would also compromise on the long bus ride that cms will have to make. I know this will never happen but I like the idea anyways

By: katelyn zisa

katelyn zisa — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:01:59 +0000

I have attended both carver and now attending ewms…… ewms and carver should be joined just not at ernest ward theres barley enough room as it is in ewms,if you find another locatoin to put the conjoined schools in then it wouldnt be a problem the choice the adults are making dosent effect them it effects us so be careful on the desicion you make!!! Please for the students future.

By: taxpayer#2

taxpayer#2 — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:54:53 +0000

To ‘ME’, if they close EWMS down and bus their students to Century, they should still be able to receive the same education at Carver/Century since you would have the same faculty and administration and since you said it wouldn’t matter if your child were taught sitting under a tree, then it really shoudn’t matter about closing Ernest Ward, because if it’s not enough room to accomodate, there are plenty of trees!!! And another thing, those numbers that Mr. Thomas are throwing out about the number of elementary and middle school students in the Century area, they include children who have always gone to other schools, even though they were in the district to attend the Century schools, (when it was Century Elementary, Carver Middle and Centruy High), their parents always chose to send them to Bratt and Ernest Ward. So those numbers are not as accurate as he would have you believe!!!

By: Alicia Keys

Alicia Keys — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:48:34 +0000

You should not close Carver/Century k-8 because we love this school.

By: Seriously?

Seriously? — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 03:28:33 +0000

Okay, I understand that people are fired up about this, I really do…and I wasn’t going to say anything until I read the comments about students “learning nothing” at Carver. Carver has GREAT teachers that really care about their students and spend a lot of their time and their own money to give these kids at school what a lot of them don’t get at home. I think that everyone needs to stop bashing the teachers, it isn’t all up to the teachers…if it isn’t getting reinforced at home, especially at this level of education, then it doesn’t matter how great of a teacher you are. To say that Ernest Ward has better teachers than Carver is absurd.

By: Charles King

Charles King — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 15:45:42 +0000

Do not close Carver/Century!!!
Eliminate the five(5) Assistant Superintendent , and especially the one (1) Associate Superintendent positions.
I believe their combined Salaries, Perks, Retirement, etc, and that of their support Secretaries and Clerks is approximately $$$ONE MILLION DOLLARS!
When running for office, Mr. Thomas promised to eliminate excessive Supervisory Personnel! Has he a short memory???

By: ashley

ashley — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 02:57:01 +0000

I do not agree with sticking kids in a portable. The heating and A/C units are normally sub-par compared to actual school buildings. Plus, during bad weather children have to come in to the main building to attend class, which is disruptive to the kids. Portables should be a last resort answer in an emergency situation, not the solution to eliminating a perfectly sound building. Just an after-thought….. Wouldn’t the electric bill for the portables be higher since the buildings can not be nearly as insulated as a building with a foundation?!?.

By: me

me — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:26:25 +0000

I have never attended a school without a portable.EWMS is using them now and a few more wouldn’t matter. Personally, I would rather my child sit under a tree with great teachers and an environment set for learning than have them in a “good” building and learn nothing.

By: truthteller

truthteller — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:30:15 +0000

It’s amazing how complacent we have all become with whatever our local government decides to impose on us. Portables are ok because they were ok 20 years ago? Come on! It’s ok that our tax dollars are funding out of state students that return little to nothing to the local school system? I am the last one that wants a child harmed or denied an opportunity, but we should abide by the rules as they are, it’s just the right thing to do. With the amount of money the school system is wasting, and the students that shouldn’t be here, there shouldn’t be any portables. We should expect more out of our government.

By: Jay

Jay — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:17:43 +0000

Look at page 4 of Mr. Thomas’s information. I found it interesting that Carver didn’t actually earn a “B” last year on the FCAT… The “B” that was “given” to Carver was the district’s FCAT average. The real numbers indicate that Carver actually earned a “D.” The public should not have been misled by the “B” when the grades were made public last summer and the “B” needs to be marked with an asterisk and explanation.