Comments on: Where Are The Kids? A Look At The Numbers

By: concerned bratt parent

concerned bratt parent — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:22:38 +0000

I totally agree if the parents will back the teachers up. But when you have parents going to the school and jumping on the teachers and principle and saying my child doesn’t have to be disciplined it doesn’t work and I have seen that happen many times. I used to work in a school in Atmore and I am not just repeating heresay.

By: me

me — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:33:46 +0000

Not necessarily, concerned bratt parent. The administration and teachers at Ernest Ward will not put up with any disrespect from students. They demand respect and get it. It is a totally different environment than Carver. I know because I have had a child at each of the schools. I know Byrneville is the same and from the looks of it Bratt is too. They just need to keep doing things the same way and the new students will mostly fall in line and have a better educational opportunity because of it .

By: concerned bratt parent

concerned bratt parent — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 02:16:48 +0000

And now all of their discipline problems become Bratt and Ernest Ward’s. Two really great schools are about to become two schools with major problems!

By: Chuck

Chuck — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:34:35 +0000

I’d rather sandpaper a wildcat’s behind than sub at Carver. Those kids don’t want to learn, they want to run around crazy and be disruptive all day.

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:56:31 +0000

Century Girl, check the chart in the article. There is ONE child that was lured away by Brown Barge.

By: me

me — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:04:16 +0000

I agree with Former Carver Parent ,discipline is the problem. I went to Carver and it was a good school. I sent my oldest to Century Elementary and then Carver.It wasn’t the best school but it wasn’t as bad as it is now.Even back then in the elementary school the discipline was a joke(get in trouble, go to principal, lecture, candy bar drawer).I vowed never to send another of my children through that school system even if I had to home school them.I want what is best for my children’s education and Century/Carver isn’t it. One more thing. I was told to sub for a day if I even thought about sending my children there and then I would change my mind.So I say to all the people wanting to keep the school open, go sub for a day , you might just change your mind.

By: Former Carver Parent

Former Carver Parent — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:29:01 +0000

I was a supportive parent, speaking to the powers that be downtown on behalf of the school for further programs at Carver, for my child and others. A footnote to that would be that I had never been called down to the school for a disciplinary action with my child either.

By: Century girl

Century girl — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 23:31:37 +0000

One of the problems that I have when Mr. Malcom Thomas and the school board uses the number of students that are enrolled in Carver-Century -VS- the “potential” enrollment… is …that many of our students have been lured away or have been actively pursued by schools such as Brown-Barge because they are the “good performing students”. If the better performing students are stolen, so to speak, away…then not only does that affect the enrollment numbers but affects the average student grade. Then the community and parents are “beat-up” for lack of interest in the community school. All is not as we are being told. It is though we are being set-up for something that they’ve been wanting to do for along time.

By: concerned century parent

concerned century parent — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 16:32:23 +0000

I am a parent and a Century resident who was raised in Century and attended Century’s schools. My husband and I both attended college and now work full time jobs. Unfortunately I agree with Former Carver Parent. I am one of the parents who sent their child back to Carver/Century in support of the school and regretted that I made that decision. My child complains everyday about how she is being treated by other students and how she is not able to vocus or concentrate on the work during class. So I took off work one day just to see if it was really as bad as she was making it out to be. I spent the whole day in class with my child and it was the worst class situation I have ever seen. I spoke with the principal, who told me that he was working on the situation and that it will get better. I am sad to say that the situation has not gotten any better at all. If the children has no discipline, how can they be taught? That is the main problem at Carver/Century and instead of addressing the problems the Board whether close the school and send these same undisciplined children to other schools. I love my community and the children in this community. They are capable bright children who just need the right discipline and direction.

By: Casual Reader

Casual Reader — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 16:25:26 +0000

How can a reasonable person blame Mr. Thomas who has only been in office for two months for the ills of this school and community? Schools generally reflect the values and support of the surrounding community. The community abandoned sufficient support long ago. As long as the community continues to deteriorate the schools follow the same. The faculty/staff can only do so much. I wonder if “former carver parent” was a supportive helper at the school or just abandoned her local community school. Schools need supportive parents. It is obvious that Carver Century did not have sufficient support. Sad, but true.