Comments on: Century To Join Activist Group To Seek Court Injunction To Stop Carver/Century Closure

By: N.I.M.B.Y

N.I.M.B.Y — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 01:42:35 +0000

How could they….facts are well, facts.

By: Concerned

Concerned — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 01:38:53 +0000

I see no one took me up on the FACTS!!!

By: Granny

Granny — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:29:13 +0000

isn’t this a little like writing a check when there’s no money in the accout?

By: bama54

bama54 — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:06:14 +0000

I did have the time to read all the comments, but let us reverse the situaton. Let move children and teachers from the Molino Park to Century. Making Molino Park a high school (10-12). It always looks good if it does not affect you, but if the school board tried to reverse the situation, you would have a massive uproar. JUST PUT YOURSELF IN THE CENTURY SHOES AND WALK A LITTLE.

By: Concerned

Concerned — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:28:20 +0000

For do you have all the facts?

Lets talk about facts……Carver did not meet one not even one AYP benchmark on the report card for Math or Reading Prof.

Ernest Ward met every single AYP benchmark except for one (Student’s with disabilities in Math)

Go see for your self at http://schoolgrades.fldoe.org/default.asp (cut and paste the address) and click on AYP, then Escambia County, then the year, then the school name and CLICK and you will see.

Put you “facts” where the fact are!!! And I do not have kids in the system but you could bet if I did I would not want them around people like you!!!

By: E.M.D.

E.M.D. — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:10:20 +0000

If a seed’s not producing, try putting it in good soil.

First plow a straight row, looking straight ahead. The row won’t be straight if you keep looking back.

Speak life to the seed. Water it with encouragement.

Whatever your mind and heart is full of, is what you will speak, so dwell on the good, the true and the lovely.

When the harvest comes in, so will even more good seed. One day that seed may come back from where it was taken and bring a harvest home.

By: Ole' Willie

Ole' Willie — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:32:52 +0000

The town of Century has no tax basis for it’s existance. With all the fighting going on at it’s council meetings ,they need a new sign for city hall : “Hysterical District”
How can they dare question the District’s findings when they can’t even agree on some old persons water bill?

By: Former Carver Parent

Former Carver Parent — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:03:24 +0000

In response to: Do you have ALL the facts?

Don’t fret the school board is looking at closing other schools too. By the way, the new building at Carver-Century is no longer “new,” only newer. Due to vandalism and other problems in the so called “new” building’s boy’s bathroom, the door was removed in an effort to stem the flood of incidents that occurred in there. This is not an implied assumption for Carver-Century – it’s a fact that’s verifiable by people who attended open house. It has been a while since this occurred and maybe the door has been put back, but I doubt it.

By: Do you have ALL the facts?

Do you have ALL the facts? — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:57:22 +0000

Molino Park Parent… Please do not misunderstand. In NO way am I implicating that Molino Park is a bad school. Nor am I implying that EWMS is bad either. However, many who imply that Century is really don’t know much about it. I would like to ask that you do not make those assumptions.

I am pleased to hear that the building is being utilized. But there is about to be a new building that will be sitting empty. That IS a waste of tax payer money. I don’t believe that I commented on the extensive bus ride. However, I think you will agree that a one mile ride in Pensacola is more cost effective than a fifteen mile ride.

By: Former Molino Park Parent

Former Molino Park Parent — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:43:34 +0000

ALL the facts………You need to get your facts straight to….

There are no empty buildings at Molino Park, No waste of tax payers money there……Great school!!!!! The school has grown so much that the wing that was supposed to be for the middle school now has elementary students in it and has for years. I had two children go through that school and are now at Ernest Ward….Great school also!!!!!

I truly hate it for Century but the writing has been on the wall for years….as for the long bus ride…..give me a break…..I went to school in a rural area of Louisiana and rode the bus for over and hour to school and an hour back home from my middle school and I promise it did not any any way harm me. In fact, the bus ride was often the best part of the day!!!!!

It’s time for tough decisions to be made and we need to accept them and make it a positive experince for all of our children!!! My children love Ernest Ward and so will all of the students that come from Century if the parents would get behind this and stop being so negative!!!