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Center Point Elementary School Principal Laura Rose says she was told to "dream big" when the federal programs director from Jefferson County's Board of Education told her she had thousands of federal dollars to spend on school improvement. Rose decided to use part of the money on a 4 week Summer Academy.
About 60 students are participating in the program this summer. Rose says it allows students to, "learn those basic skills they may have missed or they may just need a good review before we begin the next school year. They need those opportunities to keep reading and practicing their math skills." Each class day starts at 8 a.m. and ends at 1 p.m. Students get two hours of reading instruction and one hour of math lessons every day. The school also provides two meals and a snack and transportation to and from campus.
This year's camp is a pilot program. If it's successful, school officials hope to expand it next summer by offering it to more students and extending the length from 4 weeks to 6 or 8 weeks. Rose says, "I know parents are busy they have jobs and things they have to tend to and can't always provide everything a child may need during the summer, so to get our kids back up here and see their faces and get those big hugs and see the light bulbs go off during the summer is a wonderful thing. That's why I do what I do."
Now, no one from Center Point or the Birmingham City School system talked about the kids from Mountain Brook that went to Aruba and got sloppy drunk WITH chaperones! No one from Center Point or BCS mentioned anything about how a lot of the kids in your area are secretly huffing, using meth and popping pills! So if Center Point schools need metal detectors and armed guards, Mountain Brook, Hoover, Vestavia and so on needs breathalizers and drug testing!
The only difference and between the Suburbs and the Birmingham city is money, or the lack thereof. Out of control children come in all colors, in all money brackets...all forms.
A physician on crack is no different than Frank in the alley on crack. THEY BOTH NEED HELP.
The definition of ignorance is unlearned. So please don't continue to be ignorant.
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