The Destruction of Urban America During A Domestic Pandemic

The Destruction of Urban America During A Domestic Pandemic

Atlanta School Children in A Crisis

Atlanta was in one of the worst crisis in history when the snow feel last week keeping millions on the freeway and students trapped in schools. Many were in shock to see the city in such a bad state of emergency. The Mayor Kasim Reed and Governor Deal both held press conferences to explain the madness going on with the winter storm crisis in Atlanta. A lot of our students were help captive inside the schools as a result of not being able to put buses on the road.


Children trapped in schools and on buses in rare Atlanta snow storm ...
http://wgntv.com Wed, 29 Jan 2014 14:28:34 GMT
Thousands of students were stranded overnight in schools after a rare winter storm hit the deep south. In Atlanta, schools closed early Tuesday but slippery roads created massive traffic jams and it took hours to get some kids ...
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The Great Atlanta Snow Storm: Who Is to Blame? - Patheos
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The snow arrived mid-day so that most people were already at work or school when it became obvious the storm would bring more snow than expected. As we left our lunch at The Forum in Norcross around 2 PM, all the ...
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Budget Shortfall

How is that every school system in the state of Georgia seems to have a budget shortfall ? Or maybe every school system in the Atlanta Metro Counties seems to be short of their budget. I was watching on the news where Clayton County is 50million dollars short. Clayton will have to furlo teachers, and get jobs inorder to get the budget back on track.

I often wonder who was keeping the books when they just noticed the school budget problems. I really think the school systems across Georgia is in a real crisis, and needs help fast before more school school closings occur. Dekalb County Schools are closing a number of elementary schools next year due to the budget crisis.
Parents are really upset about the set back to kids eduction and the redistricting that will come as a result of Dekalb County shutting down certain schools in their area.

Clayton County school employees furloughed Atlanta News Hub

The school board had floated a number of controversial plans to deal with its looming budget crisis, including a proposal asking employees to refund a bonus they were given at the end of last year. The bonus was paid for with economic ...

Publish Date: 04/18/2011 18:45

http://www.atlantanewshub.com/local/clayton-county-school-employees-furloughed/

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Certification Issues

Image by Colette Cassinelli via Flickr When teachers graduate from college they are required to get state certification. School systems have a good number of jobs for new graduates, but getting certified is a big issues for most new hirer. I think the certification is a big waste of time because it doesn't assure whether you are a good teacher or not. Cerification has hindered many teachers ability to get a job. I took the teacher certification test five times before I passed the test. Certification in my opinion is a real problem that is keep good teachers from working.

Online Teacher Certification Announced At CUE 2011 – Leading Edge ...

iNACOL standards are the basis for the curriculum, and participants will create an online portfolio to demonstrate completion of certification requirements. Future certifications will focus on classroom/hybrid teachers, .... and there are about a dozen or so now that have a specific focus on K-12 online learning. If a teacher or administrator in Georgia were to go this route, they would be able to add an online teaching endorsement to their official teacher certification. ...

Publish Date: 03/24/2011 15:18

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What's the argument for becoming a computer science teacher ...

Because CS is typically the odd man out, issues with state certification requirements (if any) and involving CS faculty have been the barriers after interest has been established. Do you imagine that other STEM disciplines at GA Tech would be ... “Although Georgia Tech does not offer any programs that provide teacher certification, a Tech education at the undergraduate or graduate level is excellent preparation for students planning on careers as K-12 educators.”> ...

Publish Date: 02/07/2011 9:08

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Teacher Conduct

Image via Wikipedia Teacher conduct in the schools can be questionable ! I know if a teacher who worked in a school and was doing a quality job, until the administration decided they didn't want him working at the school. The Teacher asked and sought answers, but on one had a real answer about his performance etc. After talking to the principal, and not getting clear answers, he can to the conclusion that's its more about his character being on the attack than it is about the education and discipline of the children.

Some times a person can be a little to real that it poses a threat to the educational stability of the other teachers. Many teachers may have old values and philosophies that they guarded, and the new generation of teachers may threaten that way of thinking. Student's recognize the truth in people when adults may not. To all the teachers across America, who are having problems inside the school system with the administration and staff personnel stay focused better days are coming.

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Politics of Education

Image via Wikipedia The Public School System in Atlanta is having its fair share of problems. Students in the school system seem to be getting less attention due to the politics of education. Atlanta school system has so many factors on the table about how the students should be getting educated that its affecting the students education.

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Unfilled Jobs

Image via Wikipedia As the school year progress on many teachers leave their positions due to stress, over crowed classes, and the work load being to much. The public school system seems to be getting worst with over crowded classrooms and less teachers to fill the positions. The board of education in most school system seem to have created a problem by not offering competitive packages that would make a teacher want to stay in the profession. The annual salary is not that great when it comes to the work load that most educators have to deal with.

Substitute Money

Image via Wikipedia I have worked in the Atlanta Public School system for quite some time as a substitute. The substitute game has had its good days, and bad days, but the number one problem I think is the substitute money that most subs are being paid at this moment. Now, Atlanta Public Schools used to pay really good money a 175.00 dollars a day, which was great pay for a certified susbtitue teacher who still wanted to be in the profession without being in the politics of education.

I think Atlanta Public Schools has really messed up there budget money, and now they are taking it out on the subs by reducing the substitute money. The school system is now paying them somewhere between 10.00-12.00 and hour and thats not enough when your dealing problems inside the classroom as a regulgar teacher. I think that the substitue is just as valuable as the teacher to the clas and APS needs to really look at increasing the substitute money they are paying the subs for an honest days work.

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Atlanta Public School Accredation

Image via Wikipedia Atlanta public has been in the news everyday regarding the school being put on probation. Atlanta Public School was caught cheating on Standardized Testing at certain schools that the Governor Sunny Purdue had to step in and send a team down for the misconduct of the school system. A team from SACS came into invesitagate the schools alleged charges about cheating on the CRCT. The SACS team has placed Atlanta Public School System on probation so that it won't lose its accredation. Many parents, teachers, and school board members are really upset about the how SACS is handeling this investigation.

Concerned Black Clergy Press Conference Atlanta Public School

WSB News Clergy: CRCT Investigation is a Witch Hunt By Jay Black @ December 7, 2010 3:42 AM By Chris Chandler WSB Radio (WSB Radio) -- A group of black clergy says the CRCT cheating scandal is a witch hunt against Georgia's black teachers. About two-...

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Winter Snow make up days

The Winter Snow Storm has finally left the southeast. Atlanta and surrounding Metro Counties school system are being asked when will schools make up snow days. The last week has really been a huge problem for Atlanta and the Metro Counties cause of the ice. Ice has really been the big problem with the roads. The DOT( Department of Transportation) had a tough time clearing the roads and putting salt down to melt the snow and ice.

North & South Carolina & Georgia NOT Observing Martin Luther King Day To Make Up School Snow Days

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Metro Schools Working To Reschedule Snow Days - WSB News on ...

(WSB Radio) -- For the first time in recent memory, metro Atlanta schools have been forced to cancel classes for an entire week because of the snow and ice that hit Sunday night. But the snow may be long gone before school districts can figure out where to reschedule this lost week. The state allows each school system four scheduled make-up days per year. Districts will have to make up this week, plus many lost another snow day when classes were canceled December 16 ...

Parents Involvement with Menu

Image via Wikipedia School Menus should have parental involvement. The school dietary system that creates menu's for the kids in the public school system is poor and needs some reviewing. I think that it would be good for parents to get involved in creating a school menu with in the school budget.

Parents should sit down with the school board and the cafe staff and create new menus that will be healthy for the kids.

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Serving Food with A Smile

Attitudes inside the school system is a huge problem. The caferteria staff always seems to have an attitude when serving the students and teachers inside the Atlanta Public School District. Low wage paying jobs seem to keep people in low spirits. When the staff cooks food for the students, the energy you give off goes into the food and along with the bad attitudes.
Many people who work inside the public school servicing industry are not making alot of money. The attitudes they give off when providing customer service is poor. I think that if the staff needs training on how to serve people with a pleasing personality.

Why is Pizza Always on The Menu

Why is pizza always on the school menu? Every school I have attended pizza was always on the school menu. Cheese and bread is the worst thing you could feed these kids. Students already have a poor diet and addingcheese and bread to menu like pizza is not good either.

Effects of Junk Food Pizza On My Mind And Body

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Processed Food

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Processed food is killing are babies inside the public school system. Process foods like cheese, bread, milk, and meat really bad on the kids diet. Kids are being feed alot of food that is bad on their body. Eating these types of process foods also effects the learning of the student. Students are being feed food that is really not healthy for them.

The school board really needs to take a serious look at the food being feed to our children. An increase budget for school menus need to be taken into consideration. Junk food along with process foods are a large part of the school diet.

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Water Should Be Part of The Lunch Menu

Image via Wikipedia Kids who eat school lunches are feed the worst food. Process cheese, milk, and bread are among the food that is given to the children at most elementary, middle, and high schools. I think with all that stuff being feed that the children need to have a large intake of fresh clean pure water added to the menu so that they can clean their systems out from eating all the wrong stuff.

The body needs to be able to needs to be flushed out in order for it to operate correctly.
Water is the key to making all that stuff happen and keeping children regular with having constant bowl movements and releasing all the toxins from the skin. W

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The Effects of Sugar on Kids Learning

Does sugar effect a childs ability to learn? Many people have no clue what sugar does to a person's ability to learn. If you are a Teacher you many kids come into class with sweets, sodas, and junk food. Sugar creates a rush to the blood stream and then a rush to the brain which causes a child to be hyper, or over active. Its hard for learning to take place inside the classroom when a student brain has just been hit with a rush of glucose to the brain. Focusing on assignments are hard when you are juiced up on drugs . Sugar is a good in small amounts but not like most kids get it a very large dose. Learning is a problem when sugar comes into the classroom.

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School Luch Reform

Image via Wikipedia School lunches are the worst. I have noticed that the menu they serve to the kids is filled with process cheese, white riand a host of other bad food items.

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Wave goodbye to processed chicken nuggets, soggy french fries, and sugary drinks in cafeterias. School lunches are about to get a much-needed overhaul. In a big win yesterday for sustainable foodie... Read more of this post, Victory!

Why School Lunch Reform Must Pass This Week Sustainable Food ...

UPDATE 12/02/10: The House voted in favor of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, ushering in school lunch reform. The move came after more than 15000 Change.org members signed a petition supporting... Read more of this post, Why School ...

School Lunch Reform – Our second meeting What's Cooking With Kids

As we walked into our second school lunch advisory meeting last night, we were met with trays of breakfast items that are currently being served in our school district. In my eagerness to capture our entire journey of school food reform ...

Atlanta Public May Loose Its Accreditation

Image by Getty Images via @daylife Atlanta Public Schools is under firer for its handling of test. A recent news cast showed that Atlanta Board of Education may loose its accreditation's and board members may be fired for lack of job performance. The Governor Mr. Nathan Deal has taken off from where Governor Sunny Barnes left off. Governor Deal is ready to bring in the state board in to firer board members if the Atlanta Board of Education can't fix its problem. Mayor Kasim Reed believe that he is taking the right steps to keep Atlanta Board of Education from losing its accreditation's.

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School Hostage Crisis

High School hostage crisis has shown its ugly head again. Students were held hostage by a fifteen year old student who ended up hurting a few others and took his own life. Many said that the student didn't want to hurt anyone ,but some how lost his cool during the ordeal.

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Is Social Media Dumbing Down Our Kids

Image via Wikipedia Have you ever noticed how when you meet a young teenager they seem not to get what you are talking about? I have noticed that every since Social Media became popular the students are getting dumber and dumber. For example, text messaging is broken up with letters and numbers that don't even make sense. You never get someone who can type a complete sentence or even communicate in the right manner. I have noticed that sites like Twitter and Facebook have made education second priority, because the youth seem to have lost the basic skills of writing and critical thinking.

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