Day: April 12, 2007

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Do Bearden High School and West perform the same?

No. So, does this mean my children’s college opportunities have been reduced? Data from SchoolMatters a service of Standard and Poor’s.

More info on Bearden and West.

 

Bearden High School 

 

West High School 

 

 

Student Proficiency on State Tests – 2005

      

 
Reading Proficiency (%)

 97.8  87.5 

 

Math Proficiency (%)

 94.1  82.6 

 

Reading and Math Proficiency (RaMP) (%)

 96.1  85.2 

 

Reading Proficiency by Subgroup (%) – 2005

 Bearden High School  West High School 

 

All Students

 97.8  87.5 

      

 

White

 98.3  89.2 

      

 
Black

 90.9  83.1 

      

 
Hispanic

 100.0  90.0 

      

 
Asian/Pacific Islander

 100.0  n.a. 

      

 

American Indian/Alaska Native

 n.a.  n.a. 

      

 

Multi-Racial

 n.a.  n.a. 

      

 

Female

 98.7  88.7 

      

 
Male

 97.1  86.3 

      

 
Economically Disadvantaged

 91.8  74.7 

      

 
Non-Disadvantaged

 98.5  95.9 

      

 

English Language Learners

 n.a.  n.a. 

      

 

Students with Disabilities

85.4  33.9 

      

 
Non-Disabled Students

 98.9  95.7 

      

 
Migrant

 n.a.  n.a. 

 
Math Proficiency by Subgroup (%) – 2005

 Bearden High School  West High School 

 
All Students

 94.1  82.6 

      

 
White

 94.4  85.5 

      

 

Black

 95.3  73.6 

      

 

Hispanic

 n.a.  n.a. 

      

 

Asian/Pacific Islander

 n.a.  n.a. 

      

 

American Indian/Alaska Native

 n.a.  n.a. 

      

 

Multi-Racial

 n.a.  n.a. 

      

 

Female

 94.1  83.1 

      

 

Male

 94.4  82.2 

      

 

Economically Disadvantaged

 87.8  63.2 

      

 

Non-Disadvantaged

 95.1  92.6 

      

 

English Language Learners

 n.a.  n.a. 

      

 

Students with Disabilities

 67.4  27.7 

      

 

Non-Disabled Students

 97.3  95.6 

      

 

Migrant

 n.a.  n.a. 

 
College Prep – 2005

 Bearden High School  West High School 

 

ACT – Average Score

 23.3  22.1 

 

ACT – Participation Rate (%)

 70.8  61.4 

 

Classroom Profile – 2004

 Bearden High School  West High School 

 

Enrollment

 1,911  1,339 

 

School Facts

 Bearden High School  West High School 

 

Address

 8352 Kingston Parkway  3326 Sutherland Avenue 

 

City or Town

 Knoxville  Knoxville 

 
County

 Knox  Knox 

 
District

 Knox County School District  Knox County School District 

 

Telephone Number

 (865)539-7800  (865)594-4477 

 

Urban Status

 Mid-Size City  Mid-Size City 

 

Grade Levels Served

 9-12  9-12 
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Rezoning unopposed: Why are we here?

As a reminder, if you do not have children, this decision by the school board could impact your property value. If you have young children, they will be in high school sooner than you think, and this rezoning will likely be a model for the middle school and elementary rezoning which will follow soon.

On Aug 3 2006, Sam Anderson ran unopposed for the School Board 1st District, Dan Murphy ran unopposed for the School Board 4th District, Thomas A Deakins beat H Lee Martin by 372 votes for the School Board 6th District, Rex Stooksbury ran unopposed for the School Board 7th District, and Robert Bratton ran unopposed for the School Board 9th District. I am not sure about the other districts.

According to two commenters on No Silence Here, at least one school board member’s neighborhood seemed to escape rezoning. (can anyone verify this? are there others?)

Isn’t it amazing that Karen Carson’s neighborhood and surrounding neighborhoods are no longer in the rezoning area????????? Hmmmmmmmmmmm. Gee, what a coincidence. [Source]

I noticed that Chairwoman Karen Carson’s neighborhood did not get rezoned to either Bearden or Hardin Valley even though the area is sandwiched between those being rezoned. Just curious if any school board members’ neighborhoods are being rezoned? [Source]

Are we, the people, being properly represented by our elected officials or have these elected officials found an easy way to serve their own best interests? Seems to me that if I had the foresight to want to greatly influence this rezoning that I should have simply run for the School Board. If the majority of the people do not want this rezoning approved and it happens anyway, then the democratic process is failing and we, the people, need to remove the elected officials from their duties and replace them with officials that will better represent the people’s wishes.

Now we beg the question, what does the majority want?