Two A's, two B's
In our rush to bring you the latest school grades Tuesday, we forgot to mention what grades our districts got: A’s for Pasco and Hernando, B’s for Pinellas and Hillsborough.
Statewide, 32 districts earned A's, 25 got B's, eight got C's and two (Jefferson and Madison, both rural and snuggled up on the Georgia border) got D's.
Among the other Big 7 urban districts, Broward, Palm Beach and Orange got A's and Duval and Miami-Dade got B's. Click here to see more.
Ron Matus, Times staff writer
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Wow..for the first time in 10 years, Pasco's grade is an A compared to Pinellas'/Hills. B's....Miracles do happen.
Posted by: pascosmovingahead | July 09, 2008 at 11:19 AM
How do they calculate the District's grade? When I add up the numbers and divide by the number of schools for the GPA i get 3.1527 which averages to a B at best!
Posted by: Public Ed | July 09, 2008 at 12:40 PM
getting to the district grade isn't so simple as adding up the school grades and dividing. They actually use the student scores as if the district were one big school and then look at the achievement as a whole.
Posted by: Jeff Solochek | July 09, 2008 at 12:47 PM
wow then. parents and the public really need to shut up then! As and Bs? what's wrong with that? ohhhhh, the schools are soooo horrible! stuff it already!
Posted by: take that | July 09, 2008 at 01:33 PM
Heaven help us. We're an "A" school. Now the infighting begins... Who gets the money? Teachers? Custodians? Clerical Staff? Cafeteria Workers? Bus Drivers? More for some, less for others? Equal among all? What about different tax brackets? Cafeteria workers will wind up with more than teachers due to withholding. Morale is about to take a nose dive. Thank you Legislature for your vagueness.
Posted by: An "A" Teacher | July 10, 2008 at 02:06 PM
"A" teacher, the Legislature is getting exactly what they wanted. It appears to reward performance. If we choose to spend the money on 'stuff' for the school, we must be happy with our compensation since we're turning down a 'raise'. If we choose to keep the money as bonuses, we're greedy and don't care about the kids, and then we get to rip our schools apart in deciding how to divvy up the pittance.
Posted by: patcon | July 10, 2008 at 04:02 PM
It is a cold, calculated move designed to rip our schools apart and ruin public education, so the Jeb!-cronies can point to the failing public education system and steer public monies to their corporate (albit "non-profit") buddies.
Posted by: An "A" Teacher | July 10, 2008 at 04:29 PM
It is all a crock...Did anyone really think grades around the Nation would go down in an election year, where the president is not up for re-election? Come on folks...he has to make himself look like it is working. This plan is his stepchild after all! What he spent 8 years reforming education to see lowered performance?
Posted by: David | July 10, 2008 at 10:18 PM