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Why would a teacher need to take vacation days? No offense, but if you cant plan around the time you already have then maybe you should not be teaching. So what you have described is jealousy, not a problem with the superintendent. Also, a teacher taking off a day effects their classes performance. I don't care when the administrators take vacations, but I expect my child's teacher to be there every day.

No it isn't. I have worked jobs were perfect attendance is rewarded. Yes, I got perfect attendance even after taking my 15 vacation days during the year. So you were saying. Sick days and vacation days are totally different things.

Hiking mom,

Glad you don’t have a career in Human Resources. Vacation days are counted as perfect attendance, as with most professions. An absence is an absence. Perfect attendance is perfect attendance. A leader is a leader and leads by example. If a a teacher or principal or staff members takes an annual leave day, then it is a day absent from work and this counts against perfect attendance. Phyllis makes sure everyone takes their days and teachers cannot take a day without being docked a day of pay. My friend couldn’t take a day to be with her grandchildren. She does and then she goes in and sits there on Sundays or 3:00 in the morning to get away and takes perfect attendance. She can trade time. Teachers and assistants cannot. There are many people who take vacation days who don’t get perfect attendance. Join the working world. If you are there, you are present, if you are not. She has shamed this job and no one has respect for her or the board. She lies with ease. I am sure her daughter doesn’t report her days either. It is an absence if you are not at work.

The number is actually higher than 10 - 15% because any students that they can transfer to an alternative program like a GED program don’t show up on the drop out rate or ungraduated against the school system even if they don’t complete their degree.

"Every student in the NC Public School System graduates from high school prepared for work, further education and citizenship" --- ACS Website

Stupid, the high school has a psychologist on staff that counsels kids for all sorts of issues. But she is grossly over worked. And the booster club doesn’t pay for the entire athletic program. They don’t pay coaches salaries, they don’t pay fuel and travel expenses, they don’t pay maintenance costs for fields or gymns. They don’t even cover all the equipment costs. You can’t provide one proven benefit from school sponsored sports for students. Heels though on multiple times has provided case studies showing that they distract from academics and provide no benefit.

Maybe they should have put roof repairs for the Middle school in the budget.

Ficio- you are wrong.

There are EDUCATIONAL psychologists paid for with funds from DPI. Their job isn’t intervention - it’s EDUCATIONAL EVALUATION- they don’t touch the mental health aspect

The high school has the ASC Team - those are psychologists that provide interventions to kids and families - not sure the number on the team - but it’s ample size for our community- the school system pays for their services This has been in place for 5 years - so thanks to the previous administration. Before you start telling people where you think $ should go, maybe you should find out yourself

And canning the football program wouldn’t pay for any positions - Bc the booster clubs pays for all equipment, travel and officials - the board only pays for coaches. So go ahead aha take that $ (it’s not much ) and hire one extra tutor - that’s what you would get

Obviously the school board didn’t think having an ASC Team at the middle was important- or it would be there

And before you spout off about funds AGAIN and where it goes - take a look at the actual budget for the school system- there’s 2 million sitting in a fund balance- that’s not going to sports mental health

Mom - I didn’t say you did say Yates was interviewed. You have an inability to make connections with the patterns of employment.

No Hipp was not new to the high school - just like Yates is not new to the system

Just Bc Hipp has been an assistant at the high school doesn’t mean she’s qualified or ready to run the school - Just like having Yates in the central office for several decades makes her qualified to run the entire system.

Truth, please show me where I said Mrs. Yates was interviewed. I'm waiting. Okay I didn't your reading comprehension is lacking. The new principal is not new to the school. She was an assistant principal at the school before becoming the principal.

Hiking mom you are wrong

Yates was not interviewed for her job / she was appointed by the board and clearly not based upon qualifications

Hipp was not interviewed either - she was appointed by Yates - see the pattern/problem- she lacks qualifications - she’s never been a principal prior to her appointment

In fact - she interviewed for assistant principal positions within the county numerous times and was turned down

Troubled kids don’t play school sports. But psychologists do help keep them from killing themselves. School sponsored sports serve no measurable benefit to the students as a whole. But having mental health professionals does a huge amount. Probably if parkland FL had fired their football coach and hired a school psychologist, then several kids would still be alive.

Pep, you do realize vacation days do not count in your attendance right? I can still have perfect attendance and use my vacation days. Sports may help keep some children in shape, but those who need guidance go to school psychologists. They are getting help that they need. The new principal isn't new to the school. You do realize that to get those positions they have to be interviewed. It is not just Mrs. Yates that does the interviews either. Use your head and think.

What are school pyscholgists going to fix? Not sure why you think that. Athletics does help some kids and in your day, it helped you too.

I agree. Superintendent Yates does run the flag but how does that help kids. She doesn’t put students first.
Why would you put a brand new principal, two new assistant principals at your high school. Does everyone know that high school’s scores are only based on Math and English for freshman and sophomores? Scores will be terrible this coming year just as they were lowest in history last year as 24th? Did she brag about dropping to 24th? Nope.

Heard that Mrs Yates got perfect attendance and that it was published to staff last year. We all know that she takes weeks off to go on three to four vacations per year. If she can do this, can teachers. How does she claim perfect attendance when she clearly isn’t at work? Teachers work at home and on Saturdays. Can this count? I know teacher assistants that don’t have a 4 year degree to be a teacher. Why can’t they be a teacher? We have a superintendent that doesn’t have a degree and our board told us that she was interim. I want to be a teacher assistant and don’t have the degree. Can I apply? No difference?

I’ve already covered that. Focus on mental health of the students. Ashe has a serious issue with students being abused and neglected. There is also a huge problem with short sightedness from kids families in encouraging them to set their goals higher than working for Walmart. All come under the area of mental well-being.

I’m sure the Administration and the superintendent would like your input on how improve graduation rates - I’m actually interested in your ideas...

Now let’s talk about the athletes. First, throw out all the nonfootball or basketball athletes anyway. They don’t matter because no one cares but their family members. No one is showing up to watch college wrestling or golf. And even if they actually get a scholarship, theses scholarships are not full rides.

Now let’s talk about the football. None of the schools listed are anything that people care about watching on Saturday if they didn’t go there. But aside from that, football players rarely get a degree of any value. Then factor in the concussion issue. Every football player suffers multiple concussions. And we know without a doubt this affects their mental health. By the time it’s all done, they are harmed more than any gain from playing sports in school.

It’s just sad that people are more concerned with if the high school football team won on Friday night than about the number of kids the school psychologist is trying to daily talk down from killing themselves. You people have no idea how over worked the school psychologist is. If you had any sense at all you’d be demanding the football program be canned, the coaches be fired and 3 more school psychologists be hired to deal with the mental health of the children of the county.

Entrepreneurship is an actual degree at an actual acredited university? And I’d hate to think I wasted 4 years on college to raise cattle and start a landscaping business. I’ve known 12 y/o’s that started their own landscape businesses.

And the only reason students give a crap about a pep rally is it gets them out of class. Stop your whining.

And take a look at the Economically disadvantaged rates. Ashe is at 81.4.

My mistake, they are 328 out of 518.