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| LaGuardia HS principal is out | |
| Posted by: EasyToRemember 12:32 pm EDT 06/28/19 | |
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| She who (IIRC) censored their recent production of Sound of Music by removing/downplaying Nazi symbols/flags. | |
| Link | https://www.chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2019/06/24/laguardia-high-school-principal-is-out-amid-backlash-over-academic-push/ |
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| re: LaGuardia HS principal is out | |
| Posted by: robert_j 07:05 pm EDT 06/28/19 | |
| In reply to: LaGuardia HS principal is out - EasyToRemember 12:32 pm EDT 06/28/19 | |
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| I thought this was a pride month announcement. Guess not! | |
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| re: LaGuardia HS principal is out | |
| Posted by: ryhog 09:43 pm EDT 06/28/19 | |
| In reply to: re: LaGuardia HS principal is out - robert_j 07:05 pm EDT 06/28/19 | |
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| I did too | |
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| re: LaGuardia HS principal is out | |
| Posted by: Ncassidine 12:38 pm EDT 06/28/19 | |
| In reply to: LaGuardia HS principal is out - EasyToRemember 12:32 pm EDT 06/28/19 | |
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| FWIW, as the article makes clear, her ouster was centered around the fact that she "has been criticized for what students, faculty, parents, and alumni have described as a shifted focus to academics." | |
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| re: LaGuardia HS principal is out | |
| Last Edit: PlayWiz 03:12 pm EDT 06/28/19 | |
| Posted by: PlayWiz 03:04 pm EDT 06/28/19 | |
| In reply to: re: LaGuardia HS principal is out - Ncassidine 12:38 pm EDT 06/28/19 | |
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| She had been trying to change the criteria for people applying to the school so that they need a certain academic average to even be considered for admission. Historically, the quality of the audition or the portfolio for potential visual art majors was the critical and most important criteria for admission. As an alum, I think that should stand. We had such wonderful talented people from all over the city, from the poorest sections to some rich kids (who might otherwise have gone to private schools) who wanted to have a place to develop their artistic abilities. Academics were certainly given their due, and sometimes kids blossomed in them when being allowed to express themselves through their chosen artistic field. Otherwise, tutoring and different remedial classes might be offered to those who still struggled. Certainly honors and AP classes were offered, and I myself ended up graduating from an Ivy League school, and many others went on to college. But Ben Vereen himself said that he wouldn't have been admitted if he had to have a certain academic record back when he went. At LaGuardia, these were all kids who wanted to be in this school. So talent should be the most salient reason for admitting someone. If kids want to be there and deserve to be there based on their audition, they will seek out help and find a way to graduate. Bronx Science, Brooklyn Tech and Stuyvesant, among others are there chiefly for academics. LaGuardia, like those other schools, still has a very small percentage of acceptances, but its emphasis and atmosphere has always been different. | |
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| amen! | |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 09:30 pm EDT 06/28/19 | |
| In reply to: re: LaGuardia HS principal is out - PlayWiz 03:04 pm EDT 06/28/19 | |
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| The last thing the kids in this country need is a performing arts school where only the kids who have most thrived and succeeded in the non-creative school system can gain admittance. | |
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| Posted by: summertheater 11:45 pm EDT 06/28/19 | |
| In reply to: amen! - Chazwaza 09:30 pm EDT 06/28/19 | |
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| What horror that she wanted performing arts students to have a well rounded education. I'd want employers to know my degree was actually worth something. | |
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