The Chalkboard
Green talks busing, bad kids and AP enrollment
Superintendent Mo Green met with Gibsonville residents last night for another of his listen and learn, town hall meetings. The usual suspects came up for discussion; busing, discipline and AP course enrollments.
Many of these issues are complaints held over from the Grier years — and we know where most of you stand on that. Green said he is looking at all these issues but for the most part supported the key components.
While he said forcing kids into AP courses was wrong — a claim one parent made of the former administration at Eastern High School — Green added that he thinks AP courses should be a goal for students to work toward and the system should try to get as many students in those classes as possible. It's a matter of striving for excellence, Green said, a mantra repeated on this tour of the county. However, Green added that schools need to begin preparing students for advance courses in ninth grade, not their senior year.
As for busing, Green noted that for as many opponents of busing there are as many parents grateful for the chance to send their student to a school outside their sub-district. But he is looking at the busing situation for ways to streamline the process.
And he agreed that there are students who must be expelled and given long-term suspension but every effort must also be made to support even disruptive students. Discussions about full term alternative schools also came up but Green made no definitive statement on the issue.
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