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    Baltimore student in top half of class with .13 GPA.

    Public school is child abuse and over priced. $18k per pupil.

    A stunning report released on Monday showed that a Baltimore teen with a grade point average of just 0.13 was ranked near the top half of his class, which is drawing some much-need scrutiny about failing public school systems.

    Per a report from WBFF-TV’s Project Baltimore, a mother was excited to see her 17-year-old senior son nearing graduation when she abruptly learned that he was actually going to be sent back to the ninth grade after only passing three classes in four years at the Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts on the city’s west side.

    A @baltcityschools student passes only three classes in four years, but he’s ranked near the top half of his class with a 0.13 GPA. How is this possible? Project Baltimore investigates a West Baltimore high school failing hundreds of students.

    “He’s stressed and I am too. I told him I’m probably going to start crying. I don’t know what to do for him,” Tiffany France, the teen’s mother, told the outlet. “Why would he do three more years in school? He didn’t fail, the school failed him. The school failed at their job. They failed. They failed, that’s the problem here. They failed. They failed. He didn’t deserve that.”

    Certainly, her son bears responsibility for his academic failings, as does France, who apparently never sought out a report card once in three and a half years. But France is not wrong about blaming Baltimore schools — at least when you see the rest of Project Baltimore’s stunning finds.

    France’s son, a senior with only 2.5 credits who would start high school over again presumably at age 18, is almost in the top half of his class. Per reporting from WBBF, hundreds of other students at Augusta Fells Savage are failing, and they’re being promoted to more advanced courses while everyone looks the other way.

    No one is even telling these kids’ parents, and those parents don’t seem to be asking. The whole thing comes to a head when students hit a wall at the end of their academic careers and there’s nowhere to go but back or out.

    “I’m just assuming that if you are passing, that you have the proper things to go to the next grade and the right grades, you have the right credits,” France, who works multiple jobs, said of her lack of scrutinizing her son’s performance at school.

    Still, her son was continually advanced forward, despite failing almost every class. He missed or was tardy to school 272 times throughout his first three years. Not one administrator ever bothered to inform France.

    “I feel like they never gave my son an opportunity, like if there was an issue with him, not advancing or not progressing, that they should have contacted me first, three years ago,” said France, who seemed justifiably angered.

    The shocking part about all of this is that her son is ranked 62 out of 120 — meaning there are 58 kids in that class that have a GPA of 0.13 or lower.

    France’s son has since withdrawn from the school and hopes to graduate via an alternative school program by 2023. But many of these kids will probably drop out if they haven’t already, and we don’t know what the junior, sophomore and freshmen classes look like at this school and other schools.

    As for the school district’s part in all of this: Why would a school report students as having dropped out if it’ll presumably hurt their bottom line with regard to funding? Who knows how far this public school scandal goes through the rest of the city — or other cities.

    Moar...https://www.westernjournal.com/publi...op-half-class/



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    He didn’t fail, the school failed him. The school failed at their job. They failed. They failed, that’s the problem here. They failed. They failed. He didn’t deserve that.”
    A school that fails everyone is obviously a failure.

    No doubt you can blame the hiring of incompetent teachers, and a teachers union whose greatest ambition is working from home and doing nothing while still getting paid.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Brian4Liberty View Post
    A school that fails everyone is obviously a failure.

    No doubt you can blame the hiring of incompetent teachers, and a teachers union whose greatest ambition is working from home and doing nothing while still getting paid.
    Last year my kids did 20 minutes of remote learning per day, and this was in a good county/school district.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Brian4Liberty View Post
    A school that fails everyone is obviously a failure.

    No doubt you can blame the hiring of incompetent teachers, and a teachers union whose greatest ambition is working from home and doing nothing while still getting paid.
    I take offense to that. MY offspring deserved that A even though it should have been a D!

    Plus, those people know what’s best for me!
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    The shocking part about all of this is that her son is ranked 62 out of 120
    Somebody who went to Baltimore Public Schools thought that ranking 62 out of 120 would put this boy in the top half.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Brian4Liberty View Post
    A school that fails everyone is obviously a failure.

    No doubt you can blame the hiring of incompetent teachers, and a teachers union whose greatest ambition is working from home and doing nothing while still getting paid.
    Being forced to teach stuff that won't help you make no money and don't make no goddamn sense might also have something to do with it.
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    Was this school planning to give all these kids diplomas and then got caught so that now they can't? Or did they know all along that they weren't going to graduate?
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    Still, her son was continually advanced forward, despite failing almost every class. He missed or was tardy to school 272 times throughout his first three years. Not one administrator ever bothered to inform France
    "Nine times Mrs. Bueller!"

    Ferris was a slacker.

    Besides, being on time is rayciss.
    The whole narrative is absurd on its face - at the same time the USA was both founded on White supremacy, slavery, and genocide, yet always meant to be a place that infinity Africans, Indians, and South Americans could come for a "better life"? - Unknown



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    Quote Originally Posted by Invisible Man View Post
    Was this school planning to give all these kids diplomas and then got caught so that now they can't? Or did they know all along that they weren't going to graduate?
    I suspect the former.
    The whole narrative is absurd on its face - at the same time the USA was both founded on White supremacy, slavery, and genocide, yet always meant to be a place that infinity Africans, Indians, and South Americans could come for a "better life"? - Unknown

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    I finished in the bottom third of my class while never doing homework or actually attending. I was proud of that C-. I caught more fish , sold more furs and drank more beer while not wasting my time to improve to a B+ than anyone.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Invisible Man View Post
    Was this school planning to give all these kids diplomas and then got caught so that now they can't? Or did they know all along that they weren't going to graduate?
    The first one. They were getting paid per student and had fake students, students who never actually attended any class, students who graduated years ago but were kept on the books, and classes which didn't exist and weren't taught. These students' grades are the result of the school district fixing those things.

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    Baltimore CAUGHT Covering Up Failing Schools
    https://odysee.com/@actualjusticewar...g-up-failing:b
    {Actual Justice Warrior | 22 September 2023}

    In this video I discuss the recent revelation that the failing Baltimore schools data was removed from public view by top Maryland education officials due to embarrassment.

    Sources:





    Two of Md. highest-ranking education leaders under fire in wake of Project Baltimore investigations
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKdIKirUO78
    {WBFF FOX45 Baltimore | 17 September 2023}

    The State Superintendent and the Baltimore City Schools CEO are two of the highest-ranking public education officials in Maryland.

    Mohammed Choudhury earns $310,000 a year as the Maryland State Superintendent of Schools, and he’s currently fighting for his job.

    Dr. Sonja Santelises, last year, earned $445,000 in total compensation as the CEO of Baltimore City Public Schools.

    Both are stewards of the public trust, making decisions that impact tens of thousands of Maryland public school students. And both are under fire over Project Baltimore findings.

    READ MORE - Two of Maryland's highest-ranking education leaders under fire in wake of Project Baltimore investigations

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    Quote Originally Posted by Philhelm View Post
    Last year my kids did 20 minutes of remote learning per day, and this was in a good county/school district.
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    Last year Baltimore schools sharply raised funding per pupil to $21,606. How's it going?

    Last year.

    Baltimore City School budget balloons to $21,000 per student this year

    https://foxbaltimore.com/news/projec...ton-washington

    by Project Baltimore Mon, August 15th 2022

    BALTIMORE (WBFF) — Baltimore City Schools will be spending about $21,000 per student this year, thanks to a massive education funding increase. Maryland lawmakers passed the bill, known as Kirwan, two years ago. Now that funding is kicking in, the question is whether more taxpayer money will result in better student outcomes.

    For this coming school year, City Schools’ budget has ballooned to $1,620,788,542. That’s nearly $230 million more than the previous year’s budget of $1,393,777,695. It amounts to about a 16 percent increase. Enrollment in City Schools is going down and has been for years. So, that’s a lot more money for fewer students.





    One year later:

    https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/stat...18571343581192

    The whole narrative is absurd on its face - at the same time the USA was both founded on White supremacy, slavery, and genocide, yet always meant to be a place that infinity Africans, Indians, and South Americans could come for a "better life"? - Unknown

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    More proof that the public education system is garbage.
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    Made possible by us single-male childless worker slaves. If these parents had to spend $21,000 per child in annual tuition, only to get the 'results' they are getting, the whole system would collapse.
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    $500,000/year, holy $#@!...

    Not much of a surprise that government, almost without exception, is bloated, wasteful and corrupt.

    The Public Indoctrination System is no exception.

    But, when are people actually going to do something?
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    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonja_Santelises

    This $#@!in broad has some kind of degree in "Education Administration" and can now be called a "Doctor"...

    GTFO.
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    Quote Originally Posted by unknown View Post
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonja_Santelises

    This $#@!in broad has some kind of degree in "Education Administration" and can now be called a "Doctor"...

    GTFO.
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    Are there any qualifications required to become the head of or a principle in the Baltimore School system?

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    The solution is simple. Make it illegal to teach math.

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    Top Baltimore Schools Are FAILING
    https://odysee.com/@actualjusticewar...-are-failing:5
    {Actual Justice Warrior | 02 October 2023}

    In this video I discuss the latest revelation that Baltimore's top public high schools have almost 90% of their students failing math.


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    Baltimore Mother EXPOSES Massive Grade Inflation Scam
    https://odysee.com/@actualjusticewar...assive-grade:4
    {Actual Justice Warrior | 04 December 2023}

    In this video I discuss an amazing mother out of the city of Baltimore who discovered a grade inflation scheme 6 years ago & has been fighting against it ever since. I explain how this scam works & how through courage & perseverance this mom has got the word out.


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    When children fail, parents and teachers are to blame.



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    I'm just gonna drop this stuff off right here, m'kay.

    Quote Originally Posted by Anti Federalist View Post
    Oh dear...does anything stick out as a common denominator here?


    New Hampshire ranked smartest state in the nation, study finds

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/care...ds/ar-AA1kmfff

    A New England state has been ranked the smartest state in the nation, according to a new study.

    Research by free online education platform Guru99 analyzed six different metrics: average IQ, graduation rates, percentage of the population with low literacy rates, average SAT scores, % of the states that don’t have a high school diploma or GED and GDP per capita and ranked New Hampshire as the smartest state in the nation.

    When looking at the metrics, states were given a total score out of 60.

    New Hampshire scored a 56.82.

    “New Hampshire is the smartest state in America, data shows that on average the state has the highest IQs across the country with 103.2,” the platform said. “The state also has the smallest % of the population with low literacy skills with 11.5%. New Hampshire also has one of the highest GDP per capita with $74,663.”
    Here are the top 10 smartest states in the nation:

    New Hampshire: 56.82
    Minnesota: 55.82
    Wyoming: 54.98
    Vermont: 54.91
    Montana: 54.64
    North Dakota: 54.38
    Maine: 53.83
    South Dakota: 52.61
    Wisconsin: 52.45
    Utah: 52.21

    “America is home to many of the greatest educational institutions across the globe; as one of the world’s largest economies and powerhouses in industry and innovation, it’s pivotal that every generation continues to learn and develop, to progress the foundations that have already been built in the country,” said Krishna Rungta, Founder & CEO of Guru99.

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    American IQ Scores Have Rapidly Dropped - Apr 2023

    African immigrant population in U.S. steadily climbs

    Why Central American Migrants Are Arriving at the U.S. Border

    The ten nations with the lowest IQs (excepting Nepal which is the world's lowest) are ALL sub Saharan African or Central American.

    The twenty nations with the lowest IQs (excepting East Timor) are ALL African or Central American.


    So, the occupying regime opens the floodgates to tens of millions of invaders, "legal" and illegal, who are quite literally the stupidest people on the face of the earth, and then wonders why the nation's population shows a declining IQ level and critical, complex systems, start failing.

    More infuriating than anything else is the hubris and utter contempt the ruling classes have for legacy Americans.

    They piss in our face daily and tell us it's raining.

    And we tolerate it.
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    Was arguing this point with Mrs. AF who claims it is water fluoridation that is causing the enstupidation of the US.

    I disagree...

    Between 1900 and 2012, US average IQ rose nearly 30 points, which means that the average person of 2012 had a higher IQ than 95 percent of the population had in 1900.

    https://www.apa.org/monitor/2013/03/smarter

    Fluoridation of public water supplies began in 1945, and has been at about a 70 percent rate nationwide for almost thirty years now.

    The rise in IQ happened at the same time of the rise in fluoridation of water, so that obviously can not be the cause of the wide spread drop in IQ over the past few decades.

    In 2005 the "Diversity Visa Lottery" program was initiated (by a GOP president, a GOP House and GOP Senate) aimed at increasing immigrant "diversity" by granting millions of green cards through a lottery system to, quite literally, some of the stupidest people on the face of the earth:

    Eight countries had at least a million applicants in 2016, accounting for more than half of the total: Ghana, Uzbekistan, Iran, Ukraine, Egypt, Nepal, Ethiopia and Sierra Leone. (2016 is the most recent year for which country-specific data on applications are available.)

    https://www.pewresearch.org/short-re...ed-since-2007/

    The very next year IQ scores began to fall:

    A group of psychologists, two from Northwestern University and the third from the University of Oregon, has found via online testing that IQ scores in the U.S. may be dropping for the first time in nearly a century. In their paper published in the journal Intelligence, Elizabeth Dworak, William Revelle and David Condon describe analyzing the results of online IQ tests taken by volunteers over the years 2006 to 2018.

    https://phys.org/news/2023-03-online...s-century.html

    US IQ scores are falling because of mass immigrant invasion, both promoted by the occupational government in DC and "illegal" sources, from populations of idiots from around the globe.

    Period.


    Mrs AF wrote:
    > Harvard Study Finds Fluoride Lowers IQ - Published in Federal Gov't Journal
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    > Harvard Study Finds Fluoride Lowers IQ - Published in Federal Gov't Journal
    The whole narrative is absurd on its face - at the same time the USA was both founded on White supremacy, slavery, and genocide, yet always meant to be a place that infinity Africans, Indians, and South Americans could come for a "better life"? - Unknown

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    New Hampshire has one of the lowest rates of single parenthood. The biggest determining factor on if your child will be successful in school is parental participation

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    Why don't Baltimore Catholic schools have this same problem?

    Baltimore Catholic School
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    Meanwhile, in other news which I am sure is completely unrelated ...

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    Baltimore School Replaces Toilets With Buckets
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3Icii0VsEk
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    In this video, I discuss the recent controversy In Baltimore schools that occurred after the water shut down & the principal decided the solution was to put buckets in the bathrooms for the students.

    Sources:




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