An advisory committee to the Rochester school board is seeking input on a potential military academy in the district. Parents, residents, and community leaders interested in sharing their opinions and recommendations can go the Rochester City School District’s website to take a survey.
Deadline to fill out the survey is Monday, March 7.
The independent committee is exploring the potential educational value of adding a military-style academy to the district and will offer advice on everything from curriculum to finances pertaining to the school.
This article appears in Feb 24 – Mar 1, 2016.
A grand opportunity for our youth to study within a disciplined and focused educational setting. I believe it to be a positive opportunity for those being taught as well as those charged with teaching. Win-win.
You know, if a child can’t learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way they learn.
Author Unknown and it aint me.
We really do not, ” leave anyone behind” (as stated by Rachel Barnhart) We simply do not educate our youth with a relevant education to enable them to keep up.
That is me.
An military academy is not for all, but will benefit many considerably. All deserve an opportunity and the naysayers don’t get to decide the who, what, where and how. That decision belongs to the parent(s) and potential candidate.
I agree children learn in as many different ways as there are children. The education systems needs more teaching and learning options and we need to stop labeling children as having disorders when they are actually enduring difficult home lives or simply learn in a different way. We need to see differences as opportunity rather than as dilemmas. While I believe a highly disciplined school may benefit some (do we really need it to be modeled after the military??), I think many children who need a mentor more than discipline and to be told they’re valuable rather than demeaned, would be misassigned to such a school and the outcomes would be detrimental to those individuals and society. I’d like to see money poured into volunteer programs and community support programs. The paucity of organized volunteer opportunities in Rochester is depressing.
What the military has is uniforms, standards, discipline, on and on. We do not have to train them in combat, weaponry and the like. We do need to be able to teach in an atmosphere that gives way to opportunity. We need to be able to provide relevant education. Yup,..that includes the academics required by the State of NY. But we also need to expose them to professions/careers, which need to be added as an educational enhancement. This will allow them to associate those boring academics with those professions/careers. It will give them a clear pathway to employment and hopefully ongoing education as in Community college, certificate programs or a combination of both. This should not necessarily be a pre-military option. This will, however, provide options with positive outcomes. That is what will ultimately snuff out this poverty crisis. Education, education and more education.
Filled out the survey, hoping to get an invite to the discussion group! Lillian, graduation rates at a military style academy will probably be higher than any other school in the RCSD. Structure is what these kids need. We all know a majority of them have a life void of structure.