The State Should Act Promptly to Help Mingo County Students
Posted on: Tuesday, 27 September 2005, 00:00 CDT
By Dmedit
IN 1998, a very long time ago for students, the state Board of Education gave the Mingo County school system a stamp of disapproval and declared a state of educational emergency. Lo these many years later, it still exists. The state should expedite any due process required and get on with the business of forcing Mingo County to offer its students a thorough and efficient education. The latest audit of the school systems performance included these findings: * 61 percent of those Mingo County students who go on to college have to take remedial courses
. The state average is 30 percent. * Mingo students ACT scores are tied with Lincoln Countys for 54th place. * At Burch High School, 50 students enrolled in Advanced Placement classes, 46 took the AP exam, and one student passed. * At Gilbert High School, 94 students took AP classes, 40 took the exam, and three passed. * At Matewan High School, no AP classes were offered. * At Williamson High School, constructed for 1,200 students, enrollment was down to 161. Seventy-six Williamson students took AP classes, 37 took the exam, and zero passed. * At Tug Valley High School, 56 kids enrolled in AP classes, 34 took the exam and three passed. * Less than 15 percent of Mingo Countys students qualified for the Promise Scholarship program * The Mingo County Board of Education consistently runs deficits. Despite additional legislative appropriations exceeding a quarter of a million dollars in both fiscal years 2003 and 2004, spending exceeded revenues again. Some Mingo County residents are fighting hard to improve the education offered to children. Others are fighting hard to prevent construction of a consolidated high school that would make that possible. The state needs to use its power to settle the argument in favor of students, and sooner rather than later.Source: Charleston Gazette, The
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