Myth: ABR is going to eliminate sports
Truth: No, we’re not. We promise.
Myth: ABR is going to create whacked-out, off the wall classes and the curriculum is going to be hard.
Truth: The curriculum will not be any more challenging than what it is supposed to be now. If we receive the charters for the three schools, teachers are going to be teaching the Comprehensive Louisiana Curriculum just like they do now. Elective courses will be decided upon by students. You decided which classes you would like to take in addition to your core courses.
Myth: It’s going to be like a prison and it won’t be fun.
Fact: No cells. No clanking doors. Lots of fun. There’ll be a dance every month. One Saturday a month there will be a social element - field trips, trips to local colleges – things like that. If it’s not fun, you won’t come to school, so it has to be fun.
Myth: The students are going to have to go to school all day and almost all year long
Fact: Why would we do that? The school day will be eight hours long. Pointe Coupee students will get a longer lunch. The school year will be one week longer.
Myth: My diploma won’t be as good as other schools?
Fact: Your diploma will say that you are a Louisiana High School Graduate of Pointe Coupee Central High School and will be accepted anywhere you choose to go to college.
Myth: All of our favorite teachers are not going to be here next year.
Fact: ABR has asked all of the current teachers and staff at the three schools to apply to teach at the schools next year. We do have high expectations for them and have created a thorough application process to make sure that we have the best teachers in front of you every day.
If you have more myths you’d like to us address, send them to charters@abr.org or post here on this blog as a comment and we’ll address them.
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3 comments:
Thanks for clearing up all those myths.
thanks...as a student of pointe coupee central high school i asked a couple of students about the uniform situation and we were wondering can u change it to black bottoms and red shirts????thanks for the help we are looking forward for this great takeover...
As a parent I was wondering if there will be any attempts made to establish a magnet/honors/advanced programs within our school that will help attract some of our higher performing students in our area and increase our test scores.
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