What is the Gaston County BOE up to now?

[egfan]

I saw where they want to build a
vocational and technical HS (didn't say where). Why not just incorporate those studies at the
current high schools? They also want to build a new middle school in Stanley,
another why? Why not a new middle school in Belmont? Could this be part of a
hidden agenda to shift students from Belmont Middle to South Point High and
then close South Point?

 

[crestrulz]

Originally posted by egfan:

Could this be part of a hidden agenda to shift students from Belmont Middle to South Point High and
then close South Point?

Yes! There is nothing hidden about it. We all knew SP was done when Stuart Cramer opened. The only ones who didn't know were the midget faithful. They may not want to believe it, but in just a short time they are going to have to recycle that red crap, and get them some STORM gear.

May I suggest that before this happens that the midget fans get a petition together to officially change the name to the Stuart Cramer Purple Raiders. This should make the transition easier.

I found this gem in the Gazette. It has all the underlying tones. If one reads it without their red colored glasses on, it becomes quite clear what is going on..

South Point Done

 

[seadog28]

Originally posted by crestrulz:

Originally posted by egfan:


Could this be part of a hidden agenda to shift students from Belmont Middle to South Point High and
then close South Point?

Yes! There is nothing hidden about it. We all knew SP was done when Stuart Cramer opened. The only ones who didn't know were the midget faithful. They may not want to believe it, but in just a short time they are going to have to recycle that red crap, and get them some STORM gear.

May I suggest that before this happens that the midget fans get a petition together to officially change the name to the Stuart Cramer Purple Raiders. This should make the transition easier.

I found this gem in the Gazette. It has all the underlying tones. If one reads it without their red colored glasses on, it becomes quite clear what is going on..

They will have to pull my red helmet out of my cold dead hand.

 

[btango]

Originally posted by egfan:

I saw where they want to build a
vocational and technical HS (didn't say where). Why not just incorporate those studies at the
current high schools?

Been through this. Often there are not enough students at each school wanting to take the classes to make feasible so they go to a magnet. Some counties will designate one school to have a magnet program to go with a student body that does not meet building capacity.

 

[crestrulz]

Originally posted by seadog28:

Originally posted by crestrulz:

Originally posted by egfan:


Could this be part of a hidden agenda to shift students from Belmont Middle to South Point High and
then close South Point?

Yes! There is nothing hidden about it. We all knew SP was done when Stuart Cramer opened. The only ones who didn't know were the midget faithful. They may not want to believe it, but in just a short time they are going to have to recycle that red crap, and get them some STORM gear.

May I suggest that before this happens that the midget fans get a petition together to officially change the name to the Stuart Cramer Purple Raiders. This should make the transition easier.

I found this gem in the Gazette. It has all the underlying tones. If one reads it without their red colored glasses on, it becomes quite clear what is going on..

They will have to pull my red helmet out of my cold dead hand.

Your Catholic helmet or your South Point Helmet?

 

[seadog28]

Damn, I set you up for that!! The one that is held up in victory after playing the crampers!!!

 

[RalphMachio99]

Originally posted by btango:

Originally posted by egfan:


I saw where they want to build a
vocational and technical HS (didn't say where). Why not just incorporate those studies at the
current high schools?

Been through this. Often there are not enough students at each school wanting to take the classes to make feasible so they go to a magnet. Some counties will designate one school to have a magnet program to go with a student body that does not meet building capacity.

I've heard that argument....and it's hard to believe and accept that each HS can't afford or have enough students to outfit one shop type building area. If there's only enough students for one semester....use the room for partial storage the rest of the year. These types of classes need to be incorporated into normal HS life, and not ostracize these types of essential people. There are 1,000 good ideas that could be done....but I'm not waiting on a school board or group of teachers within each school to come up with them. Self importance, entitlement and other bad characteristics will rule this decision one way or the other if left up to either group.

Nobody can convince me that there aren't 20 kids in each HS who are cut out, and want to pursue a path of auto mechanics, plumbing, electirican, wood working, etc,etc and HSs could offer classes on the basics to get those kids started on a career path and being productive citizens at age 17-18 instead of an alternative path they might take.

 

[RalphMachio99]

Originally posted by crestrulz:

Originally posted by egfan:


Could this be part of a hidden agenda to shift students from Belmont Middle to South Point High and
then close South Point?

Yes! There is nothing hidden about it. We all knew SP was done when Stuart Cramer opened. The only ones who didn't know were the midget faithful. They may not want to believe it, but in just a short time they are going to have to recycle that red crap, and get them some STORM gear.

May I suggest that before this happens that the midget fans get a petition together to officially change the name to the Stuart Cramer Purple Raiders. This should make the transition easier.

I found this gem in the Gazette. It has all the underlying tones. If one reads it without their red colored glasses on, it becomes quite clear what is going on..

Cute Rulz,
I know you and your band of merry ferries have your fun......and we kinda think it's funny too b/c we know better than the new school that is LGBT inspired as one person on here pointed out might actually replace SP. So, let me publicly say this without revocation:

SP has actual history (not pretend history like *crest), which is also tied into the old Belmont High School. The quickest way out of office as a GACO school board member, fastest way to ruin your "other" business/profession as a school board member, quickest way to just so happen to get your axz beat on the streets of Gaston County is to attempt to put in motion closing down that school at it's current location. I'm not saying that is a guarantee or who will do it...I am just assuming that it will definitely happen should those rumors come to pass and actual concrete plans are laid out to the public.

Obviously, Belmont people are the type of small town that intertwines their heritage along with their HS..whether you went there or moved there when you were 24. Good luck to the fools who attempt such an event.

Currently St. Cramer is a Mt. Holly school (90%?). It should be a Cramerton/New Hope/edge of Gastonia/ with a little bit of the other side of 74 (Slide/Catawba Heights) sprinkled in....... so where do you *crest people propose they go if Belmont's SP HS is supposed to shut down and send them over there? So....we on this side know you're full of ****...I just wanted to point out how and why we know this. You are still the guy being laughed at all these years after HS, Rulz. It's tough.

 

[crestrulz]

You know I'm playing Ralph. I would hate for SP to be closed. We have our fun here, but we respect SP and its football program very much. SP has made Crest better on the football field. Your kids play hard and with class. I'm not going to get all mushy because that's not me, but I even like the way SP warms up. All business.

I agree with your first post on the thread completely.

 

[RalphMachio99]

I know. I get all this. Despite our fun I'm sure you and I would see eye to eye on a whole lot of things.

That GACO board better get in line though. SP butt whoopings aren't limited to just football and baseball fields. They can occur in board rooms and around town too. I'm anxious to see how it plays out because they're are a whole lot of rumors.

GACO board had a lot of bad ideas publicshed in the Gastonia Gazette recently....almost as bad as the Stuart Cramer location chosen for a new GACO HS.

 

[RalphMachio99]

There is a lot of pretend when it comes to School Board members and their ideas.
I don't know many people (other than those who attend or are parents of alternative types who attend) that Highland Tech is some grandiose school with unparalleled academic integrity. They supposedly select specific kids so you totally take out the lowest scores....and still they are on avg. only 56 points higher on the SAT than SP as an entire SCHOOL in 2014?

I think that's been proven to have failed. Lots of bussing, and gas and BS. A whole lot of hot air. A lot of money and time spent...and for what? So a small group of students and parents can mistakenly think they've gotten a better public education than the rest of the county? Laughable.

If you give each school a "take the bottom 20% of lowest SAT scores out, I'm sure "regular" High Schools would have higher SAT scores than HT. So...nobody is impressed. It just proves that this School board has made terrible mistakes in the past, and looks to continue their tradition of being idiotic. Again, if you take out the bottom % of any grouping of anything sampled or studied, the total score will rise and appear "better".


Put shops back into regular HSs and let's not pretend magnet schools allow a better education. People, kids are all different. That's a good thing. Being a plumber probably means you'll have a greater net worth by age 30 than your buddy who got his masters and had to pay his own way through. So, why pretend that one trade/job is less than another? Are educators really that misinformed? Maybe so.

So, in conclusion- get rid of all these specialty schools, magnet schools, etc. If you want to be catered to as a 16-17 year old like you're 8, go to a private or charter school. Oh by the way.....don't give any of those specialty private/charters any public money. If you want to run a private organization of any kind....come up with your own money to do so.
This post was edited on 1/29 11:03 AM by RalphMachio99

 

[No Dog in the Fight]

I'm pretty sure if you're standing on the sidewalk at Gardner-Webb and look across the street at the old elementary school, you're looking at the history of Crest, pre-1967. At one time briefly called Crest at Boiling Springs (I think) and before that Boiling Springs HS.

Was Mt. Holly Middle mentioned?

 

[egfan]

Originally posted by No Dog in the Fight:
I'm pretty sure if you're standing on the sidewalk at Gardner-Webb and look across the street at the old elementary school, you're looking at the history of Crest, pre-1967. At one time briefly called Crest at Boiling Springs (I think) and before that Boiling Springs HS.

Was Mt. Holly Middle mentioned?

The only Middle School mentioned was Stanley.

 

[RalphMachio99]

Originally posted by No Dog in the Fight:
I'm pretty sure if you're standing on the sidewalk at Gardner-Webb and look across the street at the old elementary school, you're looking at the history of Crest, pre-1967. At one time briefly called Crest at Boiling Springs (I think) and before that Boiling Springs HS.

Was Mt. Holly Middle mentioned?

never heard of it

 

[redraider73]

I doubt South Point will be going anywhere. They just announced a new 850 house construction project south of South Point at the SC line. That should bring about 1,600 new kids to the area not counting all the other growth currently going on in the area. The area around Stowe Botanical Gardens is starting to take off. All that growth is in the South Point school district and on the opposite side from the Purple People Eaters. They may wind up talking about the need for another high school instead of closing South Point. Looks like all the wet dreams of the Crusties have just been crushed.

 

[burnsbulldogtweeter]

This Burns fan does NOT want South Point to close! And I will believe they are closed when I see it.

 

[raidertime]

EG's wet dreams consist of not having their azz handed to them by SP virtually every year for the past several decades. The only way they could possibly stop it is to for SP to just go away. South Point is going no where, but if it helps EG to sleep at night, then continue on.

.

 

[RalphMachio99]

Funny part about Stuart Cramer - is it made EG weaker on athletic fields...not SP. I actually kinda feel sorry for EG....it's not like they needed that. Beating the absolute h@ll out of them isn't even fun anymore. Both them and SC are p!ss poor in most things involving athletics; If I were those people I'd be demanding to know the names of the 1 or 2 who decided on the boundaries/lines drawn. They can say what they want on that board....it always comes down to one or two on these type of things.

In the future if S. Cramer begins taking the New Hope side of Cramerton/Gastonia like it probably should take, and a little portion of N. Belmont, Slide, Catawba Heights maybe....then the board's demographics would be met, and all schools would benefit with population, athletes, etc. I believe half of Cramer Mountain (the schools namesake -same as the town/mountain) goes to SP still with backroom or bogus transfers, etc.

Having Cramer Woods and that area part of New Hope/Gastonia go to SP was purely a backroom deal on somebody's part. They ought to go to SC, FV or Ashbrook...yet they go to SP.
I'd rather have the N. Belmont/Catawba Heights boys at SP over those dandies. I think we have a strong political person or two making sure that didn't happen the last go round. I hope it changes so Belmont doesn't turn into Ashbrook of the 80s/90s part 2 or present day FV; IE people who love to eat D#ck sandwiches.