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		<title>Ranking the Middle Schools</title>
		<link>http://wilsoncountyschoolwatch.wordpress.com/2010/08/29/ranking-the-middle-schools/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 13:43:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok, while this may generate a lot of controversy, because any number of issues may be used to rank schools, we realize that and accept that premise. However, we are going to rank the Wilson County Middle Schools based on how well the students did on the 2009 TCAP Scores in 8th Grade by subject [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wilsoncountyschoolwatch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3408364&amp;post=81&amp;subd=wilsoncountyschoolwatch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Start a Mandatory AP Class of All Wilson County Students</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 16:26:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the last post I said we would talk about AP Classes and Grade Inflation next week. I&#8217;m going to split the two topics in half, and just address AP Classes in this posting. Data has shown that students who take AP Classes in High School are better prepared for college, regardless if they achieve [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wilsoncountyschoolwatch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3408364&amp;post=79&amp;subd=wilsoncountyschoolwatch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>High School Problems</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 16:24:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, the question of the day is what can we do to improve the education that our High School students are receiving in Wilson County high schools? Apparently the Board of Education, led by the pathetic Mike Davis, believe that all we have to do is build new high schools to replace old structures, and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wilsoncountyschoolwatch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3408364&amp;post=77&amp;subd=wilsoncountyschoolwatch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why are we replacing High Schools rather than building new ones?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 02:02:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok, now Davis and the MJHS Principal are crying for the need to expand MJHS because of all the portables they have brought in. Davis wants $50 Million to build a new LHS to replace the old, falling-down old LHS. After a new LHS is built, Watertown High will have to be replaced. It will [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wilsoncountyschoolwatch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3408364&amp;post=72&amp;subd=wilsoncountyschoolwatch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mike Davis is Manipulating the Press, Public and County Commission</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 01:48:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Lebanon Democrat published a series of articles on the poor condition of Lebanon High School. The series showed mold on windows, roaches all over the place, and other pitfalls in the school.  Threats were made by the State to shut down parts of the school.  Davis is bemoaning the condition of the school in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wilsoncountyschoolwatch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3408364&amp;post=68&amp;subd=wilsoncountyschoolwatch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ash&#8217;s Letter to the Editor in The Wilson Post on Wed, Sept 3, 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:37:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Commissioner Bernie Ash wrote a letter to The Wilson Post, which was published under the title of &#8220;Commissioner sets record straight on schools budget&#8221;. Unfortunately The Wilson Post did not publish the letter online so we could link to it, so we will have to provide you some quotes out of it. &#8220;I have seen [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wilsoncountyschoolwatch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3408364&amp;post=57&amp;subd=wilsoncountyschoolwatch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Unspoken Institutionalized Discrimination?</title>
		<link>http://wilsoncountyschoolwatch.wordpress.com/2008/09/12/unspoken-institutionalized-discrimination/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:43:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wilson County School Watch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve heard several times certified teachers ask &#8220;What do I have to do to get hired on in Wilson County?&#8221; Well, the standard answer is to know someone who works for the school board, and growing up in Wilson County also helps. The good old boy network reaches far and wide in this county. Historically [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wilsoncountyschoolwatch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3408364&amp;post=59&amp;subd=wilsoncountyschoolwatch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Davis Shows His True Colors</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:56:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don Franklin had the best question for Mike “I failed Math” Davis, at the County Commission meeting last night. He correctly pointed out that Davidson County spends $3000 more per pupil than Wilson County, and Davidson County is under State Supervision for No Child Left Behind. He asked Davis to explain that. Franklin’s point was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wilsoncountyschoolwatch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3408364&amp;post=54&amp;subd=wilsoncountyschoolwatch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A tentative Thumbs-Up for the new Budget Committee establishment</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:58:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One great thing came out of the County Commission meeting last night. A Budget Committee resolution was passed, and a small step towards bringing ethics was taken. Currently the Finance Committee voted on the Budget for the county. Some County Commissioners are on the Finance Committee, as well as the County Mayor, the County Roads [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wilsoncountyschoolwatch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3408364&amp;post=52&amp;subd=wilsoncountyschoolwatch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ETHICS 101</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thou shalt not use BOE money to wage a public campaign against County Commissioners. We have no problems when Unions do a get out the vote with their members to pack the Commission meeting for pay wages. That is what union members pay their unions to do. Whether they deserve the pay increase is another [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wilsoncountyschoolwatch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3408364&amp;post=47&amp;subd=wilsoncountyschoolwatch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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