No other public [school] in the country has done this

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<p>Wow, JHS, from philosophical stones to … crystal balls! You really are pretty good to know “someone like me” wants to “buy into SOMETHING and have SOMETHING to shill for.”</p>

<p>Shill? Which is one is it, JHS! </p>

<p>Could be one who poses as a satisfied customer or an enthusiastic gambler to dupe bystanders into participating in a swindle.</p>

<p>Or could it be

  1. To act as a shill for (a deceitful enterprise).
  2. To lure (a person) into a swindle.</p>

<p>What is it exactly that I bought here? Would it be better if I joined clueless morons such as the authors of that PURE political site who visibly do not have the slightest idea on how numbers stack up? What my “shilling” be more suitable if I simply accepted the blatant misuse of statistical data. </p>

<p>If you really want to know what I think, why don’t you ask me. I already shared that I am no fan of charter schools! However, that does not stop me to be happy for all those kids who got to wear a striped tie. Surely beats having to wear a striped jumpsuit! I am happy for THEM, but did I say that this should be a model to be replicated everywhere else? </p>

<p>Of course, I could have looked negatively at the 15-17 ACT range, but then I should probably have to look at what happened to the rest of CPS kids with low ACT, separating asians from whites from the minoriies. Yet, I prefer to look at the positives. Not dwell on the number of students who did not complete the four years at UP, which is probably better than the rest of the district anyhow! Like others, I would like to know what happens to the first two graduating classes, and find out if they can do better than CPS does with its black male students. What is that number of students who enter high school and graduate from college? It is 3 or 6 percent? </p>

<p>And, speaking about things I do “buy” … I made that clear in my original post by mentioning the Cristo Rey group. Now, I probably should start “shilling” for them with greater regularity! </p>

<p>Lastly, I do not believe in alchemy, but I believe in “saving” one student at a time. I have seen people who do that day after day.</p>