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UPDATE: AJC reporter Ty Tagami will be following the story about schools (those "with hair on fire") targeted by Cobb County for intervention due to their performance on things like discipline and testing. If you are a student or the parent of a student at one of the four schools, or if you are or were an employee at one of them, please contact Ty. He's looking for quotable sources and also for people who want to talk about the situation without seeing their names in the paper (or online). Reach Ty at 404-526-7739 or e-mail him.
Back to the original blog:
I love the line that the new Cobb school chief used to describe the schools that he feels need immediate and intense attention: "Schools with hair on fire."
After meeting today with the new DeKalb school chief, it seems to me there could be a lot of change ahead for metro systems. (We will have to see what changes the new Fulton superintendent has in mind for his district.)
Here is a brief excerpt of the new AJC story on Superintendent Michael Hinojosa's Marshall Plan for Cobb:
The schools, according to a list obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution under the open records act Wednesday, are: Pebblebrook High, South Cobb High, Lindley Sixth Grade Academy and Powder Springs Elementary.
"This is not necessarily a punitive thing, but it is a serious thing," Hinojosa said. "These schools popped up as the ones that need the most support."
Pebblebrook is a magnet for performing arts. South Cobb, which just opened a new center that shelters freshmen from the rest of the students, is known for its famous alumni, such as former Gov. Roy Barnes. Lindley has undergone several attempts at improvement. A few years ago, the school was split off from a standard sixth through eighth grade school. Uniforms were introduced, and boys were split from girls. Powder Springs failed to meet federal testing benchmarks and tumbled onto the "needs improvement" list last year.
Teams will go into them to monitor teachers and student behavior, such as activity in the hallways. They'll develop methods for improvement, Hinojosa said. One example, if students are tardy to class, the teams will develop systems to ensure they get through the halls and to their classrooms on time.
–From Maureen Downey, for the AJC Get Schooled blog
October 26th, 2011
6:44 pm
Well the Fulton County Supt. surprised everyone and went into the best performing school Riverwood and found Financial Mismangement and fired the Principal and then the Athletic Director when parents followed up with tips. You have to give him big kudo's on that one. They thought they were safe as a bug.
October 26th, 2011
7:58 pm
Great. Our middle & high schools are both on the list. I read the other article on Cobb redistricting, and I have no options no matter what.
October 26th, 2011
8:19 pm
What about Campbell? Drug dealing etc. in the bathrooms….serious problems with tracking students. Yes, it is an IB school, but it is blatantly obvious students are tracked. Nothing like a senior class where students can barely read. This school is going to come to a rude awakening or we will just be babysitters and hosts to a small group of elite children.
October 26th, 2011
9:59 pm
Not at all surprised to see Pebblebrook on this list. A very negative environment created by an incompetent administration which is why there is such a high turnover… teachers are clamoring to get out of there. The kids are the victims in all of this. The quality, experienced teachers are leaving because their lives are made miserable by an administrative team that, quite frankly, does not understand what makes a good school. Even all of the quality assistant administrators have left over the last 2-3 years.
October 26th, 2011
10:09 pm
Time to leave South Cobb….Too bad because it is a good area for commuting, close to I20, 75 and 285. But the children have to come first and I don't think this superintendent has a clue.
October 26th, 2011
10:17 pm
How are you on the case of this superintendent for trying to find a way to fix the schools/administration there? He did not create the problem and his ideas may not fix it, but at least he is going to try. The problems at Pebblebrook and Lindley have been there for years and are deteriorating again. You can argue about why are Campbell and Osborne not on the list–but that is partially due to them being on step five of missing AYP already and because it does not change the issues happening in the two high schools named. If you think the superintendent is the problem, you should see what happens in the classrooms, hallways, and even staff meetings in these schools–it is pathetic and frightening.
October 26th, 2011
10:22 pm
None of my schools are on the list, but it doesn't matter – private high school. All of the local public high schools have nearly 2,000 students. 16:1 student to teacher ratios. How can a child excel in such an environment? How does a child get noticed unless he/she is in the 10% who are troublemakers or the 10% who are already superstars? How can a teacher be expected to connect with his/her students when he/she has 50 minutes to reach 30+ students and at least one troublemaker in class? Nope. Sorry. You can have my taxes, but you cannot have my child.
October 26th, 2011
10:36 pm
Amen, EastCobbParent!
October 26th, 2011
10:47 pm
I have a child at Lindley 6, thank God he is in Target and on a separate wing. Have 2 at Harmony Leland, overcrowded and ridiculously delapidated playground. Had a child that graduated from Pebblebrook, bad then and worse now. I spend and have spent time at each school, room parent, volunteer in office, whatever I can do. I have seen what happens at the schools. Big bold moves are needed, not hall monitors and more studying of problems that have existed for years. And while there may be bad teachers, this is not a teacher problem. This is a student and parent problem.
Find alternatives to students that misbehave in class, immediately. Separate the students by ability, and since 99% are minority, there should be no issue of "incorrect" labeling due to race. Students that really need help, throw additional resources at them. Let the students that already know how to behave get a good education.
I stand by what I wrote previously, the Superintendent doesn't have a clue.
October 26th, 2011
10:50 pm
Find alternatives "for" students that misbehave in class…..get them out of the regular classroom.
October 26th, 2011
11:13 pm
Unfortunately affirmative action, leveling, and all of this other crap, has created a bunch of monsters in the schools. Nothing but school house thugs, who can't read or write. We were laughing at the ignorant e-mails a couple of these ghetto mama's wrote defending their daughter's bad behavior. Threatening to sue if any retaliation is taken against their off spring. Calling everyone else names. They can't manage to keep track of the lies in their e-mails. They are so ignorant, that they admit being out of the schools district in their e-mail. I don't know a high school in the Atlanta close-in area that requires you to commute 20 miles on 285 to get to the school, but according to these line jumpers they must commute that far. How stupid they are. No wonders we have such problems in schools.
Yes, we should seperated students out by ability. Real ability tests, like the IOWA tests not made up tests like the CRCT's. My kids that score in the 90% and above on the IOWA's are so sick of having to help these underperforms with attitude. It is not fair to my kids or myself.
It all begins at home. First learn how to speak english correctly. Learn to say the word "do" correctly, learn to say "ask" correctly, it is not ax unless you are going to do a Lizzie Borden.
October 26th, 2011
11:14 pm
Please don't get me started on why these schools were singled out!!!! I am a PA parent at Pebblebrook and former South Cobb teacher. Let teachers have a say and support us when we make choices that are appropriate for OUR students. Teacher morale is horrible in BOTH places. Staff is clamoring to get out of the door at the bell. Most teachers do what it takes to survive every day…even if that makes watering down the content!!!
I am constantly reteaching my child…I need my child to be able to succeed when they attend college!! It is mandatory!
The superintendent needs to look at the parents, not just the teachers – we are not their parents and cannot be expected to teach them things they were never taught growing up (i.e., manners, respect, motivation, etc.)!!!!
I am tired of students that misbehave in class and cause a major distraction to other student's learning!!???
What happened to administrators that walked into classes and pulled out disruptive students and handled them IMMEDIATELY!!!!
I am sorry Superintendent Hinojosa…"HAIR on FIRE" is far from appropriate – it should be "In desperate need of a makeover"…GET BUSY!!!!
My child and others deserve IT!
October 26th, 2011
11:19 pm
It seems that we're always "pounding the wood in hopes that the nail will, somehow, be effected". This "hair on fire" thing reflects the mentality that, rather than come up with new solutions, we simply keep trying new versions of the tried and proven failures. Deploying "teams" into the schools simply sends out the undeniable message that…"You people can't seem to do your jobs, so we're gonna advise you". The example of student tardiness reflects a perfect example. Several (what seems like) centuries ago, the issue of tardiness was handled, quite simply, by the teacher: Little Johnny misses roll call and wanders into class late, thus interupting "class flow".Teacher to Little Johnny: "Get up here, you…hands on desk". Teacher then "reminds" Little Johnny of the error in his ways and administers a few pops upon Little Johnny's six with the "board of education", that infamous paddle with the holes designed to generate a level of FEAR and APPREHENSION with the heart and soul of Little Johnny.
Now I know that public aversion to anything not in concert with the dictates of pc doctrine will simply not fly in this "enlightened" society. We cannot generate fear into the Little Johnnys of today's youth, much less inflict anything suggesting "physical "owie" (Perhaps this is one reason why the youth of this current generation are so damn weak, mentaly, physically, and morally). However, the concept of CONSEQUENCE remains (or SHOULD remain) intact…SOME sort of MEANINGFUL consequence needs to be consistently employed. Otherwise, these "hair on fire"…teams will serve absolutely no purpose whatsoever, except to piss off the teacher corps who, apparently, cannot be trusted to handle the problems du jour without outside intervention.
October 26th, 2011
11:36 pm
I moved to the South Cobb area in the latter part of June and was ready to vacate the premises by the early part of July. I kept waiting for the school year to start and was hoping that my worst fears would not be confirmed, and they were. My children appear to be bright and talented in the school because the information that is being taught to them now, they learned in the previous school years. The things that I assumed were the norm, such as homework, mandatory AR points, teacher interaction, answered e-mails that are sent to teachers or even informative and RELEVANT school meetings seem to be a thing of the past. I give my children extra work when they come home from school just to keep them on the same level as other counties.
Someone above mentioned grammatical errors from parents in e-mails. What about the grammatical errors from the administrators and teachers that come home from the school administrators? The PTA is a joke, events are canceled or rescheduled last minute, leaders who promise to call or have you assist with meetings never return phone calls or e-mails. I can understand trying to improve a situation but with the current state of more than one of the public school systems in the Atlanta metro area someone has to start to protect the future of our country.
October 27th, 2011
1:24 am
Dispatching "teams" to see and investigate is a waste of time and tax payers money. Government schools still miss the point. All they have to do is look at the top performing schools and inevitably it's in the higher income areas. Nothing ground breaking there I know, but, these areas have parents that VALUE education. They in turn have children that VALUE getting an education. Which leads us to teachers that VALUE working in that environment and thus give their best. Unfortunately not everyone has $10k a year to send Johnny to school.
October 27th, 2011
6:37 am
Campbell needs to be on his list. It needs administrative attention to the administrators that are incompetent (7 out of 9, all new) with no help from the central office in spite of calls and letters. Please help! Someone, anyone!
October 27th, 2011
7:55 am
The composition of the "teams" should really be interesting ! I would take the area superintendents and house them in the troubled schools – but there again none of the area superintendents were successful with inproving the academics of their former schools – just the opposite they lead downward academic student achievement ! So, why did the Cobb School District chase off the only principals that lead schools off of the needs improvement list ? Just plain stupid would be my suggestion as are so many of the Human Resource Decisions. When will the HR leaders be indicted for their unauthorized and illegal personal salary increases. The credentials of the principals at some the troubled schools are simply weak and somewhat questionable. The only solution is for the new supintendent to clean house at Glover Street and reshape his cabinet and leadership team.
October 27th, 2011
8:28 am
"Teams will go into them to monitor teachers and student behavior, such as activity in the hallways. They'll develop methods for improvement, Hinojosa said. One example, if students are tardy to class, the teams will develop systems to ensure they get through the halls and to their classrooms on time."
Wow…Impressive!! And how much is Hinojosa being paid?
October 27th, 2011
8:30 am
cobb mom of 4
October 26th, 2011
10:09 pm
Leave S Cobb? Absolutely. This infesting the "good apples" with the "bad apples" doesnt work as the bad apples are bad apples because they want to be.
Let the expulsions begin IN ERNEST!!
October 27th, 2011
8:56 am
To echo what "Muffican jam" said, there are plenty of parents who VALUE EDUCATION with children who VALUE EDUCATION in the S. Cobb area. Howeve,r most of them do not send their kids to their area schools– rather they chose other options like private and home schooling; and who can blame them? The CCSD needs to develop a game plan that begins in Kindergarten and extends up thru middle and high school that offers a viable, high quality, rigorous learning environment for these families and children. Anytime one of these parents visits a school and asks what the school has in place for high achievers, any teacher, or school leader in the building should be able to clearly articulate what they have in place. When i say "high achievers" I am not just talking about Target eligible kids. There are many kids who fall a little below target expectations who get thrust in with the masses and oftentimes that may mean they are subject to low expectations and little focus on what they need in order to insure they are truly learning at a high level.
Almost every parent that I know in S. Cobb who is actively involved and who expects their child to be taught at a high level is doing exactly what "New To South Cobb" poster says and that is to give them extra work when they come home in the evenings just to try to insure the kids are not falling behind their peers in other schools, counties, states, etc.. For these parents, they are practically homeschooling their children. This is unacceptable!
Everyone knows that the parents play a large role in impacting a school's overall achievement levels. Therefore, If CCSD really wants to see the S. Cobb schools turnaround, it absolutely MUST figure out immediately some ways to attract the parents who value education into the schools, particularly those who are not enrolled in the schools in S. Cobb, and really find out why. If that is done, and an action plan devised to address perhaps the top ten or so issue that are raised, I am confident that we would see a change in these schools in very little time. Test score averages will creep up, incompetent teacher and administrators will get pushed out (as there will be more parents who are engaged who can help push that process along), and the overall spirit and morale of the school would probably increase as well.
I happen to have a child who is a high achiever and well behaved in class and one of the first things the teacher will say during conferences is how much of a joy it is to teach my child. I am not patting myself on the back– just making a point that many teachers raise all the time.. they need to just teach and not have to expend so much effort "raising" someone else's child. Although we would all like all the parents to do their jobs with their kids, the reality is that that simply is not practical and will not happen nd for the most part is outside the scope of the CCSD to "fix". However,CCSDt can go out of it's way to create programs within schools that will attract more families who value education so that our good teachesr who are working very hard to educate the kids have just a few more kids in the room who help to remind them how much of a joy it can be to teach. Additionally, and most importatnly the district can get the poor administrators and teacher out of the schools. Teacher know who the slackers are in the building, create some process whereby we can get the slackers out and not just shuffle them around to different grade levels and roles in the school.
October 27th, 2011
9:08 am
To hear all of this a parent about the surrounding schools, yet, Cobb County School Board voted to close the one school that gave parents' choices. We don't have drugs in the bathrooms, we don't have gangs; however, we do have teachers who give their best everyday to teach our kids at the highest level. To close a school where the parents and students have CHOSEN to attend is beyond me. It is unfair that now all of a sudden we are making a concerting effort to fix the Cobb County schools which seems to have more problems than Imagine Mableton. Cobb County School District is not financially sound, yet, that is one of the reasons for closing our school. We require mandatory volunteer hours, yet they say that are parents are not involved in our school. I am just a little confused. We are giving other schools an opportunity to succeed and improve but we are closing a school where at the time school started, 600+ students chose to come this year. As an IIAM parent I am highly disappointed, frustrated and confused.
October 27th, 2011
9:35 am
@ ANOTHER COMMENT – I agree you (albeit I don't care for the part demeaning the email's author). Ignorance is simply "not knowing" and I won't give them an out for simply not knowing. Many of the people you mention either don't care to know or just don't care. Pretty simple… it's unfortunate. Regarding ITBS vs. CRCT, everyone knows (who cares to know) that millions of dollars are tied to the CRCT via NCLB. The state has just made a major move in asking the Fed for a waiver in complying with NCLB, in an effort to loosen the ties that bind. Good luck with that…
@NEW TO SOUTH COBB – Regret you feel like you made a bad move to SC; however, many people have made the same observation. The community could be a lot stronger when it comes to the issue of education.
COBB MOM OF 4 mentioned leaving SC – many have and more will. You're really ready when you mention that one of the benefits to SC are the myriad routes that take you away from it.
What I've found is that many of the parents (friends of mine) who have moved to either Gwinnett, East Cobb or out of state. When I talk to them, we'll at some point talk about schools and how much they're involved, go to school board meetings, volunteer etc. I always tell them that they'd still be here in SC if they worked that hard when they lived here AND many of the issues residents still experience would be fewer.
It does start at home; however, it can finish there also. For as much as it is mentioned that the kids are not held to a higher set of expectations in school, we should hold the elected and appointed officials to a higher standard as well.
October 27th, 2011
9:42 am
Wasn't it Michael Jackson with the hair on fire?
October 27th, 2011
10:37 am
south cobb schools—one big ghetto, with bad management. But, the administrators are pulling in big salaries so they aren't changing anything. Keep it on!!
October 27th, 2011
10:52 am
It all comes down to the lack of zoning, out of control development. The cheap apartments, lack of enforcement on landlords to keep up the stock of apartments. In the first place so much rental stock should have never been allowed to be built.
What is the big difference between the Walton District, they only have one or two apartment complexes in their entire school district.
Once again, these districts are two big, they can not react to the micro society of the area. To many competiting priorities on different area's of the County. We must have school systems broken down by towns of smaller cities. School Districts should be no larger than 1 or 2 high schools.
Or you have to allow those who want to learn to go up to Walton.
October 27th, 2011
11:13 am
It's not rocket science. If you're looking to buy a house in a good school district, you pay attention to the demographics and avoid those with a high percentage of black/hispanic students.
Anyone surprised that the "troubled" schools referenced in this article are all 70% black/hispanic or higher? I guarantee you when Roy Barnes attended South Cobb, it was probably 90% white.
Of course, with the way administrators redistrict schools in a vain attempt to skew the numbers by moving racial groups around (remember when they moved white kids from Harrison to McEachern to prop up test scores?), private or homeschool is probably your best bet.
Anyway, good luck Hinojosa. Let us know how it works out for you….
October 27th, 2011
11:17 am
"Wasn't it Michael Jackson with the hair on fire?"
LMAO…him and Richard Pryor.
I think in this case though its Hinojosa brain that is over-heating.
October 27th, 2011
11:29 am
"First learn how to speak english correctly" you mean English???
Wonder what the Brits would say about ours?
October 27th, 2011
11:43 am
Cobb needs to fess up to the fact that they have NO CLUE and NO DESIRE to effectively run these low performing schools. Title 1 or not CCSD has their head in the sand and wants to treat each school and it's staff like they are all Pope High School. First of all the teachers and administrators work HARD! They deserve Hazard pay. Just like COA and Dekalb where teachers know that they are getting paid extra because they are dealing with a whole other animal. There is no reason why a teacher/administrator working in these schools should get paid the same as those in the West Cobb and East Cobb district. They have to deal with five times the discipline and have the same workload if not more. They are worked to the BONE, are under supported, and neglected by the county. CCSD needs to get a clue. It's not 1975. The demographic has changed. They need to step up to the plate and run these schools correctly. There are plenty of things that they could do. First starting with proper security and protection of the property from trespassers. These teachers are breaking up fights, getting thrown against walls and punched in the face. It's a disgrace. There are some parents that care and many that can't take it anymore so they drive their kids to another school. The others are too young to even have children in high school and believe that their kids are always right. The past area superintendent was a complete IDIOT and needed to be replaced. He was incompetent and a waste of time.
October 27th, 2011
12:01 pm
They put the IB program into some of the worst schools in an effort to level out the grade disparity. If the IB programs were put into the best schools, which would make logical sense, those schools would soar. Instead the IB program is being used to mask the obvious problems.
October 27th, 2011
1:13 pm
I am absolutely appalled by these comments. South Cobb is the only public school in the county that had TWO Bill Gates Millenium Scholars last year. By the way, both of these students were minorities. More than precious little Harrison. Schools like South Cobb and Pebblebrook have one glaring problem: Keeping students who don't want to be here enrolled. All those students do is take up space and cause problems for students, like myself, who WANT to learn. These students are like weeds. Take the weeds out and the garden will flourish.
To the many comments about minorities and disadvantaged people being the problem: You sound extremely ignorant.
October 27th, 2011
1:20 pm
It's About TIME! As a former teacher at Powder Springs, all I can say is Thank goodness the county is finally stepping in and helping that school. The teachers there have been constantly telling the county about the problems there and that the administration was running it into the ground, yet nothing was ever done about it. The principal was quick to blame others for the problems there and not herself. Most people were scared to speak out against the administration for fear of retribution from the principal. Those kids deserve to have an administration that cares about them. It was the most negative work environment that I have ever worked at. I hope they fire/demote her and turn that school around.
October 27th, 2011
1:28 pm
@SC Student: " South Cobb is the only public school in the county that had TWO Bill Gates Millenium Scholars last year. By the way, both of these students were minorities…"
Yes, they were both minorities because that is one of the requirements:
"The goal of GMS is to promote academic excellence and to provide an opportunity for outstanding minority students with significant financial need…"
October 27th, 2011
1:47 pm
"School Districts should be no larger than 1 or 2 high schools," you said.
With smaller school districts there is a smaller pot of money and less temptation for big greedy administrators to come down and rob the pot. It's also impossible to hide behind the "I didn't know" excuse because the district is small enough for every administrator to know very well.
October 27th, 2011
1:48 pm
Just another affirmative action blunder made to appease the minority and now destroying our schools. Get rid of the federal government interference in schools and let the states take care of their own.
October 27th, 2011
1:50 pm
Bill Gates Millenium Scholars! Hahahaha! Another affirmative action program! Were these two the two best or the two best of the minorities.
October 27th, 2011
2:26 pm
Three cheers for South Cobb HS. A school that is setting the students up to succeed. Every school has their issues, some just hide it better than others. This is not a spot on the South Cobb teachers, students or administration. This is an opportunity to exercise a new resource to aid in the success of South Cobb students. Nobody is perfect. No school is perfect. Remove the plank from your own eye before attempting to fix the eyes of those around you. The South Cobb community is a great place to learn, live and share positive laughter. Thank you to all the hardworking volunteers, administration, faculty and staff at these so-called schools with "hair on fire". Spread posivity, not negativity. It helps to make our community better.
October 27th, 2011
2:36 pm
reduce administration and put those funds back into the classrooms, get rid of under performing teachers, hire more teachers that can perform, allow them to perform, when they request undisciplined children be removed from the classroom then require the prinicpals to remove them and to inform the parents it is being done and why, offer the parents the opportunity to straighten the child out in order for that child to return to normal classes, should the parent succeed then allow the child back in, should the parent fail then allow the child to remain in remedial classes. it is unfortunate indeed that some parents are having children simply as a means to increase their income and many of these parents don't see fit to supervise, discipline, and require their children to behave and seek free educations. these kids learn a lot from watching mom and many will live there lives in a similar manner. by the way many of these moms are white as well. it's not difficult to see why it works like this– when i "government" put out corn "free money/education/etc" for my deer and turkey then as long as i continue to increase the amount of corn i put out the more deer and turkey will come for the free corn—when i cut back on the free corn fewer deer and turkey come for it as they have to learn to rely on their own foraging skills to improve their own lives. just a thought.
October 27th, 2011
3:10 pm
October 27th, 2011
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October 27th, 2011
3:15 pm
You people have no clue what, we teachers have to deal with on the southside.
October 27th, 2011
3:20 pm
But will they rigorize the rigor in a rigorous way, in order to reinvigorate the revisions of the remapping of the rigorously revised rigor?
That's essential, as of course the research tells us.
October 27th, 2011
3:39 pm
In its day, South Cobb & its schools were very good. Today the area is garbage. Campbell & Osbourne both need to be on the list as does Brown Elementary.
The good schools in Cobb are found in the west & north; best schools are in east cobb. However, in another 20-30 years those schools will be garbage.
October 27th, 2011
4:23 pm
The so called reform principal that was put at South Cobb several years ago and is now married to a Radio DJ. Merely, hired teachers who gave out A's to raised the test scores of the South Cobb thugs. Then when he came to Campbell he took away all of the spirit! Tired to fire the great teachers that the kids loved at Campbell. Ran off the IB head. All to bring in his lackkey's from South Cobb.
My daughter got one of those South Cobb favorites in Math. She gave no homework, no quizes, no tests in two weeks of Math, last year. Luckily my daughter got leveled out, and I requested the teacher she had Freshman year who the former South Cobb Principal tried to fire in the Rift. Luckily she got this teacher who was demanding of students that parents loved. Now as a Junior in another school District she has a solid A, and knows more Math than any other student. If she would have stayed with the former South Cobb teacher she would have been doomed.
October 27th, 2011
4:26 pm
Let's not forget that Cobb closed Oakwood, the Alternative school last year and made it an outsourced on-line school last year. So there is no place to send these trouble makers anymore.
Maybe we need to send them to Walton and Pope, that would wake up some in the district to see how bad the Gangs and Ghetto really is in parts of Cobb County. They might get of their Republican mantra of cutting taxes, cutting taxes. As long as it is not in my back yard it doesn't matter.
October 27th, 2011
4:46 pm
Not a pretty picture… Report card data for
Pebblebrook – http://www.gadoe.org/ReportingFW.aspx?PageReq=102&SchoolId=20613&T=1&FY=2010
South Cobb – http://www.gadoe.org/ReportingFW.aspx?PageReq=102&SchoolId=20603&T=1&FY=2010
Lindley Sixth Grade – http://www.gadoe.org/ReportingFW.aspx?PageReq=102&SchoolId=20558&T=1&FY=2010
Is it fair to say that the teacher of any subject where more than 50% of eoct test takers "did not meet" expectations should be on the chopping block?
October 27th, 2011
5:20 pm
If the school board is serious, they will have to take an all-out approach and run the schools military style from the pre-K schools that feed into those schools. Some of you use the word "ghetto" to implicate black people. This is not a color issue. There are plenty of high achieving black students, they simply get drownded out by the underachieving students both BLACK and WHITE and HISPANIC. This is a VALUES issue. Many kids in the areas you are talking about are single mom run households or English is a second language household or any number of situations. You have every child capable of doing great things but the environment and VALUES structures that many of us take for granted are not in place. There are many other areas around the country that have worse areas and the government schools have been turned around BUT it took a herculean effort. The question is does the the current school board as we know it have the " " to do what is needed and turn things around. The other point is ,we have to stop crapping on the kids that are in these schools. I am sure many would enjoy going to some other high school but it's out of their control at this point. If you live in Cobb you should want ALL the schools to do well as it reflects on the community at-large. CCSB the eyes of the county and state are upon you. Personally, I don't have a lot of confidence in your ability to get the job done. Too many of you have your own agenda's vs. doing what's right by the teachers and students. I have a feeling you'll drop this like you have dropped the ball on other issues in the past (caving on Hillgrove redistricting, changing the calendar 50 x's, etc). All I can say is God bless the kids in those schools.
October 27th, 2011
5:39 pm
@Concerned Parent
Is it fair to say that the teacher of any subject where more than 50% of eoct test takers "did not meet" expectations should be on the chopping block?
I might agree with you, provided ALL of my students came to me ON grade level, with supplies and good attitudes, and well rested and fed.
October 27th, 2011
5:39 pm
The real solution would be to make sure that no high school has more than 800 to1,000 students,then expell the trouble makers. They don't want to be there so they shouldn't be there. The problem is that there wouldn't be any high powered athletic programs and ridiculous 250 member marching bands which the powers that be and quite a few of the parents wouldn't stand for. It would be much easier to handle 800 students and the reduced discipline problems and it could be done but the community would have to give up all the extra curricular fluff in order to educate their children. If the parents want sports and bands they should "pay to play" and I'm sorry if some would get left out but volleyball and chorus aren't going to lead to careers for more than a tiny fraction of 1% of the students. The money spent on spiffy extras would go a long way towards buying school supplies that would actually be helpful in educating young people instead of being spent on buses to haul the football team from Cobb county to Savannah for a game. Education should be the priority not field hockey, gymnastics, and flag corps. I realize that kids enjoy all the sports, bands, and trips but those won't get them a job when they graduate but algebra, English, and a plumbing class in vocational shop just might. It sure would be good to see the vocational classes make a come back but far too many school systems have done away with them and tried to force the square pegs into round holes and send everyone to college. We will always need plumbers, electricians, and carpenters but there is no great demand for drum majors and cheerleaders after high school. Go back to small schools, small classes, and increased discipline and accountablity. If a student really wants to learn pottery they should go to a class after school but the school system shouldn't be paying for kilns, clay and paint in order to crank out misshapen ashtrays and easy "A's". When high schools get so big that they have five or six assistant principals, 3500 students and no one has any idea what is going on at the campus that should be all the warning that anyone needs. Kids will try to get away with as much as possible because they aren't stupid and know that the chances of being caught breaking the rules are slim to none. Don't whine when your kid "graduates" from MegaMonster High School as a semi literate, just be proud if he/she made all state. Maybe one of the big colleges will offer a scholarship(?).
October 27th, 2011
6:34 pm
@Jackie…LMBO "misshapened ashtrays." You make some great points about school and class size. That's where private schools have a decided advantage. People always ask, "why does it cost so much to go to private school?" The answer is, they only want the serious people that VALUE an education. Don't it it twisted, many provate schools have issues, drugs, pre-marital sex, behavioral issues etc. but by in large smaller is better. And to answer your "rhetorical" question they will not do away with the MegaMonster high schools with the football teams and huge bands. That feeds the next beast in the educational food chain and that's colleges and universities. These colleges need as many academically challenged, semi-literate, as you call them, kids to put in the athletic "pipeline" to keep the donations coming from alumni and subway alums alike. When their playing days are done and no more money can be made off the kid the beast simply spits them out and looks to devour another unsuspecting semi-literate kid. It's all a vicious circle.


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number of a co-worker, who in turn connected him with her producer.
Station management also gave the plan the go.
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Then listen to the do-gooders that are telling you if you don't vote for the school tax referendum, "catasrophic" events will occur to your school buildings. This is the catasrophe:
Given these facts, this present school board and Supt. ignore the collapsed economy around them and want to drive this school system further into debt-at our expense. This behavior borders on insanity. Their mission is to get their program through at any cost.
If you pass this referendum, Ress, Bryant, and Ron Etienne will attempt to let the contracts and commit the six million before year-end, knowing the new board in January may subvert or alter their plans.
Admittedly, this school system need renovating. Let's begin with the management.
Smart Guy!! The need is for every one esp. in Government to cut back and try to get to better times - Good Article with Facts...
Frankly it's not clear to me yet how is this new board supposed to turn the current school situation into becoming more catastrophic. I've lost touch with the local community news and now that i plan to go back and make a difference I am interested in knowing more. I am former graduate of a local school and I just got my masters in public administration, I am so eager to have the chance to do something good for my community.
There is so much we need to do to change the school system for better and until we don't focus on better selection and better teaching quality and until we don't think less about money nothing good will ever chance. I feel lucky that I have my masters in information technology now and I don't have a student loan, I feel so lucky for that.


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okay i just went to that sad part of tumblr called tagged/olivia penpraze and that's a ridiculously fucking awful story.
Specifically, because it could've been stopped. The first thing psychologists ask, if you survive a suicide attempt is 'Did you tell anyone?' This is how they determine whether the attempt was a 'cry for help' or 'intent to die'. If you tell no one, it's considered 'intent to die'.
In fact, in her last video, she says 'I've got Soundwave on Friday, so i'll do it after then'. People that are willing to stay alive for Soundwave aren't exactly in a rush to be dead.
The bottom line is that Olivia Penpraze posted a video to 900 people and none of them tried to help, and THAT's fucked up.
I can't even fathom how someone could think of egging someone on to take their life as trolling. Yeah, Nina, every part of Olivia's story is just so fucking wrong. Reminds me in some ways of Yueyue's story..
This utter apathy, or lack of compassion, or disconnection with humanity, or whatever grand phrase I use to try to encapsulate whatever it is we're experiencing, is it symptomatic of our technological age? There's so much to do, see, catch up with, I know I'm constantly distracted. Are we too busy or lazy to engage in the complexities of realities, to connect to each other beyond surface level, to empathise and support and really be there? When it's so much easier to watch romcoms and Masterchef and go clubbing and get mindlessly drunk and avert my gaze from the homeless and I don't know how to live.. I guess Olivia didn't either.. maybe all we need is to know that there are others who don't know too
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Emilio Pucci (Brand)
Yes, these were the original capris, which, in the figure-hugging fifties, showed off the world's most celebrated derrieres and gams (Sophia Loren's and Marilyn Monroe's come to mind). And Pucci's colorful prints—like the depiction of gioco del calcio, a medieval game of football, splashed across Suzy's shirt—would define the decade to an extent that neither she nor the photographer, John Rawlings, could have imagined.
Emilio Pucci had a career in the Italian Air Force before he became a designer, and was in fact still flying when he first tasted fashion success with a skiwear line. Emboldened, he turned in his wings and set up shop in the exclusive Canzone del Mare beach area of Capri. On this island playground, in 1950, he set about outfitting the smart set in breezy separates, whimsical straw hats, and thong sandals for weekends under the bright limoncello sun. Before long, his colorful resortwear was dotting shores across the Mediterranean, its vibrant hues mirroring the surrounding landscape of bougainvillea and blue sea.
Mona Bismarck, Consuelo Crespi, and Gloria Guinness were among the international sophisticates flitting into Emilio's boutique. Pucci, himself a titled aristocrat with a lineage stretching back to the Florentine Renaissance, initially signed only his first name to his pieces, out of respect for the family name. "I am the first member of my family to work in 1,000 years,"[2]he told Life magazine in 1964. Hidden within Pucci's chic patterns was the discreet "Emilio" signature that authenticated his designs amid a slew of cheap copies. A Pucci print was further distinguished from its Seventh Avenue imitators by the inspiration for its design: centuries of Italian art and history.
Operating out of his family's 14th-century palazzo in the shadow of the Duomo—and under the watchful eye of ancestral paintings by Botticelli and da Vinci—Pucci, "Prince of Prints" (as the American press dubbed him), dreamed up designs like 1957's Palio collection, which bore motifs from the heraldic banners of Siena's traditional horse race. In paint-by-numbers style, Pucci meticulously coded his line drawings color by color—Neapolitan yellow, Veronese green, Tirian pink—with up to sixteen in a single pattern, from a palette of some 80 dancing vividly in his head.
By the early sixties, no self-respecting socialite was without a closetful of Pucci. The dashing Florentine marchese offered everything from mannish shirts to flowing evening gowns, and was the designer of choice for ladies who lounge. His vision was the "essence of modernity,"[3] Vogue declared in 1964. For the print-shy, a single accessory sufficed: Worn with a conspicuous cocktail ring—as seen on Vogue's July cover that year—a silk Pucci headscarf was an instant way to telegraph one's connoisseurship of chic. In the following issue, Vogue featured the latest clutch of Pucci handbags, a riot of pattern and color in the kid-gloved grip of a young model named Marisa Berenson.
But of all his trend-making hits, it was Pucci's dresses of featherweight silk-jersey that would rocket the centuries-old name to worldwide fame. As women's clothing evolved into what Time dubbed the "Smashable Age,"[4] the six-ounce, wrinkle-free frocks became the uniform of the globetrotting jet set. "A Pucci dress is just about worth its weight in gold," observed The New York Times in 1967, "And, like gold, apparently one can never have enough." Members of the "Pucci cult" attempted to explain their Pucci obsession. "It's like a disease," said one of the afflicted, who had some 100 rolled neatly in her drawer. "I'm incurable,"[5] declared another. (Marilyn Monroe so favored his clingy dresses, she was buried in one.)
As the sixties swirled on, Pucci draped his devotees in increasingly vivid prints, using a kaleidoscope as a guide to color his Op-Art arabesque, filigree, and mosaic motifs in stylized Art Nouveau and geometric patterns. "True elegance is freedom of expression,"[6] he said. In creating these new designs, Pucci—with his glamorous wife, Cristina—was inspired by visits to South America, Asia, the Middle East, Bali, and Australia. In 1965, the proto-supermodel Veruschka posed—majestic and sun-bronzed—for Vogue in a billowing silk Pucci cape, its undulating pattern inspired by the fierce currents of Africa's vast Lake Tanganyika.
The psychedelic profusion that defined the era would fall out of favor, however, elbowed aside by the disco-casual of the seventies and then the man-tailoring of the power suit eighties. The unmistakable Pucci print, all swirls and whorls, did have a brief moment back in the sun around 1990, when the retro impulses of the nightclub scene collided with a passion for all things bright and colorful—and a shock-haired Linda Evangelista modeled the look head-to-toe in May Vogue—but the house was not a real fashion contender for some three decades.Then, in 2000, the luxury conglomerate LVMH acquired a controlling interest in the brand. Under the image direction of Laudomia Pucci, Emilio's daughter, a series of serious designers injected a fresh shot of color into the atelier: Julio Espada, Christian Lacroix, and Matthew Williamson. With the brilliant Peter Dundas at the drawing board since 2008, Pucci's outlook today is bright as ever. With his blend of haute bohemia-meets-rock-debauchery, Dundas is keeping Emilio Pucci's spirit of high-flying chic alive and well. "I like to think of the Pucci girl as the rebel aristocrat,"[7] he said in 2010. Spoken like a true marchese.
On brief leave from the Italian Air Force, pilot Emilio Pucci, the Marchese di Barsento, is on holiday in Zermatt, Switzerland, when ski costumes he designed for himself and a girlfriend—a chic hooded parka and streamlined pants—catch the eye of fashion photographer Toni Frissell. She snaps his designs and encourages him to work on more. ("When one skis, it is not necessary to look a mess," he will later say. "The skis are waxed, and it is just as important that one's gloves are as perfect."[8]
Emilio Pucci creates a women's skiwear collection, produced by White Stag for Lord & Taylor. After photographs of the designs are published Stateside, American manufacturers bid to produce his clothing. Planning to make and market his designs himself, Pucci begins researching textiles.
On leave in Capri, Pucci designs bright, breezy separates for a female friend. Capri pants are born.
Emilio Pucci ends his military service. Opens Emilio boutique in the Canzone del Mare beach area. The jet set stops in for straw hats, boxy shirts, pedal pushers, and thong sandals. Soon, boutiques will pop up in Rome and other cities. Emilio Pucci SrL and Emilio Pucci New York companies established, as the founder works from Palazzo Pucci.
At Florence's first fashion show, Emilio Pucci debuts sportswear and printed scarves alongside shoes by Salvatore Ferragamo. Top American retailers rush in orders for Pucci's chic capri pants. Pucci meets with Stanley Marcus of Neiman Marcus, who suggests he make blouses and dresses out of the vividly patterned scarf material. In September, Vogue reports on the event and introduces readers to Italy's designers.
Boutique line introduced; Saks Fifth Avenue, Bergdorf Goodman, and I. Magnin snap it up.
The landmark printed silk-jersey dress debuts. Pucci receives the prestigious Neiman Marcus Fashion Award.
The designer moonlights for Chicago undergarment manufacturer Formfit Rogers.
Viva Panty, a revolutionary stretch-silk bodysuit, launched with Formfit. Emilioform, a shantung nylon-blend fabric, created. Capsula, a catsuit ski outfit (and early example of a stretch garment), pays homage to NASA. In a striking departure, Pucci presents an all-white collection accented with just a touch of gold.
Vases and tableware launched with Rosenthal China. Time reports on the latest vogue among the jet set: wrinkle-proof clothing in lightweight synthetics. At the high end are fashions from Pucci—"Undisputed master of the smashable dress"[9]—whose six-ounce stretch silks are used in everything from ball gowns to bikinis.
The house's first haute couture collection—called "Reigning Beauties" and dedicated to Jacqueline Kennedy (later Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis) and others—debuts. An atelier established on the Rue Jean-Goujon, Paris.
Pal Coco Chanel suggests Emilio Pucci bottle his design essence. He presents several fragrance concoctions to three-year-old daughter Laudomia, who chooses the green chypre scent that will become Vivara. January: Pucci designs made available to home seamstresses via Vogue Patterns. March: Vogue runs a full-color feature on "Pucci the Magnificent," with photographs by Horst P. Horst. July: Vogue spotlights "The Beautiful People and the Fashion for Pants," crediting Pucci as "one of the first to make women look really enchanting in pants."[10]
Braniff International airlines paints its fleet in a kaleidoscope of Pucciesque colors; stewardesses—dubbed "Pucci Galores," in a tongue-in-cheek nod to Goldfinger character Pussy Galore—are dressed in Emilio Pucci's snazzy, ultramodern uniforms. (Barbie dolls will soon sport several Braniff designs, from mod boots to printed kerchiefs.) Pucci becomes director of Florence's fashion shows, held at the Palazzo Pitti.
Vivara perfume—named for an island near Ischia and Capri—debuts with a commercial starring Umbrellas of Cherbourg actress Catherine Deneuve.
Designer bath towels launched with Springmaid. Men's fashions introduced in Europe. Emilio Pucci receives second Neiman Marcus Fashion Award.
Emilio Pucci invents a chiffon jersey fabric.
April: Emilio Pucci announces he will show just once a year, citing the trend toward "mono-season"[11] collections. Pucci decorator prints and home furnishings available at Lord & Taylor. October: Emilio Pucci designs wall coverings, art, and Argentine-woven rugs.
Menswear—suits, sports jackets, shirts, and ties—makes its New York debut with a dedicated men's boutique at Saks Fifth Avenue. Pucci art carpets exhibited at the Museo Nacional de Arte Decorativo in Buenos Aires.
Astronauts on the Apollo 15 lunar mission bear an Emilio Pucci–designed patch on their flight suits: three stylized birds, representing the three explorers, flying over the moon's surface.
Pucci boutique opens on East Sixty-fourth Street in Manhattan. Floors are covered in swirling rug styles from a new collection with Harmony Carpets; fragrances, Pucci-patterned Eaton stationery, and a range of accessories also sold.
Zadig fragrance launched.
Emilio Pucci creates the "Piume" design, inspired by Australian birds and plants, for Qantas airline.
Pucci scarf patterns translated into needlepoint kits for pillows and handbags.
Braniff airlines revamps its uniforms, dropping Pucci for Halston. Lincoln Continental Mark V and Vespa motor scooters hit the road with Pucci detailing.
"Lady Look" collection dedicated to Diana, Princess of Wales. Emilio Pucci knighted by the Italian government.
President Jacques Chirac presents Emilio Pucci with the Médaille de Vermeil of the City of Paris.
Pucci prints make a comeback when pop queen Madonna, Harpers & Queen style editor Hamish Bowles, and designer Paloma Picasso are all snapped in the retro-chic patterns. May: Bergdorf's reports a run on Pucci's new Lycra stretch tights at $80 a pop. "Sales have been sluggish for 15 years," says Laudomia Pucci, Emilio's daughter, now an executive with the company. "Now the demand is out of control."[12] Emilio Pucci retires. Laudomia becomes head designer and begins overseeing daily operations. June: Pucci knockoffs abound, WWD reports.
Emilio Pucci presented with a special award from the CFDA, in honor of his comeback. Laudomia accepts on his behalf.
June: Key archival pieces donated to the Palazzo Pitti's costume museum. November: Founder Emilio Pucci dies. Laudomia Pucci takes over the company. Her older brother, Alessandro Pucci, is vice president. "The most precious thing my father left to me was not his archive but his spirit,"[13] she will later say.
Boutique opens on Florence's Via della Vigna Nuova. April: Eyewear launched with Windsor Optical. December: Laudomia and Alessandro Pucci ink a licensing deal with clothing manufacturer Altana SpA. Laudomia will oversee design of a younger diffusion line, Pucci.
February: Pucci designs exhibited in "The Italian Metamorphosis, 1943–1968" at the Guggenheim. September: New Pucci line makes its debut at Prêt-à-Porter in Paris.
Pucci line presented Stateside at the New York Premier Collections trade show.
Tribute dedicated to Emilio Pucci mounted at the first Biennale di Firenze, sparking renewed interest in the label.
January: New womenswear and menswear, designed by Stephan Janson, introduced at the Palazzo Pucci during Florence's Pitti Immagine trade fair. February: The collections are presented in a showroom during Milan Fashion Week.
March: For Vogue's cover, model Carolyn Murphy poses for photographer Steven Meisel in a lavender Emilio Pucci top and white pants by Jil Sander. Stephan Janson, who was to revitalize the label, is out; this season's effort is created by an in-house team. October: Antonio Berardi designs the collection.
May: LVMH acquires a controlling stake of 67 percent; the Pucci family retains 33 percent. Catherine Vautrin, Louis Vuitton's director of ready-to-wear development, appointed chairman and CEO. October: Store opens on Milan's Via Montenapoleone. Antonio Berardi presents his last collection. Puerto Rican designer Julio Espada named artistic director of Emilio Pucci. Laudomia Pucci is now image director and deputy chairman. December: Palm Beach store opens.
March: Julio Espada makes his debut for the brand. April: Pucci fabrics cover chairs and sofas by Cappellini. August: Emiliopucci.com launched. December: Boutique opens in Florence on the Via dè Tornabuoni.
March: Julio Espada presents his last collection. April: French design legend Christian Lacroix named creative director. Paris flagship opens on the Avenue Montaigne. There are now eight boutiques worldwide. June: Marilyn Monroe favorites reissued in a limited release. September: Lacroix makes his Pucci debut.
April: The company teams up with Wally Yachts to produce a sloop with a handpainted vintage-Pucci-print sail. May: Dogville star Nicole Kidman heats up Cannes in a chili-red Pucci halter-neck gown. September: First London boutique opens on Sloane Street.
Emilio Pucci Foundation established at the Palazzo Pucci, boasting an extensive archive. September: Fifth Avenue flagship opens in New York. Pucci-patterned Wolford leg and bodywear launched. December: Veuve Clicquot offers La Grande Dame Champagne packaged in a Pucci-patterned sleeve.
June: The company returns to its roots as a boutique opens on Via Camerelle in Capri. Fall: Emilio Pucci Rossignol skiwear collection includes Pucci-print skis. September: Christian Lacroix presents his last collection. During his tenure, sales of the brand quadrupled, WWD later reports. The brand now has 29 stores. October: LVMH taps Brit designer Matthew Williamson as creative director.
January: Store opens on Rome's Via Borgognona. February: Matthew Williamson's first collection for the brand hits the runway. May: Emilio Pucci PlayStation Signature PSP case launched in Japan. Adidas dips into Pucci's palette to jazz up its Adicolor sneakers. July: Limited- edition pens with luxury pen maker Omas released.
February: Limited-edition Collectibles range of archival sixties designs—Emilio Pucci's favorites—launched. March: Didier Drouet joins as general manager, replacing Catherine Vautrin. May: The house celebrates 60 years with a soiree at the Palazzo Pucci. A fresh update of the Vivara scent is unveiled. June: Guerlain by Emilio Pucci limited-edition makeup range debuts. The venture marks the brand's first foray into cosmetics. July: LVMH executive Delphine Arnault joins the board. Turnover has grown sixfold since the LVMH acquisition, WWD reports. August: Limited-edition Pucci jeans in pop colors launched with 7 for All Mankind.
April: Sunglasses launched with Marchon Eyewear. August: In honor of the Beijing Summer Olympics, the house creates a gymnastics leotard for Hong Kong luxury retailer Lane Crawford. September: Matthew Williamson leaves to focus on his signature label. A boutique opens in Shanghai. There are now 41 stores worldwide. October: Norwegian Peter Dundas named creative director. November: E-commerce launched with internet retailer Yoox.
February: Peter Dundas makes his Pucci debut at the 18th-century Palazzo Serbelloni in Milan. Vivara Variazioni scent trio—Sole 149, Acqua 330, and Sabbia 167—launched. December: Marquise handbag debuts; will become a bestseller.
January: Nine star Kate Hudson wears a white Pucci sheath with plunging back to the SAG Awards. May: Sarah Jessica Parker wears a teal Pucci dress on movie posters for Sex and the City 2. Sienna Miller—dressed in midnight-blue lace-and-tulle Pucci—and date Jude Law accompany Peter Dundas to the Met ball. August: Miss Pucci perfume launched. September: Pucci, Vintage Art Edition coffee-table tomes published by Taschen, each signed by Laudomia Pucci.
February: Vivara Variazioni Verde 072—named for the house's own bright-lime Pantone color—fragrance launched. March: Succeeding Didier Drouet, Alessandra Carra named CEO. July: Model Anja Rubik wears custom Pucci for her wedding to model Sasha Knezevic on the island of Majorca, Spain. August: Miss Pucci Intense perfume launched.
April: Laudomia Pucci named a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by French Culture Minister Frédéric Mitterrand. May: Actress Renée Zellweger accompanies Peter Dundas to the Met ball, wearing an elegant Pucci silk dress with train. June: To Rome with Love star Penélope Cruz wears lacy, racy Pucci to a Manhattan preview of Woody Allen's latest.
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New Fundraising Raffle for 2014
Learn more and buy raffle tickets online.
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Visitors to the Fort for the Eva Lail performance joined in a feast of Frontier Fare. Bonnie Strassell then took the stage as Eva Lail a frontier woman who survived the 1780 Attack on Ruddle's Station and was subsequently marched along with 400 others to the British stronghold at Detroit. Click here to see photos and a video clip of the performance.
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The State Corporation Commission said Thursday the new fuel rate will take effect on Friday.
It will increase the monthly bill of a residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt hours of electricity by about $7.56. Appalachian Power serves about 500,000 customers in Virginia.
Virginia law allows Appalachian Power and other utilities to bill customers for the cost of fuel used to generate electricity and the power bought to serve customers.
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Preoperative Intravenous Omega 3 Fatty Acids Administration in Elderly Patients Undergoing Hip Surgery
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The perioperative administration of n-3 fatty acids has been shown to lead to favorable effects on outcome in patients with severe surgical interventions by lowering the magnitude of inflammatory response and by modulating the immune response. No study with preoperative administration of IV omega 3 fatty acids as a part of total parenteral nutrition (TPN) or monotherapy with it to demonstrate its effects on inflammatory and immune response has been conducted. So, this study has been planned to judge the inflammatory response of preoperative monotherapy with IV omega 3 fatty acids in elderly patients undergoing hip surgery considering the hyperinflammation associated with this type of surgery in elderly patients.
Hip Surgery
Dietary Supplement: Omegaven-IV FO
Phase 4
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|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
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|Preoperative Intravenous Omega 3 Fatty Acids Administration in Elderly Patients Undergoing Hip Surgery: A Prospective, Randomized, Open-Label, Comparative Clinical Trial
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- Infectious complications [ Time Frame: 5 days ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
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|June 2010
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Active Comparator: 1
Will receive IV Omega 3 fatty acids (Omegaven®) for 3 pre operative days
Dietary Supplement: Omegaven-IV FO
Will receive IV Omega 3 fatty acids (Omegaven®) for 3 pre operative days
No Intervention: 2
Will not receive IV Omega 3 fatty acids (Omegaven®) for 3 pre operative days.
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- Elderly male or female patients undergoing hip surgeries
- Age > 60 years
- The patients who give written informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Refusal to participate in the study
- Allergy to any of the constituents of nutritional products
- HIV positive patients, patients with primary diagnosis of hypertriglyceridemia, patients on long term steroid therapy and cyclooxygenase inhibitors (more than 3 months)
- Severe cardiac disease, hepatic disorders (total bilirubin > 1.5 times the upper limit of normal), psychiatric disorders likely to affect compliance, severe hemorrhagic disorders, stroke, embolism
- Uncontrolled severe renal failure (Serum creatinine > 2 mg/dL) without dialysis/hemofiltration
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|Omegaven Hip Surgery
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IVOmega 3 FA
Hip Surgery
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