School Ratings Thread - READ FIRST for school inquiries. (Atlanta: high school, gym)

[aries4118]

Originally Posted by Noiren

I don't know why, I got mixed replies. Some say it's great, some say it's going downhill slowly...I was confused since everyone here seem to love that school system. The elementary school is private though I think. And I'm not sure if we can afford private schooling so I was just double checking here to see if it's worth it

If it's part of the Gwinnett County School System, the elementary school won't (and can't) be private.

[globalnomad]

For what it's worth, US News & World Report just issued their 2010 Best High Schools.

No Atlanta schools are in the top 100.

Overall, Georgia ranks 20th in the nation on this report.

You can check the rankings of GA schools at the magazine's web site:

America's Best High Schools 2010 - US News Education

[BobKovacs]

Originally Posted by globalnomad

For what it's worth, US News & World Report just issued their 2010 Best High Schools.

No Atlanta schools are in the top 100.

Overall, Georgia ranks 20th in the nation on this report.

You can check the rankings of GA schools at the magazine's web site:

America's Best High Schools 2010 - US News Education

Saw that this morning- just another worthless study meant to sell more magazines. The methodology they used was bizarre- they looked at schools to see how they did on "serving all students equally" and only those schools that made the grade on that measure got moved to the next level, where the metric they used for ranking was AP and IB test quantities. So essentially, even if a school has excellent results for a good portion of their population, if they have some slackers that are dragging them down, they don't make the rankings. That explains why schools like Walton, Pope, Lassiter, Sequoyah, Grady, etc., aren't anywhere in the list, while some metro area schools that don't come close to making the top spots in other rankings are included.

I hope people are smart enough to dig into the methodologies used in these studies, rather than just taking what U.S. News says as gospel.

[rcsteiner]

Someone needs to put together America's Top 10 Best High School Ranking Lists. That way we'll know who to believe.

[lastminutemom]

Originally Posted by rcsteiner

Someone needs to put together America's Top 10 Best High School Ranking Lists. That way we'll know who to believe.

LOL

That is really funny.

[RainyRainyDay]

Last night at the final performance of the Atlanta Symphony's "Very Merry Holiday Pops" concerts, a lady sitting next to us was in tears at the beauty of the choral singing. The choir that so moved her consisted of 150 members of Cobb county's Lassiter and Walton High School choruses. She was quite amazed that they were public high school students.

It's wonderful that so far, in the midst of all the budget difficulties and cutbacks, Cobb schools have been able to maintain first-rate music programs in band, orchestra and chorus. The arts are vital to a true well-rounded education. My daughter was in that choir and I am very grateful for the musical education she's receiving at Lassiter.

Kudos to Mr. and Mrs. Williams, the choir directors at Lassiter and Walton respectively.

[aries4118]

Originally Posted by RainyRainyDay

Last night at the final performance of the Atlanta Symphony's "Very Merry Holiday Pops" concerts, a lady sitting next to us was in tears at the beauty of the choral singing. The choir that so moved her consisted of 150 members of Cobb county's Lassiter and Walton High School choruses. She was quite amazed that they were public high school students.

It's wonderful that so far, in the midst of all the budget difficulties and cutbacks, Cobb schools have been able to maintain first-rate music programs in band, orchestra and chorus. The arts are vital to a true well-rounded education. My daughter was in that choir and I am very grateful for the musical education she's receiving at Lassiter.

Kudos to Mr. and Mrs. Williams, the choir directors at Lassiter and Walton respectively.

This is a really cool to read, Rainy. Thanks for postin' it!

[ambersmom722]

Originally Posted by equinox63

I've been scouring the net to no avail... Does anyone know where I can find the current teacher salary schedule for Atlanta Public Schools online?

this is copied and pasted from their website

[SIZE=2]T4 - Bachelor's - 191[/SIZE]

Step 1: $44,312
Step 2: $45,311
Step 3: $46,334
Step 4: $47,380
Step 5: $48,449
Step 6: $49,542
Step 7: $50,660
Step 8: $51,804
Step 9: $52,972
Step 10: $54,167
Step 11: $55,390
Step 12: $56,666
Step 13: $57,973
Step 14: $59,310
Step 15: $60,676
Step 16: $60,676
Step 17: $60,676
Step 18: $62,075
Step 19: $62,075
Step 20: $62,075
Step 21: $63,506
Step 22: $63,506
Step 23: $63,506
Step 24: $64,970
Step 25: $64,970
Step 26: $66,467
[SIZE=2]T5 - Master's - 191[/SIZE]

Step 1: $48,743
Step 2: $49,843
Step 3: $50,968
Step 4: $52,118
Step 5: $53,293
Step 6: $54,497
Step 7: $55,726
Step 8: $56,983
Step 9: $58,269
Step 10: $59,583
Step 11: $60,929
Step 12: $62,333
Step 13: $63,770
Step 14: $65,240
Step 15: $66,744
Step 16: $66,744
Step 17: $66,744
Step 18: $68,282
Step 19: $68,282
Step 20: $68,282
Step 21: $69,856
Step 22: $69,856
Step 23: $69,856
Step 24: $71,467
Step 25: $71,467
Step 26: $73,114
[SIZE=2]T6 - Specialty - 191[/SIZE]

Step 1: $53,617
Step 2: $54,827
Step 3: $56,064
Step 4: $57,329
Step 5: $58,623
Step 6: $59,945
Step 7: $61,299
Step 8: $62,682
Step 9: $64,096
Step 10: $65,543
Step 11: $67,022
Step 12: $68,567
Step 13: $70,146
Step 14: $71,764
Step 15: $73,418
Step 16: $73,418
Step 17: $73,418
Step 18: $75,110
Step 19: $75,110
Step 20: $75,110
Step 21: $76,842
Step 22: $76,842
Step 23: $76,842
Step 24: $78,613
Step 25: $78,613
Step 26: $80,426
[SIZE=2]T7 - Doctorate - 191[/SIZE]

Step 1: $58,978
Step 2: $60,309
Step 3: $61,671
Step 4: $63,062
Step 5: $64,486
Step 6: $65,940
Step 7: $67,428
Step 8: $68,950
Step 9: $70,506
Step 10: $72,097
Step 11: $73,724
Step 12: $75,423
Step 13: $77,162
Step 14: $78,940
Step 15: $80,760
Step 16: $80,760
Step 17: $80,760
Step 18: $82,622
Step 19: $82,622
Step 20: $82,622
Step 21: $84,527
Step 22: $84,527
Step 23: $84,527
Step 24: $86,475
Step 25: $86,475
Step 26: $88,468

* Please note the Atlanta Board of Education did not approve a cost of living adjustment (COLA) for the 2009-2010 school year. Salaries will remain the same as listed on the appropriate 2008-2009 salary schedule.

Human Resource Services > Employees > Salaries

[Atlantasfinest]

South sees rise in poor, minority students *| ajc.com

[aries4118]

Originally Posted by Atlantasfinest

South sees rise in poor, minority students *| ajc.com

South: First U.S. region with majority low income and minority students | Get Schooled