Certificate of Completion Of Attendance

As usual some people got it twisted or are using it to advance their own agendas. High school students not graduating has nothing to do with "NCLB."


"No Child Left Behind" or Is It

Our ancestor's fought too hard for us to get a fair education and We can NOT afford our children, our future to fall victims to this...We have to stay involved and in our children's lives, let's make education mandatory to our youth not optional. The "Certificate of Completion or Attendance" that is being offered in lieu of high school diplomas, is a part of Bush's "No Child Left Behind".

This is how it works:

It is for students who are unable to pass both the Language Arts and Math portions of the 10th grade State Student Assessment Exams Students must take the same 10th grade test over in the 11th and 12th grades until they pass both portions. If they are unable to pass the10th grade test by the 12th grade then they have two options:

1. Drop out and go to a GED program or,
2. accept a "Certificate of Completion" - it is NOT a diploma. Once a student accepts it, they cannot ever get a diploma or a GED. A certificate of completion means that a student can never (as long as they live):

1. go to the armed services
2. go to college
3. go to trade school
4. go to journeyman's school
5. go to beauty school
6. go to culinary arts school
7. get a federal loan in their lifetime

This is the portion of NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND (2001) that Bush slipped in during the 2004 revision of the NCLB bill. It has not been publicized. At a high school in Indiana, in 2005, there were 87 seniors in the graduation class. Five got diplomas and 82 got "Certificates of Completion".

This is being referred to as the "Paper Plantation". It is better for students to drop out and get into a GED program so they may seek other forms of education, later in life, if they desire to do so. All 50 states have "Certificates of Completion or Attendance". Please pass this information along to EVERYONE you know who has school age children. Clergy, please preach it from the pulpits. Our people MUST know this information. Thank you & stay blessed."

No one can make you feel inferior unless you allow them." Martin Luther King, Jr.



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The Root

Today I heard Mr. Reginald Williams the principal of Kirby High school and he gave me hope for the future of our city schools. I didn't hear the whole interview, but I like what I heard. Instead of always going out and trying to recruit some superintendent with a five star resume. We need some front line soldiers with time already served in the trenches. These are the kind of people we need in positions of responsibility and influence in this city. He didn't sound like Barack Obama or Jamal Bryant in his delivery but he definitely got his point across. He seems to truly understand and operate under the premise that there is no I in the word team.
He was acknowledging to his staff almost to a fault. A spirit of humility isn't something most leaders have to overcome.


Enough about his style of administration and character. He has accumulated some impressive numbers rating his effectiveness as well. He has to a degree turned Kirby High School around. He has went from a 30% to 70% graduation rate with real high school diplomas. They were passing out what are called "Tennis Diplomas " at an alarming rate. I blogged about this some time ago. It was obviously bigger on a local level than I though. ttp://indepcons.blogspot.com/search?q=certificate+of+completion I like the way he has gone back to the basics while keeping up with the pace.All the while stressing discipline and accountability. We'll get to the branches later, let's first get to the root.