Collier Schools Fail – Again

So when this author made the utterly moronic mistake of vying for a seat on the local charter school board, he was denigrated, besmirched, slurred, slandered – you know, the usual tactics of the syndicate. And with the exception of one sole citizen, no one bothered – even those that have benefited from this blog – to address the sleazy tactics.

But who cares, right?

How about your $30,000,000 (or is it more?) of your tax dollars being wasted in a school district that just outright sucks (using the vernacular of the syndicate and those that graduate from same)? Are you having fun yet?

One of the only two truly independent and scientifically based assessments of schools has just been released. The U.S. News and World Report/Newsweek annual assessment of high schools in the U.S. showed what those of us in education (you know, the teachers, as opposed to the clones that sit on school boards or make six-figures in the administration) already know: Collier schools are the worst of the worst of the worst.

Not using the utterly faux FCAT test results as a guide, the two magazines reviewed over 21,000 high schools. Somewhere around 800^th was one Collier high school (no, not Lely), and nowhere else. But yet there are 10 Florida schools in the top 100.

Too many non-English speaking immigrants in Collier are the problem? Really? Then why does Miami have dozens in the list, four in the top 100 and one as high as 15^th!?

Keep listening to your local school board, the syndicate operatives that infest it, the county school board, and keep sending the money.

Rank	School Name and Location
1	Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology Alexandria, VA
2	International AcademyBloomfield Hills, MI
3	Whitney High School Cerritos, CA
4	Oxford AcademyCypress, CA
5	School for the Talented and Gifted at Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center Dallas, TX
6	Newcomers High School Long Island City, NY
7	Pacific Collegiate School Santa Cruz, CA
8	School of Science and Engineering Magnet Dallas, TX
9	BASIS Tucson Tucson, AZ
10	International School Bellevue, WA
11	High Technology High School Lincroft, NJ
12	Academic Magnet High School No. Charleston, SC
13	IDEA Academy and College Prepatory Donna, TX
14	Pine View School Osprey, FL
15	Design and Architecture Senior High School Miami, FL
16	KIPP Houston High School Houston, TX
17	Stanton College Preparatory School Jacksonville, FL
18	The Early College at Guilford Greensboro, NC
19	The High School of American Studies at Lehman College Bronx, NY
20	Loveless Academic Magnet Program High School Montgomery, AL
21	University High School Tucson, AZ
22	California Academy of Math and Science Carson, CA
23	Animo Leadership Charter High School Inglewood, CA
24	Raleigh Charter High School Raleigh, NC
25	Lennox Mathematics, Science and Technology Academy Lennox, CA
26	Hume-Fogg Academic Magnet Nashville, TN
27	Benjamin Franklin High School New Orleans, LA
28	Lowell High School San Francisco, CA
29	International Community School Kirkland, WA
30	Martin Luther King Academic Magnet School Nashville, TN
31	Stuyvesant High School New York, NY
32	The Preuss School UCSD La Jolla, CA
33	Townsend Harris High School Flushing, NY
34	Staten Island Technical High School Staten Island, NY
35	Baccalaureate School for Global Education Long Island City, NY
36	Mission San Jose High School Fremont, CA
37	Northside College Preparatory High School Chicago, IL
38	Boston Latin School Boston, MA
39	Bergen Academies Hackensack Hackensack, NJ
40	Michael E. DeBakey High School for Health Professions Houston, TX
41	Yonkers High School Yonkers, NY
42	Paxon School for Advanced Studies Jacksonville, FL
43	Dr. Ronald McNair Academic High School Jersey City, NJ
44	School of International Studies San Diego High School San Diego, CA
45	Julia R. Masterman Laboratory and Demonstration School Philadelphia, PA
46	South Side High School Rockville Centre, NY
47	Langley High School McLean, VA
48	Jericho High School Jericho, NY
49	The Charter School of Wilmington Wilmington, DE
50	Westshore Junior/Senior High School Melbourne, FL
51	Horace Greeley High School Chappaqua, NY
52	High School for Dual Language and Asian Studies New York, NY
53	Signature School Evansville, IN
54	Hawthorne Math and Science Academy Hawthorne, CA
55	Blind Brook High School Rye Brook, NY
56	The Maine School of Science and Mathematics Limestone, ME
57	Alexander W. Dreyfoos Jr. School of the Arts West Palm Beach, FL
58	Bronx High School of Science Bronx, NY
59	Rye High School Rye, NY
60	Suncoast Community High School Riviera Beach, FL
61	William A. Shine Great Neck South High School Great Neck, NY
62	Sumner Academy of Arts and Science Kansas City, KS
63	Brooklyn Technical High School Brooklyn, NY
64	New Explorations Science Tech and Math School New York, NY
65	Walnut Hills High School Cincinnati, OH
66	Maritime and Science Technology High School Key Biscayne, FL
67	Henry M. Gunn High School Palo Alto, CA
68	YES Prep SoutheastHouston, TX
69	Pittsford Mendon High School Pittsford, NY
70	Monta Vista High School Cupertino, CA
71	Highland Park High School Dallas, TX
72	Newport High School Bellevue, WA
73	Piedmont High School Piedmont, CA
74	Academy of Allied Health and Science Neptune, NJ
75	High School for Law and Public Service New York, NY
76	Peak to Peak Charter School Lafayette, CO
77	Carnegie Vanguard High School Houston, TX
78	Bellevue High School Bellevue, WA
79	Coeur d'Alene Charter Academy Coeur d'Alene, ID
80	La Cañada High School La Cañada, CA
81	Queens High School for the Sciences at York College Jamaica, NY
82	New World School of the Arts Miami, FL
83	Palo Alto High School Palo Alto, CA
84	Pittsford Sutherland High School Pittsford, NY
85	Cold Spring Harbor Junior/Senior High School Cold Spring Harbor, NY
86	Campolindo High School Moraga, CA
87	The Bromfield School Harvard, MA
88	South Texas High School for Health Professions Mercedes, TX
89	Miramonte High School Orinda, CA
90	City Honors School at Fosdick-Masten Park Buffalo, NY
91	Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts Fort Worth, TX
92	Metro Academic and Classical High School St Louis, MO
93	Saratoga High School Saratoga, CA
94	Princeton High School Princeton, NJ
95	Coral Reef Senior High School Miami, FL
96	Walter Payton College Prep Math, Science, and World Language Academy Chicago, IL
97	Hidalgo Early College High School Hidalgo, TX
98	Lynbrook High School San Jose, CA
99	Jones College Prep Chicago, IL
100	John S. Davidson Fine Arts School Augusta, GA