One of the first things I see that would need to be addressed is the high dropout rate at the high school. Until we are ready to quit shuffling the numbers and recognize that we have a serious problem in this area, then we will be spinning our wheels as far as CCHS goes. It is easy to blame teachers and administrators for so many kids leaving school during the freshman and sophomore years, but to place the blame there is unrealistic and narrow-minded. I am one of those who believe CCHS is too big and a county this size is cheating its youth by cramming thousands into one building. Bigger is not always better.
Teachers can only do so much.
Many of us who have only two or three kids at home go bonkers on the weekends. The end result of this is that the good students, the fast students, excel and the marginal students fall farther and farther behind until they find their situation helpless. Mentoring and tutoring are needed and don't tell me these marginal students won't accept help under the right circumstances. We also have to quit looking at the GED as a high school diploma because it is not. I am not condemning the GED program because it has its place.