teach1st
08-20-2005, 06:53 AM
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/opinion/content/local_news/epaper/2005/08/20/s1c_minor_0820.html
(Opinion)
Just in case you've been busy lately and haven't had much time for dirty thoughts about the FCAT, here's a little something to get you riled up.
You're welcome.
Ollice Davis, the band director in Pahokee and perhaps the most lovable man on Earth, is losing talent this year. All of a sudden, the middle-school kids at Pahokee Middle/Senior High School aren't taking band during the school day.
They can come in an hour early if they want. "Zero Period," it's called.
Principal Reed Bain says there is not enough time to offer band during the six-period day.
"Because of the FCAT, we have to prepare the kids for the FCAT," says Davis, who just began his 32nd year of teaching at Pahokee. "So there are other classes they have to have. And that's a problem all over the whole state of Florida."
For years, Pahokee's band has been an amazing mix of talent and spirit, one of the community cornerstones. Leigh Woodham, who is admittedly biased — she's a band mom and president of the booster club — uses this anecdote to make her point.
Read more (http://www.palmbeachpost.com/opinion/content/local_news/epaper/2005/08/20/s1c_minor_0820.html)
(Opinion)
Just in case you've been busy lately and haven't had much time for dirty thoughts about the FCAT, here's a little something to get you riled up.
You're welcome.
Ollice Davis, the band director in Pahokee and perhaps the most lovable man on Earth, is losing talent this year. All of a sudden, the middle-school kids at Pahokee Middle/Senior High School aren't taking band during the school day.
They can come in an hour early if they want. "Zero Period," it's called.
Principal Reed Bain says there is not enough time to offer band during the six-period day.
"Because of the FCAT, we have to prepare the kids for the FCAT," says Davis, who just began his 32nd year of teaching at Pahokee. "So there are other classes they have to have. And that's a problem all over the whole state of Florida."
For years, Pahokee's band has been an amazing mix of talent and spirit, one of the community cornerstones. Leigh Woodham, who is admittedly biased — she's a band mom and president of the booster club — uses this anecdote to make her point.
Read more (http://www.palmbeachpost.com/opinion/content/local_news/epaper/2005/08/20/s1c_minor_0820.html)