IT'S ALL ABOUT THE CHILDREN AND THEIR FUTURES

Hello, welcome to the new site of The National Incarcerated Parents and Families Network.  My name is Charles E. Stuart, I am the President and Founder of this 501-C3, Tax Exempt Non-Profit Organization.

We need to pay more attention to an education system that is failing our kids, and as a result of this, we are seeing more kids in trouble, and ending up in prison.  One of the methods currently used to predict how many prisons to build is to look at kids reading and math levels as early as in the 3rd grade.  

  

We will start with Central Dauphin East High School, in Harrisburg Pennsylvania.  Central Dauphin East High School is graduating students that are failing to meet AYP (Adequate Yearly Progress) as defined by the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

 

Central Dauphin East High School, Pennsylvania has failed to meet AYP for the past 4 years!   They currently have a principal and a school board President who appear to have absolutely no clue about the management of a high school or how to administer and insure that students receive a quality education and remain safe.    

We will be working on converting this site in the near future to address some of the many problems of Central Dauphin East High School and addressing the inadequate administration.  We will discuss many issues that parents and students should know about this school.  We will also offer some solutions to these problems and seek suggestions to solutions to these issues regarding Central Dauphin East High School.

Children are not only being left behind, but are placed in a hostile environment and forced to live in survival mode.  How can a child learn in this type of environment?  

  

Posted April 27, 2010 - www.GreatSchools.org

I use to work there and you wouldn't believe the grade inflation that goes on.  Students receive points for notebook/folder checks, they get stickers for participation and points for doing flashcards in class and these are highschool students.  Some teachers hardly give homework and some only assess students by giving a minute amount of test and quizzes in a marking period.  Students grades get inflated by points while doing classwork, such as grapic organizers, and not by what they really know.  There are good teachers with high expectations at East, but they seem to give up on homework and things since so many of these East students don't do anything except disrupt the students who want to learn.  Many students are rude , disrespective loud and disruptive.  East has the highest teacher turnover rate in the district and no one seems to question why?

-----Submitted by a Teacher

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  
Mr.Charles E. Stuart

Quality Education in Central Dauphin is it for the privledged only?

It is our children's right to have the best quality public education possible.  It is the right of us as parents to ensure that our children get the best quality education possible. This is our duty as responsible parents.

  

 

Allspark - December 3, 2010 - 2:28pm (Posted on Pennlive.Com)

We polled some of the LP cops and one of the Dauphin County Commissioners concerning our child attending East. The overwhelming opinion was for us to move or attend private, but do not let your child attend East we were told. Way to many issues are being covered up and not being brought to the public's attention they told us. We were told if we want our child to excel without distractions and to focus on education then East is not the school of choice. Geez, just look at the rankings, the grades are horrible, there is no sign of it getting better anytime soon. And I agree with a previous post, makes me sick our tax money is funding this school. Waste of my money.

  

Here's an email that I sent to the Superintendent, Principle and entire School Board of Central Dauphin School District:

"I just had an epiphany.  After writing my last email, I am willing to do this to help make a difference that appears is not happening at East.  I am willing to "volunteer" 1.5 hours a week to work with the young adults that are tagged as "problem youth" or "at risk youth".  I will do this as a group or as individuals, and again, I will do this for free as a volunteer.

  

I will guarantee you that I will make a "positive" difference with these young adults and their families.  I will do more in 3 months than you are currently doing or working on this year.

  

I guess if I am going to complain about what you are doing, and there's plenty to complain about, I must offer my services to make a difference, and I would be doing this for the kids.  Now that my daughter is not there it can be easy for me to walk away from the mess, but everyday haunts me with the kids that are still there and needing some guidance on a level that they will understand and trust. This is my community also, and I have other kids that I will have to determine if they will go to East.  Currently that decision is easy for me, but hopefully things will change at East, at some point it will have to.

  

This is not saying that "all" kids can be helped at this stage in their lives.  Again, I am offering 1.5 hours a week, for 3 months of "free" time and I guarantee I will make a positive difference with whomever I work with.

  

Sincerely,

  

Mr. Charles E. Stuart

UPDATE:  This was written on 2/15/2011 -8;54.38AM, as of date no reply from Superintendent, President of School Board, or Principle.  ???

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

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Posted May 6, 2010 - www.GreatSchools.org

I am currently a teacher at this school, and I can tell you from experience that it is out of control.  There is no presence of administration, and the teachers are so overwhelmed with discipline problems that they do not stay long.  What is sad is that there are a lot of really great students at this school, but the expectations are low and the grades are inflated.  Most of the students family's do not value education, and there students come to school for the social aspect only.  We need a strong admininstrator--one that can come in and set standards and not sway from them.  This school will never change until major changes are made.

------Submitted by a Teacher

Posted April 16, 2007 - www.GreatSchools.org

I am a retired teacher from this school I am giving this school as honest as evaluation as possible.  I have taught in three different states with an Intermediate Unit and two different school districts here in Pa.  As others have noted there were and still are some outstanding teachers who really care about there students.  That being said, there are those teachers who appear to be there only for the paycheck.  The sad part about this is it is the kids who suffer in the end.  This is a culturally diversed school and the acedemic needs of the students are great.  The art program there is outstanding, the sport and extracurricla program are very weak.  Safety is also an issue in this school.  There are some parents who care very much, but the vast majority of them either don't care or can't. This affects the whole school.

------Submitted by an Administrator

  

  

          

Let's look at the lack of quality education and how this relates to Pennsylvania's uncontrollable increase in people being incarcerated.

  

I recently wrote an article in a publication called "Pennlive".  This article was written not to offend the students, rather to advocate for a quality education for these same students, one of which they will need to be successful in life.  Many comments were negative and from the students, with a couple of parents of the students who are very successful and ranked high on the school list telling me what a wonderful school this was.  But still no one has discussed the "fact" that this school has failed to meet AYP for the past 4 years in a row. Most of the comments were about the spelling errors on this site. Although true, about the errors that is, it still does not explain why the failure to meet AYP for the past 4 years. 

On December 3, 2010 a young man had a loaded gun that fell out of his pocket in class at Central Dauphin East. This is itself a tragedy for this young man, his family, students and staff. My question would be what type of environment was this young man in where he felt the need to bring a loaded weapon to school? My second question would be why wasn't the school put on lock down and searched by law enforcement for additional weapons?

Not a good choice by this young man, and by no means one that I would condone, but I will say this, I understand.

  

Although I no longer have a child in this school, I am still obligated to see that the youth in our community receive a quality education and are treated fairly and equally and kept safe. I will have another child that will be looking at attending this school in about 3 years hopefully things will change , new administration, principal , and board members that care.  If not, this child will not go there either!