[written by Ditto]

Some of the cvillain readership includes parents with young children, right? I have a question. Why is there so little mention of the great honor paid to Western Albemarle High School, Virginia L. Murray Elementary School and Greenbriar Elementary School, schools selected by Governor Kaine for the Educational Excellence Award. These schools were recognized for “exceeding minimum state and federal accountability standards” and for “students …soaring far beyond the minimum requirements of the Standards of Learning and No Child Left Behind.” I want to see the celebration…I want to see the coverage. Could it be that our local media just only want to print/talk the negative when it comes to public schools? Could it be that it is not considered politically correct to distinguish only one of our local high schools? (Only 12 high schools were chosen from the entire state of Virginia) Or, name only two local elementary schools? Or, maybe ‘powers that be’ don’t want to hurt the burgeoning private school businesses? Why the silence?

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