High School Reports Released
01/30/15
The reports were released by the State of New
Jersey for all the high schools in the state, as published at NJ.Com. Here are the results for
three of the East Orange schools:
This year, the report for the first time include
the percentage of students in high schools participating in
so-called career and technical education programs (CTE), a
growing niche producing some of the state's highest performing
students.
The graduation rate and dropout rate for Campus
High should be of concern to every resident of East Orange.
On November 10th, 2014, the state released
another report which can be found at NJ.Com. Focusing in
on East Orange Campus High School we see early signs of trouble:
The graduation rate,
dropout rate and failure rates for Campus High should be of
concern to every resident of East Orange, whether you have
children in the schools or not. Here is one reason why:
From: Commissioner’s Annual Report to the Education
Committees of the Senate and General Assembly on
Violence, Vandalism and Substance Abuse in New Jersey Public
Schools
July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014
Published December 2014
I don't think the violence, vandalism and
substance abuse is attributable to students who are working hard
in school and getting ready to go to college. Also, the violence,
vandalism, use of weapons and substance abuse is not limited to
the school day or happening only in the school buildings.
