Were you surprised to learn that 26.7 percent of high school
students in Gilroy dropped out?
THIS WEEK’S WEB POLL:
Were you surprised to learn that 26.7 percent of high school students in Gilroy dropped out?
Yes: 4 No: 8
■ Yes. It does not say much for our public education system.
■ No – sad but true with high school exit exam looming and not enough differentiation at all levels for struggling students.
■ Not surprised at all. Some just get lost in the whole big GHS world, others just don’t see school as being as important as a job.
■ No. Sure wish there were something that could be done to curb this early as a prevention measure.
■ I am not surprised. I am very interested in knowing how GUSD graduates do in college – is GUSD preparing them?
■ Not surprised. With the overcrowding at the high school, I thought is was higher. I know that the high school has a program called Advanced Path that graduated 42 students from Gilroy High that otherwise would not have graduated.
■ Yes, I am surprised and disappointed.
■ NO. It is very obvious when you observe the young people in our community. Unfortunately I see a very definite ethnic tilt to the statistic. And I also see the parents of this current group of junior high/high school students demonstrating a general lack of emphasis on the importance of education.
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