Annapolis Capital Punishment

A.A. County School Boss Kevin Maxwell has boldly asked for the resignations of ALL employees at Annapolis High in a move to avert state officials from taking over the troubled school where problems have been festering for some years now. We remember the controversial principal who was subsequently let go and the recent shooting at Annapolis mall with links to AHS students. According to the Sun, only 50% of African American male students graduate in the normal four years, with Hispanic male counterparts at only %44.
One long-time Annapolis High School teacher as quoted in The Sun put it this way:"Where is the proof that teachers were to blame for this?" she said. "Does [the superintendent] think we can fix socioeconomic factors? Do we have control over families that don't put a premium on education? Over families that don't have health care and send their children to school without meals? Why are teachers being blamed for all of this? Do you blame your doctor if you have cancer? Is it Giant Food's fault if I'm fat?"
I agree with her feelings. As the active and involved parent of a public school student who will enter AHS next year, I don’t so much think it’s the schools that are failing are the parents and our greater society. In other words, the school themselves cannot addres the ills of the greater society that the students bring to the school each day. I attended the recent School Board budget hearing and testified on behalf of enhanced support for middle schools, with the idea that problems addressed or averted at that level, will make it easier at the high school level for the schools to do their jobs. Let’s stay involved, keep an eye on the budget process and hope that Superintendent Maxwell is on the right course.