Comments on: Mack is back.

By: El Tiburon Malvado

El Tiburon Malvado — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:56:12 +0000

Great! This change has been long overdue! So When do we get to see the same type of campus reunion happen at Fremont and Castlemont high schools?

This whole “small school” thing means that people in one “small school” can’t take classes like electives in another “small school” on the same campus.

It also means that teachers in one “small school” can’t share resources with teachers in another “small school” on the same campus.

It also means that a campus must hire a separate principal and administrative staff for each “small school” on campus.

For some reason, it seems like the resources spent to divide larger, more comprehensive public high schools into “small schools” could be better used creating academies, like they have at Skyline, O-high and Tech. Academies don’t have the three problems I listed above, but they do provide the same services as small schools- magnet programs, student groupings, academic focus, etc.

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 01:16:19 +0000

Cyclical educational policy.
Who are the winners in this? Unfortunately not the students.

By: Pamela

Pamela — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:54:14 +0000

Yeah. You go Mack….

By: anon

anon — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:54:47 +0000

Does that mean that the API and other data reverts to McClymonds levels?

By: Oakland Teacher

Oakland Teacher — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:20:49 +0000

Think of all the money that has been spent (millions of GATES money) on redesigning schools, changing names, New Leaders, new signs, graphics, paper – kind of like our own WPA. Now we can turn them all back again. When teachers meet in recent years at inservices, you can hear over and over “I work at _____, it used to be ___.”

It has been nice to hear and see the Mac alumnus step up recently! I hope that maybe some of you are able to continue to support the school.

By: Armando

Armando — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 04:32:47 +0000

does this mean i can go pick up a new diploma that says mack instead of excel?

By: Hot R

Hot R — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 04:03:45 +0000

Change we can believe in…

By: harlemmoon

harlemmoon — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 22:38:01 +0000

Now that the name has changed (or is it actually back to the same?), can we now focus that intensity of the effort on something more worthy at the school? Say, academic rigor and expectations.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 22:26:42 +0000

Yes. I graduated from Mack. It is a good school.

By: WestOaklandRez

WestOaklandRez — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:36:08 +0000

GREAT news to wake up to!!!!