Patch Users React to Trenton High School Graduation Rates

The graduation rates at Trenton High School decreased by nearly 4 percent from 2011 to 2012.

  1. Kind of like Detroit's Crime Increase on going funding cuts and changing priorities are having an effect on outcomes or results......Keep cutting teachers and cops and expect further declines---you still get what you pay for--
  2. It's also hard for your kid to get help; unless they're superstars or disabled. The middle of the road kids get lost in the cracks.
  3. When I was growning up dropping out wasn't an option in my household neither was skipping out on college. just saying.
  4. Trenton is experiencing what many others are. The increased requirements force the issue. Not all kids should go to college, but we do need to meet their needs and prepare them for something after high school.
  5. I may be wrong, but to put it in perspective, if you have a class of about 200 kids, that means about 3 dropped out last year and about 6 this year. Classes/cohorts vary greatly -- just ask kids or teachers. One grade can be a nightmare and the next gr...See More
  6. It's seriously not just Trenton, it's very scary. It's a Nationwide catastrophe..Education is everything.
  7. That story surprises me, I always took pride in going to Trenton Schools because of the curriculums and that most kids seemed to graduate. I might have to transfer my daughter to Detroit Public Schools where they have their act together. lol - Carrie i...See More

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