| What
do you like about Greater Bakersfield? What are its strengths? |
|
| Great
Teachers |
13 |
| Commitment
to work together |
13 |
| Community
involvement |
11 |
| Community
pride (brings people back) |
8 |
| Student
access to education |
8 |
| Ability
to adapt to community needs |
8 |
| Involvement
of community business & corp. leaders |
8 |
| Prosperous
and generous community gives to education |
8 |
| Innovative
programs |
6 |
| Safe
and secure learning environment |
5 |
| Use of
technology |
5 |
| Strong/able
leadership within ethnic groups |
5 |
| Intergenerational
community leadership |
4 |
| Local
control |
4 |
| Educ.
Systems dedicated to life-long learning |
4 |
| Commitment
to each individual's education |
4 |
| Establishing
& maintaining extra & co-curricular activity |
4 |
| Striving
for quality |
3 |
| Variety
of educational institutions |
3 |
| Breadth
of educational opportunities |
3 |
| Welcoming
families to be involved |
3 |
| Ethnic
diversity |
2 |
| Quality
facilities |
1 |
| Welcoming
students into educ. Process |
1 |
|
|
| What
are the key weaknesses of Greater Bakersfield?
What don't you like? |
|
| Near
bottom H. S. graduation rates |
15 |
| Low end
of $/public |
14 |
| Low
basic skills (literacy, etc.) |
13 |
| Lack of
strategic community/educ. Plan |
11 |
| Parental
lack of understanding of academic goals |
11 |
| Lack of
smooth transition between educ. Levels |
9 |
| High
student-to-teach ratio |
9 |
| Low %
post high school education |
7 |
| Teachers
don't reflect ethnic make up |
7 |
| Fail to
have technology equality (haves and have-nots) |
7 |
| Identified
strengths do no reflect student results |
6 |
| Lack of
recognition. Support for early child education |
6 |
| Lack of
financial aide support |
5 |
| Low
admission rates to CSU & UC universities |
4 |
| Weak
financial structure without local control |
4 |
| Tend to
"push" students into "at-risk" categories |
4 |
| Need
more inclusion with the community |
4 |
| Lack
of coordination between parks dept. and educ. |
2 |
| High
teenage pregnancy rate |
1 |
| Outlying
communities left out |
1 |
| Mothers
tend to be isolated |
1 |
| Lack of
incentives for parents to get concerned |
0 |
