Posted by Cholo, a resident of Livermore, on May 19, 2010 at 4:12 pm

Pleasanton in the news! Web Link

Posted by member, a member of the Amador Valley High School community, on May 20, 2010 at 3:22 pm

Worth seeing the movie and hearing director answer questions afterwords.

Check out website for future screening dates(6/1 Danville)

www.racetonowhere.com.

Posted by member, a member of the Amador Valley High School community, on May 21, 2010 at 10:01 am

Briefly, the film addressed how busy and stressed the

kids are between school, homework, extra curricular activites,

pressure to get A's. Students shared the physical and emotional

stress they endure. Teachers talked about how there hands are tied

to really teach due to State and Federal demands, teaching to the

top 2% of students.

Posted by Another resource, a resident of the Pleasanton Valley neighborhood, on May 21, 2010 at 10:33 am

Another good resource about what our kids are going through is the book "Price of Privilege" written by a bay area counselor.

Available at the Pleasanton library.

Posted by Brian, a resident of the Del Prado neighborhood, on May 21, 2010 at 1:42 pm

There is no way schools really think they are teaching to the top 2% of students. The top 2% of students are grossly underserved by our schools. One only has to look at the total elimination of GATE funding to see that's true...

Posted by letsgo, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood, on May 21, 2010 at 2:52 pm

"top 2% of students are grossly underserved by our schools"

I would have to disagree at the high school level. There are dozens of AP classes offered, the top students go to competitions in lost of different categories (We The People, Science Olympiad, Art competitions, etc), there is an abundance of band and music options. I think the middle students are being underserved acadmeically as we continue to raise class sizes and reduce the other resources available.