If lowering the population at Skyline was the TRUE goal, they would have created the new magnets at Conrad in the fall, and gently phase out or reduce the size of the ones at Skyline.

Now, they won't move the 11th and 12th graders, because they aren't totally cold fish, thank God, but also notice who they ARE moving.

This year's 9th and 10th graders.

They will be next year's 10th and 11th graders.

As they would say on Saturday Night Live, "How Conveennnnnient!"

They move the two grades which will guarantee that Conrad does not fail. That will make the widow of Dr Conrad happy--maybe. She did ask them what their plan was, and no answer yet.

But you know what? It won't work! ha! The kids who failed on TAKS last year will be the same category this year. LEP. They can still go low performing, becuase they aren't working on a comprehensive plan to help those kids.

So tinker be damned. Next year, Conrad and Skyline could both be in the pits. Good Job, Michael, good job! You got your contract extended before you "gave one" to Skyline, and I don't mean that nicely.

[Ed Note: Again, this sounds more like polemics than it sounds substantive. Why don't you lay out a concrete scenario which shows both Skyline and Conrad set up for failure?

I'm still wondering if this is largely a failure, on the part of the administration, to communicate.]