Talk:Little Rock Central High School

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"It is indeed ironic that there are very, very few black students in any of the AP courses or other "advanced" courses."

Bias

the article has bias at one point about blacks in ap classes, referring to it as "ironic" that very few blacks take AP classes.

A new racial bias statement "Central has a supposed "magnet" program that allows them to siphon off the best and brightest from the other four high schools in Little Rock" is now been added by another.

Despite the feelings the editor has, may I recommend wording that does not present the views mentioned above as fact (ala, Central has a supposed "magnet" program ..." but rather re-word these statements to take into account that its programs are drawing 'fire'. Preferably, if a local newspaper article can be placed in the External links area, that should suffice.

• Maybe new wording such as: "Recently, Central's international studies magnet program and its ability to attract students outside its traditional school zone has drawn criticism from members of the community and parents of nearby high schools." or like wording.

There is a definate bias in the article. Central's magnet program isn't some sort of "exclusive" program that "siphons" students away. Four of the five high schools in the Little Rock School District are magnet schools - Central is International Studies, Hall is University Studies, McClellan is Technology Studies, and Parkview is an Arts & Sciences Magnet School. Futhermore, the reason students have been attracted to Central isn't neccessarily because of how good it is, but because of how lackluster the other high schools in Little Rock are (with the exception of Parkview, which is on par with Central in most respects, in terms of academics.) Hall High, McClellan, and J.A. Fair are notorious for their problems concerning academics, security, etc. It should also be noted that Central itself was much like those schools just years ago but has been rebuilt by principal Nancy Rousseau. Hall High is also undergoing a "transformation" currently thanks it part to new principal John Bacon, whom is well known throughout the district for his abilities to improve lackluster schools; Bacon has previously brought Dunbar Middle School back from desolation into one of the top middle schools in the city.

WikiProject Schools

You may want to consider upgrading this article to conform to Wikipedia:WikiProject Schools. Davodd 07:56, Feb 24, 2004 (UTC)

Stray picture link

I removed this stray picture link from the article.[1] It seems to go to an archive of a picture, removed due to copyright reasons.

Best place to mention TV film?

I'd like to include a mention of the 1981 TV-movie Crisis at Central High (no article yet), but I couldn't decide where it would fit best. Everywhere in the paragraphs about the crisis that I could think to insert a mention, it seemed to mess up a really good paragraph; on the other hand, it would look strange to give the mention its own line. Of course, I could simply add a link under "external links" to go to the IMDb page about the movie, if it doesn't fit anywhere else. Please leave any suggestions on my talk page. Lawikitejana 06:28, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Update: I've now created an article for the docudrama. It still might be nice to have a line about that within the article. Lawikitejana 16:56, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Proposed moving back to "Little Rock Central High School"

"Little Rock Central High School" is the full title given on the school's official web page (lrcentralhigh.org), on its front entry, on its seal, and on everything else I can see there. If the name is set to be changed, we should wait until it actually is changed. There are 117 links to the name "Little Rock Central High School," so it's an important article and shouldn't be moved if the name of the school has not been changed officially. I tried to move it back, but it wouldn't work because the old article has an edit history, so I have now followed the procedure for the move to be carried out by an administrator. Lawikitejana 22:55, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Main page moved, just waiting for Talk page to move now

Update: An admin deleted the title of the Main page, so I was able to complete that move; however, this associated Talk page is still classified under "Central Int'l Studies HS" until an admin comes along and fixes the Talk page redirect as well. So it should all be fixed up soon. Lawikitejana 16:56, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Official School Name

Actually, the official full name is "Central International Studies High School." This is the name given to by the Little Rock School District and is listed as this name under Central's LRSD website. [2] The abbreviated form is "Little Rock Central High School" and is often referred to this by the people of Little Rock.

Then let's go by the common name. --mav 22:16, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Besides, these [3] and [4] use Little Rock Central High School. WhisperToMe 00:49, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Coverthepix lrchs2003.jpg

Image:Coverthepix lrchs2003.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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BetacommandBot (talk) 21:44, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

SECME

Would someone please be kind enough to explain SECME? The article would benefit from either an explanation or link; or at the very least, an expansion of the acronym at its first occurrence as in WP:MOS#Acronyms_and_abbreviations. RexxS (talk) 01:18, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

SECME runs annual competitions under the banner "SECME Olympiad". I've linked to the relevant section of the article on that organisation. --Sturm 10:42, 16 February 2008 (UTC)