Cane Bay High draws praise from crowd at dedicationBy Andy Paras (Contact)
The Post and Courier
Monday, August 11, 2008
Photo GalleryCane Bay High School Interested parents and students got a close-up look at Cane Bay High School on Sunday during the new Berkeley County high school's dedication ceremony.
The dignitaries still were speaking from the dais Sunday when sizeable patches of the standing-room-only crowd started breaking away to get a first look at the new, $75 million Cane Bay High school. Students, with parents in tow, took off to explore as much of the 386,000-square-foot school as they could. They studied maps, snuck peeks at their classrooms and stood in awe at the view of the large pond from one of the stairwells. 'It's nicer than any school I've ever been to,' one mom said. And then there was the school's gymnasium. 'Whoa,' was 13-year-old incoming freshman Dejuan Greene's reaction when he walked in and saw the painting of the school's mascot, a giant cobra, coming out of the wall. 'This is nice,' Dejuan said. Dejuan's dad, Eddie, mom, Yvette, and sister, Deja, were just as impressed. 'Everything's easy to find,' Eddie Green said. 'Everything leads back to the center.' New T-shirts and hats with the school's colors — blue and black — sold quickly. Kevin Kunkel, president of the three-month-old Cane Bay High School Booster Club, said the community already is rallying around the school. The football sponsorships ($1,000 apiece) have sold out, and the club was nearing the halfway point of reaching its 200-member goal. Principal Cassandra Jennings, who served as an assistant principal at Stratford High for seven years, said the school is the culmination of a lot of work by a lot of people. 'Everyone's excited,' she said. The school opens Aug. 18, with orientation on Aug. 14 for all ninth- and 10th-graders. The sophomores will be the school's first graduating class in two years. Everything about Sunday's dedication ceremony was large. The parking lot is so big that golf cart rides to the entrance were offered to anyone making the trek. Even those arriving on time were relegated to watching the presentation on a big-screen TV in the school's massive lobby because the 1,000-seat auditorium was full. Superintendent Chester Floyd, who noted that this would be his last dedication ceremony before he retires in January, said it's probably the largest turnout he's ever seen. 'Wow,' he said. 'What a way to go.' Reach Andy Paras at 745-5891 or aparas@postandcourier.com. |
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Posted by jimmy1370 on August 11, 2008 at 5:47 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Makes you wonder about what??
Posted by moonpie on August 11, 2008 at 6:19 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Very nice school.
Posted by WhoCares on August 11, 2008 at 7:01 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Story never once said where this school is located. That's a fact you would have expected to be included in a news article... Sure hope the students know where it's located or attendance will be poor, to say the least :)
Posted by theronce on August 11, 2008 at 7:19 a.m. (Suggest removal)
A_C, that's some big shoes that you're following with the moniker that you are using. Good start, though, I can see that your post would be similar to that of the original A_C. Now, you all know that 75 mil is not that much money. No amount of money is enough for the education business.
Posted by gococks1985 on August 11, 2008 at 7:23 a.m. (Suggest removal)
The school is located between Summerville and Moncks Corner. The first year, it will have 1500 students with the maximum capapcity filled to 3500 within the next 3 years.
Posted by jeff61 on August 11, 2008 at 8:30 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Comming out of Goose Creek it is located on HW 176 about 3 to 4 miles above 176 and 17A intersection on the right. It sits in front of the CANE Bay subdivision that is being built. No sure if that is progressing as hoped due to the housing and energy issues. In addition to this school, they broke ground for a middle school and a elementry school is to be built.
Posted by SangareeCrew on August 11, 2008 at 9 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I'm excited to see Cane Bay about to open. My kids will attend there someday! How exciting!
Posted by zekemire on August 11, 2008 at 9:01 a.m. (Suggest removal)
$75 million? What a waste of hard earned taxpayer money!
Posted by mr_happy on August 11, 2008 at 9:17 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Being a Berkeley County taxpayer I'm also not crazy with a school with a huge price tag that's so big and "luxurious". Schools should be functional and not wasting taxpayers dollars on making it look nice. On the other hand, with all that space it'll make a great evacuation shelter when the next hurricane comes ripping thru here.
Posted by realdealsummerville on August 11, 2008 at 9:42 a.m. (Suggest removal)
People in Berkeley County raise a few questions about spending 75 million. Folks in Dorchester think that spending 25 on a school that will serve the same amount of kids is crazy. It appears that people in Dorchester need to keep their mouths shut. That includes all of these tax payer groups.
Posted by iceman1978 on August 11, 2008 at 9:50 a.m. (Suggest removal)
When I first drove by Cane Bay I couldn't believe how big it was. It's the size of a small college campus. 3,500 students? The high school I went to overseas only had 320 students, and that was grades 7-12. I'm guessing that this is 9-12. I don't see how kids handle a school that size.
It's a nice facility though. Let's just hope that they don't outgrow it anytime soon.
Posted by guidedbystewart on August 11, 2008 at 10:51 a.m. (Suggest removal)
tripsa,
Stop giving those lies and half truthes. You also forgot to mention how old W stoled the election from Al Gore and that Gore had more of the popular vote.
Posted by guidedbystewart on August 11, 2008 at 11:10 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Well tripsa,
Why don't you give the Repubs popular vote record? tripsa, we talked about this before, when you only give a half truth as fact it still a lie.
Posted by scienceguy on August 11, 2008 at 11:25 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Did I miss something? Did we pass "the South Carolina Public School Choice Act of 1997" (http://www.scstatehouse.net/sess112_1997...)
If not, then some folks are attending the wrong school.
Posted by tc1 on August 11, 2008 at 11:58 a.m. (Suggest removal)
"You also forgot to mention how old W stoled the election from Al Gore and that Gore had more of the popular vote."
This is OT but I can't resist, that is a half truth. Gore won the popular vote accross the states. President Bush won the legal electoral vote. In FL the Democrat Supreme court in FL tried to rewrite the FL state election law as to how and when to count the vote. The US Supreme Court said you can't do that. For 2 years they recounted the vote in every possible way allowing for hanging chads, idiot voters, etc. All in democrat run precincts I might add. President Bush still won the electoral college. Not by much but he still won.
Posted by tc1 on August 11, 2008 at 12:07 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I stand corrected. Thought Kerry won popular. Liberals been screaming so long they even convinced me. They throw so much poop so fast you can't keep up with it much less sort out facts.
Posted by guidedbystewart on August 11, 2008 at 12:21 p.m. (Suggest removal)
tc1
yes, but forgot to mention several irregularities involved with that election.
Like the scrub lists, the confusing butterfly ballots, the fact that the Governor is the candidates brother, and that is just the tip of the iceberg.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stat...
Posted by guidedbystewart on August 11, 2008 at 12:25 p.m. (Suggest removal)
and on link to the "scrub list" debacle....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_Cen...
Posted by jeff61 on August 11, 2008 at 12:35 p.m. (Suggest removal)
And just how does any of this back and forth liberal / conservative stuff have to do with this new school?? It seems several of you will use any article to have that same old debate.
Posted by grannyofseven_2 on August 11, 2008 at 12:45 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I am with jeff what do this have to do with the new school. At least if you go off topics try to get back to the topic at hand. The school is great BUT we need more through out SC more schools maybe less over crowding?? JMO
Posted by grannyofseven_2 on August 11, 2008 at 12:45 p.m. (Suggest removal)
*do* Does
Posted by DoaMM on August 11, 2008 at 12:58 p.m. (Suggest removal)
$75,000,000 for a school with very little to offer students...at this time:
http://www.charleston.net/photos/galleri...
Nice media room...where's all the media? Sheesh...
Posted by grannyofseven_2 on August 11, 2008 at 1:26 p.m. (Suggest removal)
You are right Newt I have seen wear some of my clients are light industrial, and are looking for people with high school diplomas, or GED’s. We need better schools for better education. All I can say the kids coming out of school now are our future
Posted by jeff61 on August 11, 2008 at 1:28 p.m. (Suggest removal)
They should at least widen the road up to this school to make the trip somewhat safer. 176 goes to two lanes when crossing 17A
Posted by DoaMM on August 11, 2008 at 2:14 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Gadsden wrote:
"Because the gubment runs public education..."
I see ebonics worked well enough for ya...See? Public schools do work...
Posted by iceman1978 on August 11, 2008 at 2:15 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I agree with vouchers in principle but a lot of private schools don't pay their teachers as well as public schools. Having a union can be a good thing, but when they overstep their boundaries it can go the opposite. The only real purpose of a teachers union should be ensuring that teachers are paid well, provided with benefits, that they have good working conditions, etc. The teachers union should never be involved in the curricula. Take Brentwood as an example. If the teachers of Charleston county had an effective union they could have demanded that the teacher be re-enstated at her job, demand that the lawsuit be dismissed, and demand a return to discipline and order in the classroom as conditions of their agreement not to strike.
If teachers could still unionize on the basis of making a good income, good working conditions, and the voucher money was enough so that private schools would have the cash flow necessary to pay well; I would have no problem with the use of vouchers.
Posted by iceman1978 on August 11, 2008 at 2:26 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Gadsden, There's a way to put limitations on lawsuits. They can lay out their discipline policy so that parents are aware right up front. As I had said in a previous post, if they were to bring back corporal punishment they should give the parents the choice of opting out. If they opt out however, the child will be suspended and the parents will then have to deal with the responsibility of day care. Eventually, they will get the message.
You could also put a cap of say, $5,000 on lawsuits where damages are sought and require that the parent put up a bond in order for it to go to court. Suppose they put up $1,000 and the school puts up $1,000. If the parent wins they get the money and their legal bills paid. If they lose they get nothing and the school can then go after them for its legal bills.
That would make people think twice before filing a lawsuit.
Posted by guidedbystewart on August 11, 2008 at 2:30 p.m. (Suggest removal)
The government is not necessarily what is wrong the public school system, but I feel that it is the lack of parental involvement. Private school systems are usually better because the parents are involved, smaller class sizes, and private schools can be selective with whom they bring in or even let stay in. If public schools had all of these criteria, I bet that they would fair just as well and usually school district that have high parental involvement usually fair well.
Posted by guidedbystewart on August 11, 2008 at 2:34 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Great post Newt!
Posted by jeff61 on August 11, 2008 at 2:47 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Why did they pick a Cobra for the mascot. There are no cobra's here. Why not something native to the area?
Posted by DoaMM on August 11, 2008 at 2:48 p.m. (Suggest removal)
But Gadsden, if you go so far as to get into the home school agenda, you can't even get a diploma with it because you not part of the "system". You get a GED instead...
Even though I graduated from the public school system (which had a Geography book with North and South Dakota reversed on the map), I would try to send my kids to private schools or teach 'em myself these days...
Posted by jeff61 on August 11, 2008 at 3:06 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I want to know who was involved in selecting a Cobra for this school and the rationnel behind. Was it the same process used to select the new License Plate??
Posted by iceman1978 on August 11, 2008 at 3:06 p.m. (Suggest removal)
The parents and children that I feel the most for are the ones who fall through the cracks and are trapped. They can't afford to live where the good schools are, can't afford private, and because both mom and dad work they can't look to homeschooling.
Posted by jeff61 on August 11, 2008 at 3:14 p.m. (Suggest removal)
So how did this Cobra fall through the cracks??
Posted by iceman1978 on August 11, 2008 at 3:23 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I'd rather have a dolphin or sea turtle for a school mascot. Or maybe a viking.
Posted by DoaMM on August 11, 2008 at 3:33 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Yeah, CB...just pick someone...
Sea Turtles as a mascot?! Lame...
Posted by DoaMM on August 11, 2008 at 3:34 p.m. (Suggest removal)
How 'bout a Viking spearing a Dolphin? That would go over pretty well, I think.
Posted by DoaMM on August 11, 2008 at 3:38 p.m. (Suggest removal)
The Cane Bay Sugerplum Ferries?
The Cane Bay Reeders?
The Cane Bay Sugar Shrimpers?
Hmm...
Posted by iceman1978 on August 11, 2008 at 4:15 p.m. (Suggest removal)
ColdBeer, That would be a good representation of some of the schools today.
Although I like the bald eagle as our national symbol, if we were to get a symbol that represents what we've become we could have a giant sow with piglets nursing from it.
Posted by eyfigueroa on August 11, 2008 at 4:22 p.m. (Suggest removal)
"Don't poor poor poor me. Sympathy is between Sh** and syphillis in the dictionary and no one wants it!"
Remind me not to try to drink a beverage and read this again.
Posted by jeff61 on August 11, 2008 at 4:24 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Yes it does Coldbeer but how about The Cane Bay Gangsters,, The fooball there is already suspended for breaking the rules and they cannot even field one for two years...
Posted by iceman1978 on August 11, 2008 at 4:27 p.m. (Suggest removal)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...
The Cane Bay Chavs
Posted by iceman1978 on August 11, 2008 at 4:35 p.m. (Suggest removal)
If it's with a good meal I prefer a nice white or red wine. Kendall Jackson makes good wine. Biltmore and J Lhor are also good.
Not much of a beer drinker, but a mixed drink with gin or vodka is good.
Posted by iceman1978 on August 11, 2008 at 4:45 p.m. (Suggest removal)
arch, Sounds like a good summer drink. Thanks.
I was at the Conch out on Folly and they have a drink that made with vodka, pineapple juice and creme de banana.
Posted by coolfreaknbeans on August 11, 2008 at 5:18 p.m. (Suggest removal)
OK Just when I thought the funniest play on archdudes name was archanus.Archtwat?LMAO
Posted by jeff61 on August 11, 2008 at 5:25 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Holly Christ can you two give it a break. The both of you push it the point that a bar fight will break out...This was a topic of a 75 mill school that opened with a cobra mascot that are not native to this area....Come to think of it neither were Knights, which calls in to question Stratfords mascot,, Greenwave???? yea I can maybe see that....
Posted by Larz13 on August 11, 2008 at 5:27 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Whatever happened to Schlitz? That used to be on tap at every bowling alley.
Posted by jeff61 on August 11, 2008 at 5:37 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Yes Tripsa,, the teacher needs a flash drive,,, I sure it along with 30 others will put in the "community" box for all the class to use.
Posted by DoaMM on August 11, 2008 at 5:52 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Jeff, you didn't know that there were knights on the Nina & Pinta? Sure were!
Tripsa, flash drives are extremely handy for the kids but I would make the rule that if the parents have to buy one, then take paper off the school supply list. It shouldn't be an "ever-growing" list.
Next year you'll have to add a Blackberry and Laptop PC to the list...but they'll still have to carry a Trapper Keeper...
A bunch of bull, I say.
Posted by DoaMM on August 11, 2008 at 6:01 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Yeah, well, they think that fancy gadgets will help the kids these days who grew up playing video games.
I'm with you, tripsa, but this is the reason that parents need to get/stay active with the kids place of education - whether it be public or private. Parents also need to stay on top of technology for the sole purpose of the school supply list you just reviewed.
...and yep, we be's more dumber than most of the rest of the world...
Posted by DoaMM on August 11, 2008 at 6:06 p.m. (Suggest removal)
arch, magnetic fields come from magnets grown in fields by farmers, dummy...
sheeesh....
DoaMM <-----(public school)
Posted by DoaMM on August 11, 2008 at 6:08 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Gadsden, you think the parents were told? (if there were parents)
Posted by LadyTarHeel on August 11, 2008 at 7:57 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Iceman: I went to a high school that was about that size. My freshman class had 800 in it. With people moving away, dropping out, or becoming "super seniors" we ended up with 450 in my graduating class. It's kind of funny to go to a school where you don't know everyone, but it gets you used to what it will be like in college with so many people.
Posted by amylrod on August 11, 2008 at 9:16 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Does anyone know if it was built with green technologies - to save on energy costs? Are the students going to take pride in their school and keep it free from litter, graffiti, vandalism, etc? Will maintenance always be maintaining so the buildings do not fall in disarray or decay? Will students achieve higher standards of learning within the beautiful confines of this new school? Will parents be more willing to support teachers and attend open house to meet teachers and take an active interest in their children's new school? I guess only time will tell.
Posted by iceman1978 on August 11, 2008 at 10:17 p.m. (Suggest removal)
LadyTarHeel, I don't think I could have handled something that overwhelming. I enjoyed college though, and CSU is probably bigger than most high schools.
Posted by mr_happy on August 12, 2008 at 1:42 a.m. (Suggest removal)
tripsa your more than welcome to have your tax dollars back to send your kid to private school as soon as i get my rebate for not having a kid at all in school.
Posted by carolinamommyof4 on August 12, 2008 at 1:37 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Well 75 million is alot, but think of it another way. Have you seen these celebrity houses for millions of dollars? Some sell for 50 million dollars. A school for 75 million isnt too bad. Think about how much it costs to keep an inmate incarcerated. Also, the local elementary school children voted on the name.