Ashton Soles, a high school junior in Clayton County, Ga., received some great news from the State University System of Florida on Tuesday. Despite the accreditation troubles plaguing his school district, he can still enroll at his dream university: Florida A&M.The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, citing dysfunction on Clayton’s school board, voted to strip the district’s accreditation effective Sept. 1. Last week, FAMU admissions officials explained that SACS’s ruling barred them from accepting any Clayton students, pointing to a Florida law that requires all applicants to be graduates of “a regionally accredited high school.”
However, in response to pleas from Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue and Congressman David Scott (a FAMU alumnus), SUS Chancellor Mark Rosenberg chose to waive that restriction.
The announcement will permit Soles to follow the path of his father, a FAMU alumnus. Years ago, while attending a FAMU football game with his dad, Soles watched in awe as the Marching 100 sang, danced, and highstepped. He decided then and there that he wanted to become a Rattler and join the world-famous band.
When he comes to The Hill, Soles will make a very versatile addition to FAMU’s music program. He plays three instruments: the trumpet, saxophone, and tuba.
Clayton County lies in Atlanta’s metro area, a regular stop on FAMU’s recruiting circuit. Each year the university enrolls a large number of talented students from this part of the country. Current Student Body President Andrew Collins and Miss FAMU Amanda Byrd, for example, both hail from Atlanta.
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The King of Orange & Green, MR FAMU, and MISS SOPH ATTENDANT are also from Atlanta.
ReplyDeleteI'm happy that this young man will be able to attend FAMU after all. My wife & I are originally from Florida, graduated from FAMU, raised both of our children in Atlanta, and sent them to FAMU. Both have graduated and we all are still very much involved in FAMU in some kind of way.
The Clayton County School Board is a group of ignorant, self-serving adults who need to be shot!!!!
ReplyDeleteI teach at FAMU, and I just hope the kids come with some collegiate-skill academics and aren't just coming because FAMU is their "dream school." Folks dream all the time, so I want students to bring more than dreams with them. I don't think that's too much to ask for.
ReplyDelete3:53 please help them make their Dreams come true!
ReplyDeletecollegiate-skill academics? Please help them make their dreams come true. (.)
ReplyDeleteYes. "Collegiate-skill academics." Is this a foreign phrase to you, 1:53??
ReplyDeleteI agree with 3:53pm
ReplyDelete1:53am I'm not. Although I understand what you were attempting to say, it doesn't make sense. So I'll say it's a foreign phrase to me for the simple reason, it's not phrased correctly.
ReplyDeleteI meant that if you're not willing to help, leave. As much as I understand that there are scores that come unprepared or lacking focus, you must be apart of a front that welcomes and inspires. No matter what you do on campus and in the city of Tallahassee for that matter. Get out of your own way.
ReplyDeleteI have first hand knowledge of students who had great grades in basic high school classes. Those grades got them scholarships and helped get some into "well known and highly regarded" schools. They have graduated and aren't much to be impressed by intellectually. But they have a degree and have the nerve to look down on your "kids" without "some collegiate-skill academics" AND YOU! Might that be your problem? HEAD HEART HAND FIELD
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