No Child? Who will be left behind?

Sep 15

One sunny day last spring, Belmont resident Veronica Walker stopped outside Clark Elementary to show the crossing guard her new baby. It was a rare visit to the neighborhood school now that her son, Arquis, was no longer enrolled there. Almost a year had passed since she and the parents of 28 other Clark students opted to send their children to different city schools, from Johnson to Greenbrier.

Opting illusion: Fewer Clark students opt out

As a result of poor test scores, for the second year in a row Clark Elementary School students have been able to leave their neighborhood school and attend another in the city. But new principal James Pierce says contrary to one media report, fewer students left the old brick schoolhouse on Monticello Avenue this year than last.

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The week in review
Harshest critics of contemporary UVA architecture: UVA architecture profs, 26 of whom take out a full-page ad in the Cav Daily September 6 to ask, "Why has the university c...

Editor's Note

Stones contest deadline extended
Okay, we firmly hinted that we wouldn't extend the deadline in our Rolling Stones look-alike contest, but an IT glitch foiled our plans. Our stones@readthehook.com email ad...

The Dish

Veg out: Festival, bistro have it all
Still think tofu is tasteless? Well, it's almost time to learn how flavorful a meat-free diet can be at the 9th Annual Vegetarian Festival, scheduled for Saturday, Septembe...

Question of the Week

How much would you take to pose naked?
Brian Addington: "An awful damn lot." Josh Desrochers: "$5,000, maybe." Fania Gordon: "About three hours of drinking."

Real Estate - $old

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ALBEMARLE 6/14 Kenneth P. and Kathy F. Morton to James and Elizabeth Hart, 21 acres at 3492 Rolling Road North, Scottsville, $180,000. Alan D. and Joan Haverson to ...

Real Estate - Commercial Construction Permits

Commercial construction permits
ALBEMARLE 8/1-8/31 Shopping Center Associates c/o Simon DeBartolo Group, remodel existing after hours formal wear store, Fashion Square Mall, $75,000. First Interst...

Real Estate - On the Block

Cabin fever: Woods, wood define homestead
ADDRESS: 2854 Secretary's Road NEIGHBORHOOD: Woodridge, Albemarle County ASKING: $849,000 COUNTY ASSESSMENT: $251,100 ($173,500, under "land use" tax break) YEAR BUILT: c....
SOLD
APPEARED IN THE HOOK : January 22, 2004 in issue 0303 ADDRESS: 5029 Halycon Drive, Crozet ASKING PRICE: $749,000 COUNTY ASSESSMENT: $639,600 SELLING PRICE: $665,000 DA...

DR. HooK

Mono Lisa: Tell Epstein-Barr to kiss off
Growing up, I wasn't encouraged to listen to rock-n-roll or pop music. Before my mother became a physician, she sang opera, so I was exposed to classical music, jazz, and s...

Movie Reviews

Great guns: War 'lord' the ultimate antihero
It's not to be confused with any other "Lord of..." movies, but Lord of War runs rings around most of the competition at the multiplex. The movie Lord of War is most likely...

Music Reviews

Satellite: Let's hear it for big venues
For the last few years, Starr Hill Music Hall has had a monopoly on the live show scene in Charlottesville. To their credit, they've brought in a number of stellar acts. No...

News

Bor-ing: Architects blast UVA vision
Earlier this year, UVA parted company with the architectural firm working on the South Lawn project. Now, a scathing rebuke of the Board of Visitors for indulging in archit...
ExtraCouricular: Wadlow film on 1,600 screens
On September 16, when his film Cry Wolf opens on 1,600 screens across the country (including at the downtown Regal Cinema), director Jeff Wadlow won't be celebrating the bi...
False ID: Innocent man jailed in rape case
Christopher Matthew wants to go back in time, back to that Friday night before a walk near UVA landed him in jail without bond, charged with a rape he didn't commit. Matthe...
No float, no boat: Kayaking Farrell learns a lesson
Row, row, row your boat, but make sure you have a life vest! That's the lesson Matthew Farrell learned on August 9 when he took his new kayak to Lake Albemarle for a day of...
Welcome deluge: Help floods Katrina relief efforts
Two weeks after Hurricane Katrina decimated the Gulf Coast, so much money has flowed into the Central Virginia chapter of the American Red Cross that they've brought in vol...

The Brazen Careerist

For U? Think twice about MBA
Whether you're thinking of a top-tier MBA or a PhD in anthropology, there's a right way and a wrong way to approach graduate school. You need to understand your dreams and ...

Hotseat

Fast track: Hoffman's third time out
After graduating from high school, some teenagers go to college. Others go into the workforce. Lauren Hoffman went out on tour. "As soon as I graduated from high school, I ...
Paige's pages: Cav is <I>Playboy</I>'s Miss October
As most UVA fourth-years polish resumes and attend job fairs, one UVA co-ed has positioned herself to begin a career she never imagined when she began school three years ag...

Letters

Cougars all over
We found the articles on Blue Ridge mountain lion sightings {July 28 news: "Im-paws-ible? Vet sees 'cougar' on Parkway" and several subsequent letters] very interesting. Fo...
Scrutinize headlines
You cover a rape trial in which Matt Hamilton is accused of using a date rape drug to incapacitate a woman before sexually assaulting her [August 25 cover story: "Her day i...
Silence is deadly
I can't believe enlightened, cosmopolitan Charlottes-villains would consider silencing train whistles at grade crossings ["Do not disturb: City wins silence of the trams," ...
Two bad supe choices
It's ironic Christian Schoenewald's favorite bumper sticker is "Don't Loudoun Albemarle County," and yet his candidacy is aimed at doing just that [August 25 HotSeat: "Unkn...

Uncategorized

Short and sweet at Vinegar Hill
Fans of short films probably have one or two favorites, old standbys they recommend to friends at the video store. On September 20, they'll have a chance to add some new re...

Full Stories List for September 15th, 2005 issue #0437

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