Harmony Prep in the News

[Masterofreality]

The "prep" school stuff has always bothered me, and not just Harmony.

There were stories in the national press many years ago, in the late 1990's, about the proliferation of "preparatory schools" that were nothing more than basketball factories. One in particular was Mt. Zion Academy in North Carolina, where a player who many remember, SirValiant Brown, went to before going to George Washington. These places were exposed as barely nothing more than dorms and basketball gyms.

That being said, let us not forget that David West and Stanley Burrell, two of Xavier's most articulate and engaging players ever, were products of Hargrave Academy.

I trust Sean Miller, Mike Bobinski, Sr. Rose and the XU administration to ensure that kids going to Xavier will continue to be, and be held accountable as true college students. There has been no report that has disputed this. If I ever do hear of a report that tells me that a player at Xavier was allowed to slide in the educational side of the equation, and passed along without accountability, I would be very, very disturbed.

[MADXSTER]

If I ever do hear of a report that tells me that a player at Xavier was allowed to slide in the educational side of the equation, and passed along without accountability, I would be very, very disturbed.

According to many on this board, you are already very, very disturbed.

[wkrq59]

According to many on this board, you are already very, very disturbed.

Only in fun, right. If otherwise, beware the pippsywaaaaaaa!:D

[Emp]

The Washington Post did a great article in 2007 on the diploma mills that had graduated Mo Rice, Omar Williams and other high schoolers who needed credentials to be recruited and awarded grant in aids. There was typically one teacher, a basketball guy, no exams, etc. in these mills, run out of store fronts.

I can easily distinguish Harmony from those fraudulent enterprises. Whatever defects Harmony is guilty of --- and there are many charter schools that fail or are failing -- they are at least schools with teachers, classes, classrooms.

I'm opposed to charter schools on several grounds, but Harmony does not appear to be a fraudulent diploma and credit mill, and the Xavier recruit, and Xavier, have virtually no exposure on that count.