Evaluating Green Dot Initiative's Success at Locke High School

This essay examines the transformation of Locke High School in Los Angeles following its takeover by the Green Dot Initiative. Prior to the takeover, the school was plagued by issues such as riots, gambling, drug use, and general indiscipline, largely due to its location in an area characterized by drugs and gangs, as well as the prevalence of single-parent households among students. These factors contributed to poor academic performance and high staff turnover. The Green Dot Initiative implemented several measures to address these issues, including placing the school board on a payroll, allowing students from juvenile facilities to return, and focusing on academic excellence. While some doubted the effectiveness of these changes, the initiative ultimately led to improved student grades, reduced dropout rates, and increased staff involvement. The essay concludes that the Green Dot Initiative had a positive effect on restoring normalcy and harmony to Locke High School.

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Locke high school in los Angeles had a drastic change that were aimed towards the
success of the school. This was attributed by the takeover by the green dot initiative which was
to ensure that the school transformed from the negative publicity from the entire state. The
school had experienced riots which were attributed to gambling by the students due to their
proximity with the gambling areas, smoking of weed, and general indiscipline by the
students(Crane, A., & Matten, D. 2016). This led to the inaugural running of a traditional school
by a seminal experienced organization. Locke high school became the full test of charter model
because it had taken a wrong twist of functions and change was needed.
Initially the location and geographical area around which Locke is situated is
characterized by drugs and gangs which made the former administration of the school to have a
hard time in controlling the school population. Single parenthood among the majority of the
school kids also led to their indiscipline since most of the lacked good parental and moral
guidance, this made them view life in a different way as everything seemed to be okay with them
even if it was harming the( Crane, A., & Matten, D. 2016). m. This led to poor performance that
statistics indicated that most of the students performed below the expected threshold. This was
not a good indication and triggered the change that would later prove good for the revival of the
school. Huge staff turnover was also experienced as many employees and teachers found it
difficult to cope up with the situation in the school. Locke tenured teachers with the support of
sigh nation of a charter petition.

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Green Dot initiative was a success since it took drastic measures in ensuring that the
school was run in order so as to produce positive results that had been earlier not seen. They took
several measures WHICH included putting the school board on a payroll so as to ensure
effective management of the school to a specified requirements .
Green Dot had to do longer calculation that would help in achieving a positive success to the
school. It came up with several strategies some included allowing students from different
juvenile facilities to return to the school and offering good guidance to them so as they may
change their older ways and be restored back to the society Green Dot had to ensure that
academic excellence of the school was brought back.
Majority of the people were still in doubt if the change would bring a positive value to the school
or it would end up adding more damage to the status that had already deteriorated. They argued
that because the policies that Green Dot used to hire young and unexperienced principals at will
with added authority of hiring and firing withought finding them any new job for them was a
major factor. But on the better hand, Locke was to benefit from extra funding from the state
which would facilitate its makeover and regain its dignity and trust among people.
In conclusion, Green Dot initiative can be said to have had a positive effect on the
restoration of normalcy and harmony. Students themselves acknowledged the positive change
which was manifested in their grades. Also the number of students who dropped out of school
went down as compared to the way it was before( DiFranks, N. N. 2008). . There was also
improved staff involvement in the school daily activity which ensured that the unity and
continuity of the school prevailed effectively.

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DiFranks, N. N. (2008). Social workers and the NASW Code of Ethics: Belief, behavior, disjuncture