The malcontents at Fark have uncovered a SacBee education article containing a priceless little nugget of wisdom. It seems Sacramento City Councilwoman Lauren Hammond isn't happy with School Superintendent Jim Sweeney, despite the fact that, during his tenure, the number of low-performing Sacramento schools has dropped from 18 to 1. It seems, however, that there's this one little problem that he hasn't been able to fix:
"I don't doubt that Jim Sweeney loves children and had dedicated his life's career to improving education," [Hammond] said. "The school district has done some wonderful things ... but (on state tests) half the students are still below the 50th percentile. That's a problem."
Please tell me that at least the reporter understood the idiocy of this statement, and managed to stifle her laughter when Hammond made the comment. The Farksters certainly understood it, as one can tell from the label they slapped on the story.