Talk:Raleigh Charter High School

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Contents 1 School Colors 2 Attendance Data 3 Mission Statement 4 Rowing team 5 Infobox 6 Userbox

[edit] School Colors

A common misconception is that on of the colors of RCHS is navy. It has rather been named "lapis" in honor of William Butler Yeats' famous poem "Lapis Lazuli."

Please use a source for this statement. Also, please sign any discussion using the four tildes Acidskater 04:12, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

How about you source navy blue being the school color?

I'm not denying that the color may be lapis, but you need to provide a source. I don't have a source either, but navy is the widely accepted color as far as I know. Until a source can be found we will not list any colors. Also, I'm guessing you are Jeick, who attends RCHS currently and have the resources to find the color. Also, sign your name in a discussion using the four tildes. Go here for more information. Acidskater 20:28, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

I also don't have any concrete sources, but for what it's worth, I can confirm that when RCHS was founded, the original school colors were silver and lapis, not navy. As a practical matter though, navy has always been used. As such, and especially considering the lack support for the lapis claim, I think navy can be considered the de facto school color. Benstrider 20:31, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

I currently go to RCHS and I can confirm that the school color is "lapis". But how do you source that. Thetheroo

How can you confirm the color lapis? Acidskater 03:18, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Attendance Data

I believe the total attendence, average class size, and student to faculty ratio are off

I think you're right. I believe that data is about two years old. At this point the school is closer to 400 students. Perhaps this article should include a part about the recent controversy about the school's "no free lunches" and the accusations of elitism.

Reply from RCHS Student. In 2006 we have approximately 500 students. This article is considerably accurate.

[edit] Mission Statement

I have seperated the mission statement into its own section for clarity, but the future tense is still awkward. If anyone has ideas on how to make it more straightforward, please do. Benstrider 22:30, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rowing team

North Carolina has other high school rowing teams. In Raleigh, there's Wake Rowing and Broughton/Enloe, I believe. Now, if "varsity" means something in particular that those teams aren't, then okay. The remark on this page that Raleigh Charter has the only varsity crew team in NC was made in Nov 2005. Daniel M. Roberts 21:50, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

The distinction is that other teams (ie: Broughton and Enloe) are club sports, not official school varsity teams.

[edit] Infobox

A dispute has begun between myself and a user at IP address 70.144.191.93 about the infobox. Please list what infobox you would like to use, if any. I would like to keep Infobox:School2, as it has been on the Raleigh Charter page for some time now. Acidskater 04:16, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

I am changing it back to the original infobox until a decision can be made. Acidskater 04:17, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Userbox

There is a now a userbox template available that relates to this page:

--Benstrider 22:40, 27 January 2007 (UTC)