Talk:Maggie L. Walker Governor's School for Government and International Studies

Untitled
I've attempted to improve on the negative tone of the article, and I've added as much information as I have banging around in my head - I'll need help completing the article. We need to show why the school is notable (academic performance) to keep it in line with what Wikipedia is not. Stillnotelf 00:09, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

To Do List

 * fix name - it should be at Maggie L. Walker Governor's School for Government and International Studies, and this page should be a redirect, but they should be merged done, stillnotelf   has a talk page  06:16, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
 * get graduation and SAT statistics
 * better list of teams
 * someone who understands the organization and acceptance policies needs to write that part

Copyright
The initial version of this article, the 10:16 EST 6 December 2004 revision of Governor's School for Government and International Studies, was a direct cut-and-paste of my 30 June 2000 article at Everything2.com. That work predates the move to Maggie Walker, and should explain the anachronism and general non-Wikiness of the article at its start. I'm willing to license the fragments of my work that remain in the article under the GFDL. --VT hawkeye 18:31, 21 December 2005 (UTC) (GSGIS '97)


 * Please notice that a large chunk of your original text remains commented out in the article in the middle of the history section - I didn't think it was particularly important, but felt bad about relegating it only to historical versions, in case someone older than I (class of '02) came along who remembered those events. Delete it/work it into the article/lisence it as you see fit...I just thought I'd bring it to your attention!  --  stillnotelf   has a talk page  23:12, 21 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Yeah, I noticed its presence; I wasn't ready to do the job right yet, so I left it as is. Agree that it wasn't appropriate where it was and how it was written.  I wish I still had the RTD articles around about the RPS accounting incompetence, they were great source material. VT hawkeye 06:35, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

Controversy section
I'm not really sure we need the controversy section - there are always problems on field trips in high school, at any high school. It makes it sound as though this was the first time students ever drank - that's preposterous, students were drinking on the international trips long before. It would be impossible and unnecessary to compile a list of all the things students have done field trips that angered the administration. While the fact that they have banned all (international?) trips is more extreme than usual, it's not particularly important to an encyclopedia article on the school. As such, I have removed the section for the time being, and invite discussion here. -- stillnotelf   has a talk page  23:22, 21 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Support Kids getting into trouble on a field trip? It'd be tough to find a public high school where that doesn't happen.  I'd be more interested in something on the existential controversy of the school at its start (ah, the days of city councilman Roy West, ex-RPS superintendent, calling us a racist institution in the RTD)... guess I'll need to write that. VT hawkeye 06:35, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

Assessment as of March 2007
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My reasoning is as follows: This article needs to cite more of its sources and still needs some work on WP:NPOV Adam McCormick 06:30, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

WoW
That is a very good description of MLWGS. I attend MLWGS. The athletics section is a little lacking though.Tdjzcsdrpf 23:33, 18 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Any recommendations for improvement? --Docmcconl (talk) 02:45, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Mr. Hunt
I heard he will be retiring. (Just to let you guys know)Wiki000 (talk) 18:39, 27 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Yes, Mr. Hunt will retire with the class of 2009 along with another administrator, Pat Taylor. Replacements haven't been found yet, so there's not much to add to the article. Yookji (talk) 03:05, 22 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Just announced about a week ago, Fred Morton IV, the superintendent of Henrico County Public Schools, will replace Mr. Hunt as the dean. 96.248.16.204 (talk) 23:00, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Chesterfield Controversy
Is this noteworthy enough to be added, or should it just stay out? Apparently, a reallocation of funding in Chesterfield County may cause MLWGS and ARGS to lose its students and possibly its ability to stay alive. Chesterfield County has the greatest amount of students in MLWGS.96.253.80.72 (talk) 02:23, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

Public Elite and 2nd place finish in Girls' Cross Country State Championships
Maggie Walker is a 2010 public elite according to Newsweek. We also placed 2nd at State's this year. Anyone know how to add references? (I'm new to Wikipedia and don't know how to add hyperlinks and such)... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.127.121.184 (talk) 00:57, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

Retirement of Fred Morton; Interim Principal
http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/news/2011/jun/22/tdmet01-morton-to-step-down-as-maggie-walker-princ-ar-1124752/

http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/local-news/2011/jun/23/skeen-named-interim-principal-at-maggie-walker-gov-ar-1128932/

Ben Kenobi151 (talk) 23:28, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

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Updates & Improvements
Page is becoming outdated, and I think that some general updates and improvements are in order, especially regarding Athletics & rankings. Also needs improvements, lengthening/editing on some sections, and a general overhaul. Would appreciate help. A Magical Badger (talk) 22:22, 17 February 2021 (UTC)


 * 2021: https://mlwgs.com/maggie-walker-governors-school-ranked-5th-best-public-high-school-in-america-by-newsweek/
 * 2021: https://www.newsweek.com/these-are-100-best-public-high-schools-america-1564509
 * Useful stats from the article:
 * 5th Maggie Walker Governor's School
 * - Location: Richmond, VA
 * - Grades offered: 9-12
 * - Students: 746 (58% female; 42% male)
 * - Student-teacher ratio: 15:1
 * - Academic achievement:
 * --- Reading proficient: 100%
 * --- Math proficient: 100%
 * --- AP enrollment: 66% 71.56.180.133 (talk) 22:51, 29 March 2022 (UTC)

Accolade updates needed
add and update accolades in first section, latest stat is from 2014 A Magical Badger (talk) 14:40, 3 December 2021 (UTC)