O'Connell School was cited for failing to make adequate yearly progress in both math and reading in the new list of Connecticut schools that are "in need of improvement."
In addition, subgroups within some schools also landed Edgewood School, South Side School and Northeast Middle School among the 315 Connecticut schools identified today as failing to meet federal No Child Left Behind Act benchmarks for at least two consecutive years, according to the Associated Press.
At Edgewood and Northeast, subgroups fell short in math and reading. At South Side, subgroups were short in reading. Subgroups are special education or minorities.
Details are not yet available.
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5 comments:
We need an appointed school board, that will fix everything.
I would like to know HOW an appointed school board will fix everything. Please enlighten me.
I took the time to contact the CT Association of School Boards.
I was informed that there are only TWO "appointed" BOE's in CT.
New Haven has a board appointed by the mayor. Hartford has a board partially appointed (3) by the mayor and the rest elected. The Mayor in Hartford also was
elected chair of the board of education by the board.
All other boards in Connecticut, and most of the other 97,000 board of education members in the US in general, are elected to their
positions.
It should be noted that both New Haven and Hartford are
academically challenged districts.
It would seem that if there are qualified people who can be appointed to the Board of Ed., then they could be encouraged to run for election by the political parties. The Board of Ed. races tend to be less "political" (at least so far) and the level of personal invective a candidate must put up with is very low.
The proposal to appoint the Board of Ed. by Ken Johnson seems at cross-purposes to his desire to have referendums on large budget items. Many of these "big-ticket" projects will come from the Board of Ed. If the public can vote on their handiwork, why shouldn't they vote on them as well.
On a side topic, I think Mr. Johnson's proposal to add seats to the City Council has merit. It would spread the work of the council and hopefully bring wider experience and knowledge to that body.
The comment about the appointed school board was meant to be a joke. Too bad Ken Johnson actually believes it.
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