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Late night with Anne McCaughey …
and also with Henry Elementary parent Rhonda Allen.
Both answered questions last night at the board meeting about the big issue of the moment, the seven low-performers in Stockton Unified.
Video after the jump, STA’s McCaughey first, followed by Allen.
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SUSD Live — Beverly gets teary
The public hearing ended. Beverly Fitch McCarthy struggled to maintain her composure, saying, “The spirit expressed, the loyalty to school and staff … you’re all wonderful. We’re going to do the best we can.”
And now it’s break time until about 10 p.m.
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SUSD Live — Public hearing (continued)
Melany Long, Fremont parent : “I understand changes need to be made. But I feel if you move one teacher to another school will it really make a difference or hurt the morale.”
Ellen Old, teacher: “Why is Stockton Unified being sanctioned by the federal government when we didn’t get one cent? This feels like all [...]
SUSD Live — Public comment
Claudia Moreno, CSEA: Thanks everyone for showing up at last week’s march. “CSEA is taking on more of these initiatives.” They’re going to work to try to get the legislature to pass the budget on time. She said the state needs to go back to a simple majority to pass the budget rather than a [...]
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Low-performing list
Here’s the link to the list of the 187 lowest-performing schools in California, the ones subject to reforms under the Race To The Top program.
San Joaquin County schools:
San Joaquin
Lodi Unified
Lawrence Elementary
San Joaquin
Lodi Unified
Sutherland Elementary
San Joaquin
Stockton Unified
Harrison Elementary
San Joaquin
Stockton Unified
John C. Fremont Elementary
San Joaquin
Stockton Unified
Nightingale Elementary
San Joaquin
Stockton Unified
Richard A. Pittman Elementary
San Joaquin
Stockton Unified
Roosevelt Elementary
San Joaquin
Stockton Unified
Taylor [...]
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Low-performing list coming Monday
The CDE now says it will release its oft-delayed list of the lowest-performing schools on Monday. Here’s the press release:
The California Department of Education (CDE) will release at approximately 10:00 a.m. Monday a list that identifies five percent of the state’s persistently lowest-achieving schools as required by state and federal laws associated [...]
SUSD Live — 6th Tuesday in a row
Closed session is over and the meeting is underway. It’s supposed to be a short one.
The board did approve sending notices to principals telling them they COULD be reassigned. Ramirez voted no and Castillo is not at the meeting.
Public comments
Steve Vaczovsky: He’s speaking about the big march scheduled for Thursday to protest state budget cuts. [...]
4-um turns out to be a 5-um
Five parents turned out at Chavez High last night for the first of four forums where the public can describe the traits they hope SUSD’s next superintendent will possess. The forums continue tonight, tomorrow and Thursday from 6:30-8 at Edison, Franklin and Stagg, respectively.For the 299,993 Stockton residents who weren’t there last night (subtracting the [...]
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