Thanks Tom so much for this work. Wow! I do have a couple of questions.
1) Are you running for school board? I did see someone in one of the comments allude to that (it would be great to have this level of oversight by the way)
2) As I see developers salivating over the potential school closures and the properties that may become available…
Thanks Tom so much for this work. Wow! I do have a couple of questions.
1) Are you running for school board? I did see someone in one of the comments allude to that (it would be great to have this level of oversight by the way)
2) As I see developers salivating over the potential school closures and the properties that may become available, I am aware that we still have a large component of children in the district that are seeking education elsewhere outside of district schools. What are your thoughts on potentially offering these locations to be an interest based charter school? Even if we tried it with one school, we could see the interest.
3) I know that there has been some recent reporting about some improvement in test scores in the District, are we sure those numbers are legit? Understanding that our current superintendent is on a do not hire list for CPS because of altered student achievement scores, have we had any independent verification of our achievement.
2) What you're describing was the original plan for the Fifth Ward/Foster School (STEM Schools) and it got shot down, I think in part because of the Charter School idea. I also don't know how valuable some of these properties are - like Bessie Rhodes for instance is buried in the middle of a neighborhood and requires rezoning, demolition, etc. I'd love to actually chat with a developer or real estate person about the properties - if you know any send my way.
3) I'm working on this. I hate analyzing test scores because everything is a moving target - the percentiles are against national or state averages, which are constantly moving and any change in the curriculum can blow up your test scores, even if the kids are doing fine. D65 just did a whole overhaul of their reading curriculum (to the tune of $1.5 million) and that will temporarily break your test scores. And there are also multiple tests, which confounds the analysis further. My gut having reported on this last week and reading the RT's reporting is that that it is improving a little bit and D65 is a little bit ahead of some peers, like CPS, coming out of COVID.
Thanks Tom so much for this work. Wow! I do have a couple of questions.
1) Are you running for school board? I did see someone in one of the comments allude to that (it would be great to have this level of oversight by the way)
2) As I see developers salivating over the potential school closures and the properties that may become available, I am aware that we still have a large component of children in the district that are seeking education elsewhere outside of district schools. What are your thoughts on potentially offering these locations to be an interest based charter school? Even if we tried it with one school, we could see the interest.
3) I know that there has been some recent reporting about some improvement in test scores in the District, are we sure those numbers are legit? Understanding that our current superintendent is on a do not hire list for CPS because of altered student achievement scores, have we had any independent verification of our achievement.
Thanks again.
1) I am not running for Board or any office!!
2) What you're describing was the original plan for the Fifth Ward/Foster School (STEM Schools) and it got shot down, I think in part because of the Charter School idea. I also don't know how valuable some of these properties are - like Bessie Rhodes for instance is buried in the middle of a neighborhood and requires rezoning, demolition, etc. I'd love to actually chat with a developer or real estate person about the properties - if you know any send my way.
3) I'm working on this. I hate analyzing test scores because everything is a moving target - the percentiles are against national or state averages, which are constantly moving and any change in the curriculum can blow up your test scores, even if the kids are doing fine. D65 just did a whole overhaul of their reading curriculum (to the tune of $1.5 million) and that will temporarily break your test scores. And there are also multiple tests, which confounds the analysis further. My gut having reported on this last week and reading the RT's reporting is that that it is improving a little bit and D65 is a little bit ahead of some peers, like CPS, coming out of COVID.