Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Communications Problem?
There was a heated discussion at the Board Meeting on Tuesday night. Does this superintendent have a communications problem? It appears that South Norwalk is not happy that they have not been brought into the early discussions about a school in South Norwalk. What are your thoughts?
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In my opinion, there is a racial issue in Norwalk that is going unchecked by the BoE. At meetings, there are people who make comments to each other when the minority members of the Board speak, but not when others speak. The responses on NoN are racial towards certain members of the Board, and now this. What could be more obvious I ask you? Planning a school in the minority community without consulting the people who live there? Let us face reality here. Racism exists in Norwalk.
ReplyDeleteNo good deed goes unpunished. Perhaps these South Norwalk are happy with the status quo and want their children bussed :45 minutes each way for the purpose of integrating NPS. Unsuccessful all around.
ReplyDeleteI was directing my criticism toward the rudeness by people who attend Board meetings and toward the lack of communication to the community about the possibility of a school in South Norwalk. What all the people in expensive houses don't realize is that the grant money follows the students in poverty. No more big grants for the remaining schools. The school in South Norwalk will have all the federal dollars. Think about that!
ReplyDelete5:39, you are absolutely wrong. I'm not sure who is feeding you information, but it isn't correct.
ReplyDeleteYou didn't clarify what I am wrong about. Is it about the meetings or the money?
ReplyDeleteI think it is true that Title One money is based on the free and reduced lunch count in the school. If the South Norwalk school is filled with free and reduced lunch students, then that school would get the lion's share of the money. That's a lot of money, maybe over a million dollars?
ReplyDelete12.01 - so what is the problem with that? Is the fear that fact that other schools will no longer receive the assistance? I'm sure they will be able to handle it on their own. Dr. Rivera must include the South Norwalk Community along with other leaders as they begin to thoroughly discuss the development of a new school. And the BOE members should be respectful of that too. A community school cannot be built without the community.
DeleteWhat about test scores? What about attracting good teachers? We all know the academic gap exists. Take the impoverished/poor kids out of the schools and those schools will have much better results. but then the schools filled with low-income kids will be testing really low. If the new school is not successful in raising test scores (has Bridgeport had any successes) then what? Has anyone looked at research on how this model works? Or is this a typical "Let's jump on another bandwagon?" The excuse that these kids from South Norwalk should not be bussed out of their neighborhood is just that. AN EXCUSE. It has nothing to do with the success of neighborhood schools for the students. Sure, I don't want my child influenced by a minority student who does bad things, but I also don't want my child influenced by a white kid gone bad. It's too easy to segregate kids and say it is in their best interest. Prove it to me! Where has this model worked and how did they recruit teachers?
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