Hmmmm? This plan is sounding "separate but equal" bells under the guise of good intentions that most likely will get left behind in the shuffle. I'm very surprised at this decision in our town.

If both schools improve performance of their students better than one school, who will complain?

You have to remember that the programs were always different. They were two separate programs, but now they will be two separate schools. The difference is that the District is willing to show the API scores of the lower performing program. I think this proves that they want to address the educational difficulties and make the traditional school better academically.

Other Superintendents would have been happy to hide those scores by having them combined with the DI students (who have higher scores).

Good job, Mr. Goldman! I wish you could be there to help bring the changes that will be needed. I wish I had that much faith in the Board.

They have ALWAYS been separate. The haves and the have not's and it was even worse when PACT was there.

"Members of the task force argued that by splitting the two programs up, the district could better address the needs of the under-performing students in the traditional program."

So in the name of transparency, can anyone give just one example of HOW the district will better address the needs of these predominantly low-income, Spanish-speaking English learners by making them officially separate from their more privileged English-speaking counterparts?

And could Mr. Goldman's $227K farewell send-off have been spent instead on programs and services for these needy children? How many teachers and instructional aides could $227K buy?

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