All of our children are important including the latch key kids and the neglected. None should be forgotten. The talented tenth setup in the Englewood School System is not conducive to the student body in the Englewood School District as a whole. The talented tenth will always be talented. It is the mainstream, the majority of the population that needs to be brought up to the talented tenth. We must all open our eyes and ears. Many of our children are behind. Some are drowning. No child should be left behind. Segregation in the Englewood Public School system has to end. The Board researched and chose our current superintendent, Dr. Carlisle. If he fails, we must look to the board members and should hold them responsible. We cannot not accept another upheaval for our children. This needs to be our last superintendent for a long while. Teachers must be expected to work with their superintendent, the parents and our children. The public should expect our ELECTED board to work with the superintendent they chose for us. His failure is their failure.
Speak up parents.
Make them all Academy Prep.
Make them all AVID.
There is free tutoring available every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at the Liberty School, 3rd Floor. The teachers there are excellent. Take advantage of it. Don't accept anything less than the best for EVERY child in Englewood, not just a select few.
Submitted by: Donna Sumler, concerned parent and taxpayer.
It does seem as if the board grows disillusioned with Superintendents that they hire very quickly. I have also noticed that the female board members don't say much and have poor attendance at meetings. Mr. Enrique Diaz also seems to have nothing to say. One wonders if he ever contributes anything.
ReplyDeleteThis parent's child was unfairly dismissed from AVID. It was done in a very ugly and unprofessional way. It was rather like payback for speaking up about the problems the child had with the learning that he was NOT getting. Now a failing Principal is being moved up to the high school with a Superintendent who would be Principal, but is calling himself in charge of special projects so he can justify getting more money in his paycheck. Tell me, to whom does the director of special projects or programs report when he is not doing a good job? That is a novel idea, report to yourself. Englewood has once again shot itself in the foot and the smell that is burning your nostrils is from the rot.
ReplyDeleteThe parent that made the statement above to the board of education has since left the district with her child. In response to her criticism of the administration of the AVID program, her son was kicked out without warning. I lost a good neighbor.
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