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    Posted: Jan 08 2010 at 9:41pm
I attended tonight's event at the high school. I was impressed with the crowd that turned out, more than I thought. Mayor Mulligan was there, along with some other city leaders. All the focus was on the last candidate standing after two of the  three scheduled dropped out for various reasons. Greg Rasmussen had the stage all to his self and in my opinion did an ok job. I have the video from tonight, I am working on downloading it now.
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I read some of his words in the paper this morning...He stated, and I am paraphrasing, that he was coming in not knowing the challenges and problems of the MCSD, but he would ask the people of Middletwon to him what they were and then figure out how to fix them.  That is a good way to give folks a warm fuzzy, but too many times starts like that end up with the desicion just to stick with the status quo...if we knew how to fix it they could make one of us the Supt.
 
What the school board should be looking for is someont that has a proven track record of taking under performing districts and improving them...those folks are out there somewhere.
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69 Wichita schools meet AYP targets

Achievement continues to increase, graduation rate rises

As AYP (Adequate Yearly Progress) targets continue to increase, 46 Wichita Public Schools have met targets in both reading and math based on performance on the 2009 state assessments taken last spring. Approximately 22,000 students took 63,000 assessments last spring in reading, math, science and writing. This compares to 60 schools which met both AYP targets in 2008. In addition, 23 schools met the AYP target in either reading or math. AYP reports also confirm that the district’s graduation rate continues to increase and all comprehensive high schools in the Wichita district exceeded the state’s graduation standard of 75 percent or above. Highlights were presented today by the Kansas Department of Education, which released its list of schools that met AYP in reading and math on the 2009 state assessments. Click here to see the schools that met AYP.

 

“Wichita students continue to make progress as targets increase each year, and our careful examination of this and other data shows that we are absolutely moving in the right direction” said Wichita Superintendent John Allison. “With AYP you have to remember that there is far more of a story than simply being able to look at a list and see ‘yes’ or ‘no’ by a school’s AYP designation.”

 

In 2009, 38 elementary, 6 middle and 2 high schools met AYP targets in both reading and math. In addition, 12 elementary, 5 middle and 6 high schools met AYP targets in either reading or math. Click here to see the increasing AYP targets.

 

“The positive aspect of federal NCLB expectations is that districts must look at the achievement of each and every student, not simply students as a group,” said Superintendent Allison. “The challenge for districts with a large number of sub-populations, such as Wichita, is that if one student group misses an AYP target an entire school is labeled as not being successful. As a district, we have 42 measures on which we must be successful in order to meet AYP. Many of our schools with diverse populations could have 20 or more measures, all of which must meet AYP targets. This is the reality we face as we head toward 2014, when NCLB expects our students, and every student in the nation, to achieve 100 percent proficiency in both reading and math.”

 

In 2009, reading targets for elementary and middle schools increased by 4.1 percentage points and high schools increased 4.7 percentage points. Math targets for elementary and middle schools increased by 4.4 percentage points, and 5.9 percentage points for high schools. In 5 years, by 2014, math targets, for example, will increase for elementary schools from the 2009 expectation of 77.8 percent proficiency to the 2014 expectation of 100 percent proficiency. This standard will be applied to “all students” as a group, as well as every sub-population within a school that meets AYP criteria (a sub-group must have a minimum of 30 students).

 

According to Allison, “since 2000, Wichita students have increased their reading proficiency by 20 percent, and math proficiency by 25 percent. Our community should be proud of this success. We now must work smarter, use all the data resources we have as well as the expertise of staff and the commitment of parents, to continue moving students forward. As a district we will clearly work to define and align our K-12 curriculum, focus on research-based best practices that are proven to increase student achievement, and take a hard look at our assessment program to make sure we most effectively use all the data resources we have to shape decisions and influence instructional practices.”

 

The Kansas State Department of Education will release complete 2009 state assessment data in October, along with the announcement of State Standard of Excellence recipients.

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The Wichita Community
Live, work and play in one of the best big cities in the United States! According to Money Magazine, August 2006, Wichita ranks #9 on the Top 10 list of cities with population of 300,000 or more. And noted as the number one factor contributing to Wichita's ranking...EDUCATION!

Wichita provides families with a diverse and vibrant community in which to live, yet maintains  a small-town feeling.  As a city of nearly 350,000 people, Wichita has the shopping, entertainment and resources to provide a high quality of life for families. Awarded All-America City distinction three times, Wichita is also home to some of the world’s leading aerospace corporations (Boeing, Raytheon, Cessna, Bombardier Learjet), as well as home-grown Koch Industries, one of the world's largest private companies. 

Wichita Public Schools is proud to be the state's largest school district, one of the most successful large-city districts in the United States, and a great place to educate all of our city's children.
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gemneye you have under performing school districts then you have Middletown.  It will take more than just a New Supervisor to pull Middletown Schools out of the basement in Butler County.
 
It will take a School Board to stop making excuses for every 50 or so kids who can't cut it and setting up another program.  It will take a BOE who does not let the school system slip into another  program of concentrating and making excuses for poor behavior due to Diversity.  Discipline must be restored to the school system and students and parents held responsible for their actions.
 
It will take a City that takes a serious look at itself and makes a very concerted effort to get it's poverty situation under control.  it must cut back on the Section 8 Program aggressively.  It must tackle the issue of being more inviting to low income residents than Middle Class residents.  The City must listen to the BOE when they say it is the excessive low income/poverty in the city that is a serious detriment to the school system.  The city consider the well being of the city overall rather than just 5000-10000 people.  There are 50000 residents in Middletown not just 10000 low income residents or 400 employees downtown.
 
Once again if you look at Wichita, KS they have a population of 366000 residents and Section 8 vouchers of 2500, that is 1 voucher for every 147 residents, compared to Middletown 1 voucher for every 29 residents.  Wichita has a Poverty rate of 14% vs Middletown 22%.
 
At some point the residents of Middletown, the City Staff and City Council and the BOE must wake up to a situation which they have created and sustain through their actions. 
 
 
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