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Charter schools "held blameless"

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Topic: Charter schools "held blameless"
Posted By: Vivian Moon
Subject: Charter schools "held blameless"
Date Posted: Sep 08 2009 at 5:44am

Charter schools "held blameless" by state for low ratings

MIDDLETOWN — Two local charter schools dropped to the lowest rating on the state report card, but are held harmless by the state for those ratings.

Life Skills Academy, a school serving students who have dropped out of high school, and Summit Academy, a school for students with Asperger’s syndrome, ADHD, high-functioning autism and related disorders, are rated in “academic emergency” — the lowest of six designations — on the 2008-09 school year.

Well it seems that we have made another list.
Not even the Charter Schools are making the grade.
We need to march on the school board. 


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Posted By: Rail Fan
Date Posted: Sep 08 2009 at 6:43am
Middletown become the joke of Ohio now.  Cry
 
Put failed city government back on the right track in November election?  Confused
 
End HUDtown and SLUMville we are now know by geting rid of the fat cats at city hall.  Angry

Posted By: VietVet
Date Posted: Sep 08 2009 at 6:54am
OK- we have a system in place to evaluate the performance of the charter schools in Ohio. We give the charter schools in Middletown a low evaluation based upon that system, but then quickly dismiss the findings of the evaluation for various reasons. Then, why have this evaluation criteria in place? Why make the attempt to measure the charter schools, if the data is going to be whitewashed and ignored? It is not logical to do so. CHANGE the grading criteria to match the given situation in the schools. In one school, you have ADHD, autism, Asperger's Syndrome, etc. to deal with. Logically, one certainly wouldn't grade this school using the same categories as one would a school comprised of "normal" , but doesn't fit into a traditional classroom setting kids" would you? Obviously, they have two totally different targets to educate here. Why have just one evaluation system in use? I see this as being a different situation than the Middletown Public Schools and their low rated performance. JMO

Posted By: wasteful
Date Posted: Sep 08 2009 at 6:54am
I see little value in holding Summit Academy to the same standard as you hold Miller Ridge Elementary school etc..  It shows how out of touch State Goverment is with Education that they would even do it then disregard the rating.  Life skills is another matter.


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