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Draft Charter for Cesar Chavez to Go Before School Board on Tuesday
Cesar Chavez Charter School will present its draft charter to the Santa Barbara school board on Tuesday, a step toward protecting the school from closure.
Santa Barbara School District administrators initially proposed discontinuing the charter because of low test scores, but the charter was extended to June while the school’s governance council works on a plan for improvement.
There has been positive response to the draft so far by some board members and administrators, governance council member Mary Docter told Noozhawk during Read Across America Day last week.
The draft is scheduled on Tuesday’s agenda as a conference item, so the board may make comments, direct staff or take action.
Cesar Chavez also has a new principal — Juanita Hernandez, who has more than two decades of experience as a bilingual teacher, principal and administrator. Before she was hired, former Peabody Charter School Principal Pat Morales worked as an interim principal and consultant.
Also on Tuesday, the board will be asked to approve a notice of release to temporary teachers, which releases certificated employees beginning in June. A child development position, four special-education employees, 29 elementary employees and 41 secondary employees are listed.
Amid a number of personnel complaints regarding the special-education department, the board will be asked to hire Steven Morford as a consultant.
A retired Special Education Local Plan Area director, Morford would investigate the complaints at a rate of $1,200 per day plus any reasonable lodging and meal reimbursements, according to the draft contract included with Tuesday’s agenda.
— Noozhawk staff writer Giana Magnoli can be reached at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
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» on 03.09.10 @ 09:16 AM
God, I hate STATE TEST SCORES as much as I hate STATE TESTS!
Most of the time, our school’s cirriculum is TEST SCORE focused so that the schools can look good, not so that our students are learning anything applicable to their young lives. Students and teachers prepare for these TESTS, all the while valuable lesson time is set aside and then, later rushed through in an effort to meet State Educational expectations.
And lesson lesson time is so much more than that. It’s a time when teachers can get to know their students and learn what is most important to their students. It’s a time when teacher and student can communicate, and develop a relationship that can be so important to the success of the student’s academic future.
I don’t see how STATE TESTS can evaluate the quality of education our students are receiving. Most of the questions can be so irrelevant, to not only to present societal norms but to the student’s cultural background…i.e.: “What is a Buttercup? A) a cup of butter. B) a butterfly C) a flower. There is MUCH more to education than what is revealed in STATE TESTING. Though these tests may have a place in the educational system, their impact shouldn’t be so much that the ART of Education is forgotten and the promise of a well rounded education is sacrificed.
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» on 03.09.10 @ 10:18 AM
$1200 a day for a “consultant” - Are they kidding in this financial environment? Revealed in the same story citing layoffs. PLEASE
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