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NEWS/iS6e Charlotte ^ost
Thursday, July 27, 2006
School district discovers chaUenges and progress
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many of the students in
Charlotte, North Carolina’s
most diverse school district,
continue to stru^le to mas
ter basic skills and course
material.
“Our schools -went up in vir
tually every area, however'
some schools didn’t make it in
subgroups,” Gorman said.
The number of subgroups
measured at a school range
from one at Oaklawn to 29 at
East Mecklenburg and
Independence high schools.
VWth less than a month
imtil die first day of school,
the N.C. Department of
Education has not made sub
group data available, so CMS
is unable to report results for
specific groups, such as
minorities and poor students
or those receiving special
education or Er^hsh as a
Second Langiiage services.
The AYP results released on
Wednesday may change later
this fall, as North Carolina
releases mathematics scores.
Schools that fail to meet AYP
four years in a row are placed
on a plan for corrective
action, ranging fix>m provid
ing tutoring for students, to
dosing a school.
Five middle schools and one
elementary school in CMS
were placed on corrective
action: Cochrane, Eastway,
Spax^, J.T Wniiams, and
"VWlson middle schools plus
Shamrock Gardens
Elanentary
“The state gives you plans
of action you can take, but
doesn’t tell you exactly what
to do,” Gorman said of N.C.
involvement with Title 1
schools.
“We’ve put corrective
actions in place already and
the state wid review what
[we] do.”
Corrective actions have
already been imderway at
Shamrock Gardens^ which
debuts a new magnet plan for
gifted and talented students
when school starts. In accor
dance with No Child Left
Behind, parents with stu
dents in CMS Title 1, or high
poverty schools that don’t
meet AYP standards may
request change in placement
for their children for the ‘06-
’07 school year. According to
Gorman, about Spercent of
parents are cmrently trans
ferring their students out
CMS schools not meeting
requirements.
The district mailed letters
this week to parents of stu
dents enrolled at Lincoln
Heights, Irwin Avenue, and
WTnterfield Elementary
schools, which were unable to
participate in the spring lot
tery But with Ihe way SBC is
going, or rather not going, a
parent’s choice on where to
transfer their child may be
limited.
“Some schools may be
closed, in that they can’t
accept more students,” said
Gorman, “so this does have
an impact on things ”
As far as the commissioners
and SBC, Gorman was tight
lipped about detafts, but opti
mistic.
“I am hopeful that a resolu
tion will be made,” he said.
“The acceptable standard
increases every year. No
school can rest on their lau
rels. It’s only a matter of time
before every school should be
worried about the threshold
level.” ,
Gorman offered a four-step
plan of action.
“Step one is to take respon
sibility” he said. “Step two,
and this is the hard one,
develop a plan. Step three
implement the plan, and step
four evaluate the plan.”
Subgroup data is expected
fix)m the state by August 4,
but probably won’t be ava£-
able until August 11, two
weeks from the start of the
school year.
School begins on a Friday
this year, due to legislation
that the academic year can’t
start before Ai^ust 25, and
must end by June 10, the
school board voted to start
the school year on Ai^ust 25.
An estimated 128,300 stu
dents are airoUed in CMS
schools an increase of 4,400
fi^Dm last year. CMS Chief
Operating Officer Maurice
Green gave an update on
progress, saying five new
schools - including Audrey
Kell, Marshall, Winget,
Hi^and Hills, and Washam
- are slated to open on open
Mecklenburg Mills
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said that hasn’t happened.
“I don’t even know who’s officially handling the cases any
more,” he said, addir^ that some items he was forced to leave
behind aren’t in his possession and his computer was damaged
as well as some art work. “
Mayor Pro Tfem Susan Bmgess, who is chair of City Coimdl’s
Housing and Neighborhood Development Council Committee ,
said she hadn't heard about Mecklenbuig Mills - or fix)m resi
dents - in a month.
“The last time I heard, nearly everyone had been placed,” she
said
In May when a group of Mecklenburg Mills residents demon
strated in fix>nt of the Government Center, Burgess answered
questions and expressed outrage over their removal. She com
pared their eviction and treatment to the displacement of
Hurricane Katrina victims last year along the Gulf Coast.
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Over 16,800 employees are
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