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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not sure if people think this is a nothing burger, but the idea that there are 7 APS elementary schools that are in the "Needs Intensive Support" category is alarming.  Have there always been issues with non-English learners, overlaid with socio-economic factors, sure[b], but the latest reports from the DOE website shows enough data, imo, to ask whether some of these schools are simply failing. [/b] Take Long Branch Elementary, for example.  President Obama famously visited the school over a decade ago.  I know many in the neighborhood who LOVE the school and the community.  If you look at their data, they have the lowest percentage of students who are "exceeding growth" in Math, and the second lowest in Reading - and it's not that close.  Maybe you think this isn't a great isolated figure to consider.  Well, the school as a whole is one of the Needs Intensive Support schools, so this is suggesting that the students who need the most help aren't getting it.....and the students who are or who could become high performers aren't growing.

Is this just the long-term impact of having a Duran-led philosophy at the top of the schools system?  Is there something with the principal?  [/quote]'

Its a completely different rating scale now. So take it for what its worth. Did you read his whole email?[/quote]

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