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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not explicitly said, but I thought that it sounded like the principals had asked for the 2027 start date.  [/quote]

It wasn't the principals that asked, it was an idea that DME came up with to just give them time but in retrospect it was too much time (2027) and they seem to now want to propose just a one year delay (for the working group).   The current Miner principal is an interim one, so she has no stake, but it does make sense to push out the working group a little bit for the new Miner pricinipal (assuming one will come in next year).  That new principal, however, would not need until 2027.[/quote]

Given Miner's history, it would actually be shocking if the same principal was there in 2027. Probably a 1 in 8 shot. If they then lasted throughout the life of the Working Group, they'd probably be the second longest serving Miner principal ever. [/quote]

This is not true. Miner had an amazing long-time principal who left in the 20-teens. She was a stabliizing force in a school that did not receive the support it deserved. [/quote]

What exactly isn’t true? It sounds like maybe you disagree that it would be “shocking,” but that’s different from the other poster actually saying something false.

Your post is symbolic of how the Miner community has handled this whole situation. You’re taking it personally. Don’t! It’s not personal! [b]Miner’s a failing school - that’s not an attack, it’s a fact! [/b]Among other jarring stats, 75% of the students who live in bounds for Miner choose not to attend Miner. It’s unreasonable for in-bounds Miner parents to get all hot and bothered about Maury parents not wanting to send their kids to Miner [b]when 75% of the population in-bounds for Miner also doesn’t want to send their kids to Miner[/b][i].

Stop taking your frustrations about Miner out on Maury parents. [/quote]

Despite what many think, it's rare to find a school that is failing on all fronts. Without a doubt, Miner has a very high at-risk population. If proficiency is the main measure, Miner and other schools with a high proportion of at-risk students generally have lower levels of proficiency. There are differences with how students enter school and with how they are resourced (and exposed and educated) outside of school. How well are Miner and Maury growing the students that they have? OSSE publishes both "Growth to Proficiency" and "Median Growth Percentile" in reading and math to show how well schools are [i]growing proficiency[/i] the students they have. Maury has very high growth to proficiency in reading/ELA and Miner is also above average (though not as high as Maury) compared to other public schools. In Math, Miner's growth is above Maury's. This may not matter to you if your child is already performing at grade level or above but it does matter for students who aren't at grade level.  [/quote]

Math is a HUGE weakness at Maury. [/quote]

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