Educators, parents, and city leaders asked state Board of Education president, Ted Mitchell, some tough questions at Thursday's community meeting. On the floor were three-year federal grants, ranging from $50,000 to $2 million, which require the district to adopt one of four reform models. Measures could include replacement of principals and staff, closing schools and sending students elsewhere or reopening schools as charter schools. Mitchell assured the assembly, "The state has no intention of this school district... What we hope to provide is a scaffold... that will go away at the appropriate time."
Several parents said speakers of indigenous Mexican dialects such as Triqui had been overlooked in some school processes. Tired of having time not spent working with existing staff, which is then sacked at the end of every year, residents said that the trustee "has to understand our culture."
The meeting was ongoing at the news deadline.
[posted by Andrew Brown]
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