Sunday, July 29, 2012

NY SED ISSUES REPORT SHOWING HOW JAMAICA HS KIDS ARE DEPRIVED OF RESOURCES

Jamaica High School staff and Senator Tony Avella complained last year to the State about how our students are being denied resources as we phase out. A report has been released by the State Education Department that confirms what we all know: our students are being denied the resources they were assured they would get from the city.

Here is the key portion of the report on resources:

The following findings are based on information ascertained from various 
stakeholders including parents, teachers, students, administrators as well
as school and district documents:
  •  No honors or advance placement classes are offered to students 
  •  The school no longer offers calculus, chemistry or physics 
  •  Only three electives are offered to students: Law, Accounting and Latin American Literature. Prior  to the implementation of the phase out model, elective courses offered to students were: African American Literature, Film, Geography, Forensics, Sociology, Psychology, Computer  classes (Word, Excel, visual basic, PowerPoint) and Creative Writing
  • Off­track  classes, which were offered to students not meeting Regents requirements, are no longer available
  •  Students are not able to complete specialty programs: Business, Computer  Science, Engineering and Finance Institutes, or  Art Institutes  Students are not offered SAT prep courses
  •  Two teachers, who are not certified in special education, are teaching students with disabilities.
What will the state do about this? We can hope the answer is not the usual nothing.

You can read the entire report for yourself.

For the NY1 story, click here.

PS Thanks to Norm Scott for his coverage of the AFT Convention.


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5 comments:

  1. TeachmyclassMrMayorSunday, July 29, 2012 9:44:00 PM

    You can hope the answer is not the usual nothing, but I would not hold my breath. The fact that a report had to be issued is mind boggling, just walk in an look. I do not work at Jamaica, but I would not have to even step in the building to know this. Go ahead Mr. King & Ms. Tisch, I dare you to come out and if nothing else publicly lambaste the egomaniac that runs the school system. You won't because you guys do not give a damn about these kids. They do not fit your agendas, either.

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  2. AnonymousMonday, July 30, 2012 7:00:00 AM

    The school was treated like a real estate property. Bloomberg didn't care about the students at JHS. He only cares about adding a bunch of new mini schools that offer nothing to new students.

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  3. AnonymousMonday, July 30, 2012 4:51:00 PM

    The school received very little, if any, resources prior to the phase out. This virtually set the school up for failure.

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  4. AnonymousTuesday, July 31, 2012 1:42:00 PM

    Sure seems like in the report the DOE says "hey, all good, already fixed everything!".

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  5. Pedro Nicolas PayanoWednesday, August 01, 2012 1:19:00 AM

    It's a shame the specialty programs can't be completed. They could have offered a window of opportunity to use real-life skills in the business world.
    By: Pedro Nicolas Payano

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