Friday, July 24, 2020

Life Expectancy of Local High School Buildings

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July 20, 2020 As an advocate for school regionalization since 2009, I have listened to both sides of the issue as it relates to expanded...

Middl Town Council Presentation June 22, 2020

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One year ago in June, representatives from Newport, supported by a roomful of Middletown residents, requested that the Middletown Town Cou...

Middl School Comm Presentation Jan.23, 2020

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Good evening.     Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you tonight. I am not here as a Town Councilor but rather as an advisor to...
Sunday, November 3, 2019

It'a All About Reading

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From a perspective of 48 years as an educator – English teacher, School Committee Chair, administrator in 3 states, a RI Superintendent of...

It's About the Future

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My parents, like many of my peers, were children of the Great Depression. My dad joined the Navy in his mid-twenties when his father told ...
Wednesday, July 31, 2019

It’s Not About the Money. It’s About the Kids – Page 18

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So what does it all mean? Schools are the economic engine of the community. Size correlates with opportunity. Opportunity produces a wo...

It’s Not About the Money. It’s About the Kids – Page 17

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School size makes a difference. More students means more choices and more opportunity. In Middletown, small size results in: Questionabl...
Saturday, July 27, 2019

It’s Not About the Money. It’s About the Kids – Page 16

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We have been talking about the impact on the future of students who do not have comprehensive educational opportunity. But how does it aff...

It’s Not About the Money. It’s About the Kids – Page 15

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Not everyone wants to go to college or has the means to do so. There is a direct correlation between school enrollment and a school’s abil...

It’s Not About the Money. It’s About the Kids – P. 14

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There is a direct correlation between school enrollment and each school’s Program of Studies. The following is a comparison of courses av...
Wednesday, July 24, 2019

It’s Not About the Money. It’s About the Kids – Page 13

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There is a direct correlation between school enrollment and each school’s Program of Studies.   The following is a comparison of cour...
Tuesday, July 23, 2019

It’s Not About the Money. It’s About the Kids – Page 12

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There is a direct correlation between school enrollment and each school’s Program of Studies. The following is a comparison of courses a...

It’s Not About the Money. It’s About the Kids – Page 11

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In the same way that assessment results are not valid in comparing schools – as discussed on Page 8 of this series - neither is the graduati...
Sunday, July 21, 2019

It’s Not About the Money. It’s About the Kids – Page 10

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Placement in Advanced Placement course sections is sometimes regarded as a reflection of achievement. That may have been true many years a...

It’s Not About the Money. It’s About the Kids – Page 9

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It’s easy to draw the conclusion that a large number of Advanced Placement courses available at a school is a reflection of that school’s ...