According to Patti Capano in last nights debate, all of our schools are community schools, each community is just different. REALLY, the way I take that statement is that say the black community is different than the white community is different than the Hispanic community,
Obviously she doesn't have a clue what a community school is. It's not based on ethnic origin, it's about partnering with the members of the residents for the best interests of everyone, no matter what superhero is on their lunchbox.
Shame on you making this an ethnic issue...
ReplyDeletecom·mu·ni·ty Noun: 1.A group of people living together in one place, esp. one practicing common ownership: 2.All the people living in a particular area or place: "local communities".
In my experience Lynn Englis High School is a community school, just a larger community.
Maybe the community is based on what sport or club the student belongs to, or what courses your child is involved with. The key to belonging is participation...student and family..
There is a difference between a community and a community school which has a very specific definition. A community school is defined as "a set of partnerships with external agencies and businesses" through which "community schools purposefully integrate health and social services, youth and community development, and community/civic engagement with academics" (Blank, Jacobson, & Pearson, 2009). So yes, Lynn English is a community, but its not a community school because it lacks the partnerships and offered services that define these types of schools.
ReplyDeleteCleo, I couldn't have said it better myself. The fact that this misunderstanding of the definition makes me wonder if there isn't some LATENT racism there but who am I to say I'm just a poor, disabled poet.
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