EXCUSES ANYONE?

I've been going to the LYNN SCHOOL COMMITTEE meetings for around three years now and I have noticed a troubling fact. It would seem there is an OVERWHELMING emphasis on congratulation rather than implementation.

There seems to be a readiness to make certificates and take photographs while ignoring questions of curriculum or application of specific programs for advancement of the education our student. Currently the administration tries to downplay the expectation for success by using our large population as justification for a lack of direction. It is true that we have a much larger diversification than the smaller more successful school districts, however at the same time we have a much, much larger budget.

It would seem that we spend a disproportionate amount of our budget for salaries of people that our students have a limited exposure to if they ever see at all. The majority of our resources should be committed to the classrooms where our kids are. How can we expect students to respect our teachers when clearly our administration does not. The expansion of supervision in the name of evaluation has given shallow camoflauge for the promotion of patronage. The result is a suppression of the educational inertia that leads to acade,ic achievement.

I;m STAN for SCHOOL COMMITTEE and I approved this message.