I'LL GO YOU ONE BETTER LIL'LORI

Lil'Lori makes a good point.....

According to the 2012-2013 data for Lynn, students whose first language is not English make up about 54.2% of our student population and those with
limited English proficiency make up about 17.5%. However, I learned at a meeting last night that there is only ONE bilingual social worker and ONE bilingual speech and language therapist in our district. We all know LPS lacks diversity in the staff they hire and that this is a concern for many, but I was still taken back last night when I heard this.

http://uneducacion.blogspot.com/2013/02/lynn-public-school-demographic-data.html

An Education: Lynn Public School Demographic Data 2012-13

uneducacion.blogspot.com

BUT THERE IS SOMETHING EVEN WORSE.......

The person in charge of ELL is thereon ACTING status and I don't see no posting. Think of how IMPORTANT this position is. Now it became open due to a retirement in mid-year so one could maybe understand  the delay......

EXCEPT......

everyone knew this was coming and I've always heard....FOREWARNED IS FORARMED. So we should have been ready....right? I mean we got MCAS coming....like every year. Scores ar unfortunatelly important and tied to money. Hmmm.... maybe that is it, yeah if scores go down we will get more money and we can eliminate some pesky principals. Is it too much to ask of our leaders to lead?