NUMBERS FROM MY BFF (EXCUSE THE KOOL-AID STAINS)

o    AYP 2010 according to your BFF.

Schools that DID NOT meet state standards of 90.2 AYP in ELA:

Every school except Sisson.

Schools that DID meet AYP, through improvement, in ELA:

Brickett
Callahan
Cobbet
Drewicz
Hood
Shoemaker
Sisson

Pickering

Classical
English

*LVTI also made AYP in ELA through improvement except they failed to meet AYP in general due to their low attendance rate.

Schools that DID NOT meet state standards of 84.3 AYP in Math:

Every school except: Aborn, Lincoln-Thomson, Shoemaker, Sisson, Tracy, and English.

Schools that DID meet AYP, through improvement, in Math:

Aborn
Callahan
Cobbet
Drewicz
Harrington
Hood
Lincoln-Thompson
Shoemaker
Sisson
Tracy

Classical
English

Schools that are mandated to offer NCLB school choice:

Every school except: Aborn, Tracy, Classical and English.

Schools that are mandated to offer Supplemental Educational Services (35 hours of tutoring):

Brickett
Callahan
Cobbet
Connery
Drewicz
Ford
Harrington
Hood
Ingalls
Lincoln-Thomson
Lynn Woods
Sewell-Anderson

Breed
Marshall
Pickering

LVTI

Highest attendance rate:

Aborn 96.10%
KIPP 97.30%
English 80.60%

Lowest:

Washington 88.60%
Marshall and Pickering 93.60%
Fecteau-Leary 25%

Highest ELA scores:

Sisson 91.8
Pickering 86.4 (KIPP second 86.2)
English 89.7

Worst ELA scores:

Washington 37.5 (Harrington second 61)
Marshall 75 (Breed second 76.8)
Fecteau-Leary 63.5 (LVTI second 78.5)

Highest Math scores:

Lincoln-Thomson 88.7
KIPP 82.1 (Pickering second 72.6)
English 86.2

Lowest Math scores:

Washington 49 (Connery second 59.6)
Marshall 54.9 (Breed second 61.8)
Fecteau-Leary 47.8 (LVTI second 61.8)

Anyone else see a pattern?

Most improvement in ELA (gains from 2009):

Hood +7.7
Marshall +2.7
LVTI + 2.3

Least improvement in ELA (losses from 2009):

Lynn Woods -9.7
KIPP -2.6
English 0 (no improvement or loss)

Most improved in Math (gains from 2009):

Washington +12.2 (Drewicz second with +10.7, honorable mention Hood +9.3 and Harrington +8.1)
Marshall +3.2
Fecteau-Leary +5.8

Least improvement in Math (losses from 2009):

Lynn Woods -10.7 (Connery -3.3)
KIPP -6.3
English -2


And because I'm a big nerd, schools listed from highest to lowest ELA and Math scores:

ELA

1) Sisson 91.8
2) Shoemaker 86.8
3) Brickett 86
4) Aborn 84.5
5) Lincoln-Thompson 83
6) Sewell-Anderson 80.9
7) Lynn Woods 80.2
8) Tracy 79.6
9) Callahan 79.5
10) Ford 74.6
11) Hood 74.2
12) Drewicz 73
13) Cobbet 71.5
14) Ingalls 67.4
15) Connery 61.1
16) Harrington 61
17) Washington 37.5

1) Pickering 86.4
2) KIPP 86.2
3) Breed 76.8
4) Marshall 75

1) English 89.7
2) Classical 86. 4
3) LVTI 78.5
4) Fecteau-Leary 63.5

Math

1) Licoln-Thomson 88.7
2) Tracy 86.9
3) Sisson 86.6
4) Shoemaker 84.7
5) Aborn 84.9
6) Callahan 81.3
7) Brickett 80
8) Sewell-Anderson 78.7
9) Drewicz 76.1
10) Lynn Woods 74.4
11) Ford 69.9
12) Hood 69.3
13) Ingalls 68
14) Cobbet 63.9
15) Connery 59.6
16) Harrington 56.8
17) Washington 49

1) KIPP 82.1
2) Pickering 72.6
3) Breed 61.8
4) Marshall 54.9

1) English 86.3
2) Classical 83.8
3) LVTI 69.1
4) Fecteau-Leary 47.8

What I find interesting, with the exception of Callahan and Lynn Woods swapping spots, the top performing half of the schools stays the top half in both ELA and Math. And if Connery, Harrington and Washington are our lowest performing schools with Washington the absolute lowest performing - Where is Washington's money?

Top 8 ELA:

Sisson, Shoemaker, Brickett, Aborn, Lincoln-Thompson, Sewell-Anderson, Lynn Woods, Tracy.

Top 8 Math:

Licoln-Thomson, Tracy, Sisson, Shoemaker, Aborn, Callahan, Bricket, Sewell-Anderson.

A CLASSIC(AL) VIEW

Lynn Classical casts green and white shadows over Hood field while several of Lynn's youth enjoy a day of soccer.

MIRROR,MIRROR ON THE WALL

Listening to everyone talking about how the superintendent's evaluation was specifically mandated in her contract, makes me wonder who works for whom. The LSC haven't even evaluated her since 2009. How do they know if she has done GOOD or BAD. RICK STARBARD, LSC member has been no friend of hers but neither has he been a mortal enemy. All he has done is to try and be objective. If you have nothing to hide....

KONVULSIONS AT KIPP

I warned my BFF about drinking too much KOOL-AID. At the very least it will rot your teeth. Suddenly KIPP's numbers aren't so statistically superior. I heard this year they didn't make AYP. So we lost a priceless view and are putting a historic landmark in jeopardy so that when the school fails some developer can turn the empty school building into lavish apartments, all built with money that should have went to LPS.

Quick does someone know CPR?

RICK REAMS BEHIND

"No Child Left Behind" behind that is. RICK (STARBARD) reminded everyone that this legislation has imposed unrealistic, unfunded mandates that monopolize the education process, forcing teacher's to take too much time teach the test.At last week's LSC meeting he successfully proposed that the other members of the LSC sign a petition advocating the repeal of NCLB.

He was so passionate on his position he even swore. I told him on FACEBOOK he needed Jesus but that I remembered it was a Jewish synagogue and he didn't play that gig.

DINING AT THE DOG

Pickering Middle School Fundraiser
Sunday, October 2 at 2:00pm
Location: Lazy Dog of Lynn Sports Bar

MAYBE SHE HAS A VISION PROBLEM, I MEAN SHE DOES WEAR GLASSES

At the LSC Debate Wed. night Pugnacious Patti Pushed Prolific Power Points Pushing the Prestige of our Current Caretaker of Cataclysmic Catastrophe, Superintendent Latham. All we have to do is redefine success and we will be all right.

Current LSC member was right when she stressed the importance of goal-setting. All we have to do is convince ourselves failing is really good and we can turn our poor perception around. Look it worked for our LEVEL 4 schools.

THE FIRST STEP IN ANY RECOVERY PROCESS IS TO ADMIT YOU HAVE A PROBLEM.

IT'S NOT ONLY ME, OTHERS ARE WRITING - THERE'S MARIA MADNESS

An Education: LSC 2011 Q & A: Maria Carrasco

uneducacion.blogspot.com

WILL THE REAL (WHO) STAND UP?

I like Delores. Surprise! Still though she was a little annoying at the debate. I mean she kept leaving her chair I was getting DIZZY.

Don't get me wrong, I thought her standing up for the inntroduction was great. Separate yourself from the competition. But after a couple of questions I began to think I was at a yo-yo competition instead of a debate. If it wasn't for her incredible experience, I'd rename her "SLIM-SHADY".

NOW HEAR THIS!

Let's talk about SAFETY for a moment. Safety for our kids. There is a school at SACRED HEART and there is also a food bank there as well. I didn't know they gave out absolution with day-old bread. I have information from reliable sources that there is a LEVEL 2 sex offender volunteering at that food bank.

I am not Catholic but I do want to be. However with all my ex-wives there is a lot to work through. I read and pray a lot. I plan on spending time in purgatory before rising to heaven. BUT I DON'T HAVE TO REGISTER.

GALLO'S GOT MY VOTE

At the debate last night, he held his mouth too close to the mike. His pat answers prompted my BFF to label him a consummate politician. What did she expect, he's a lawyer?

Still I heard good things come out of his mouth. That has always been my complaint about him, I just never heard anything from him. I've heard a few things about him, you know like, "He's a Clancy plant". Last I heard Chippper isn't running the government anymore.

I was impressed more with his level thinking than than any proposed political positions. He seemed to me to be objective and open. I'm not objective, that's my job. Anyway he's got vote number 5/

WE NEED THE KIPP KONNECTION - MORE ON THE DEBATE IN A MINUTE

Excuse me, a little housecleaning first. Yesterday my wife and son were on the bus. He had to use last years student bus pass because his "Pickering Pass". My wife witnessed approximately ten KIPP students TAP AND GO. Why is that? What makes them so special they get more favorable treatment than LPS? Someone should call attention to this discrepancy. Oh, I did, silly me.

WE'D LIKE TO OFFER YOU THESE CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION - "BUT NOT YOU"

At tonight's school committee debate about there were about five or six awards handed out at the close.They were just tokens of appreciation, little symbols of recognition. All of them were deserved but in varying degrees.

It was a time to thank the people and media that has helped ELCA bring attention to the community and to the schools and their problems. HELLO! Sitting beside my BFF, she kept saying you should be getting one of these. Though each time a name was called it didn't sound nothing like mine. I can't say I was surprised, maybe with all the politicians in the audience they were afraid someone would get their forked tongue tied and wouldn't be able to talk out of both sides of their mouth. NO RECOGNITION FOR "THE WATCH".

Maybe I'm wrong. I"ve never made it a secret I'm not good in math and some would say marriages too, but that's another matter. Last time I looked I'm closing in on 50,000 hits. I suddenly have lots of new friends and politiians are clamoring for my attention. At the last LSC meeting JOHN FORD asked me to go easy on him because he was a "senior citizen". Have you noticed JOHN, I have more gray hair than you? Does LPS's drug testing policy cover hair dye? Even so, we both have more hair than the rest of the follically challenged males at the LSC Candidate debate tonight. But I digress.

The ITEM and its reporter got an award. REALLY. How many times have they been inhaling the dust from my stories. Yeah they do a better job at flushing out some of the things you hear here first but...Yeah, I'm opinionated and unabashedly not objective but you know what I'm usually always right. Some people may not like some of my answers but chose to focus on attacking me and not making constructive solutions. I'm not afraid to look at more than one solution and give credit to good ideas.

Now I'll get down off my little soap box and on to analyzing the debate over the next several posts.

HOME SCHOOL, HOUSE RULES OR HOW TO AVOID THE MCAS

"I SO RECOMMEND" I have been listening Dr. Latham echo those words every time in the past eighteen months or so every time a proposal for home schooling comes up before the LSC. I know the definitions of all the words but I really didn't know what they really meant. Not until the last LSC meeting.

Here I thought the MCAS was like death and taxes, no one can avoid them. Just like in the three marriages before this one, I was wrong. I learned at the last meeting "home school boys" don't have to play that game. I'm short on details but it seems that these "la casa academic" not only don't take the test, LPS does not get any monies for their education. Where does the money go?

BUS PASS BALONEY

It seems that the student Charlie cards are on back order, at least at Pickering.Did the start of school just sneak up on somebody? I hear they do it the same time every year.

SEE, I AM NOT THE MODERATOR

Tom Sheehan

Hope to see you at the ELCA Forum for School Committee Candidates on Wednesday, September 14, at the Congregation Ahabat Sholom, 151 Ocean Street in Lynn, 7:00 p.m.

Stand for Hong Net!

 

Stand for Hong Net! Tomorrow, September 14 at 5:00pm Location: Wyoma Square

The Daily Item: Essex DA targets cyber bullying, teenage drinking

The PHELAN FACEBOOK FLAP ON TEACHERS AS FRIENDS diverts from the real issue. Kids bully other kids, not teachers. Teachers can TEACH the proper way to behave. RICK STARBARD is proposing what I feel is the proper policy, limited interaction - not ABSOLUTE EXCLUSION.

The Daily Item: Essex DA targets cyber bullying, teenage drinking

DID THEY NEED/HAVE PERMISSION TO PLAY?

There was a terrible lot of discussion on the priorities and procedure for use of the inside of the school buildings last Thursday night at the LSC meeting, As this picture taken this afternoon of the Drewicz School parking lot shows even the outside space can be used. A group of high school boys were using the space for some kind of organized practice. My reasoning for thinking it was organized? Pick-up games don't usually have whistles.

HONG IN THE HOOD

HONG NET, CANDIDATE FOR COUNSELOR-AT-LARGE, was out holding signs today across the street from HOOD PARK (by LYNN CLASSICAL HIGH SCHOOL).

Along with a lot of other kids, my son had his first soccer game today!