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Thursday, March 08, 2007

Board of Education Briefs: Classified Jobs Cut, Academic Partnerships Highlighted,

By Rick LaPlante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer

The Board of Education on Tuesday night heard a report on English language development, highlighting the District’s partnerships with two of the top academic institutions in the country, Columbia University and Stanford University.

The presentation included video showing differentiated instruction for first-graders at Emanuele Elementary School, part of Writing Workshop, our “Ivy League partnership” with Columbia. Dr. Linda Carstens of Stanford, who is helping in the development of the EL master plan, lauded the District for its “proactive approach to EL instruction.” A “spotlight on best practices” featured Hillview Crest EL development support teacher Valerie Rose-Piver.

Also on Tuesday night, the Board approved workforce reductions, including 13 classified FTE because of the closing of Cabello Elementary School, a testing paraprofessional because of a reduction in adult school grant funding, the Senior Project Manager (grant writer), and a .4 reduction for the coordinator of special education services. It is expected the District will be able to re-hire many of the affected classified employees, because of attrition.

The Board also:
● Approved notifying administrators of potential reassignments.
● Reviewed and discussed norms for effective governance developed by consensus at a study session facilitated by the California School Boards Association in March 2005.
● Approved the second-interim budget report and multi-year projections. Declining enrollment continues cost the District more than $1 million annually in lost revenue. The District has 189 fewer students this year than last year, and a decline of 201 students is projected for 2007-08.
● Recognized Barnard-White Middle School teacher Patsy Lockhart, winner of the California Teachers Association’s Lois Tinson Human Rights Award for her work to achieve equal opportunity for African Americans.

Agendas of all Board of Education meetings and minutes of past meetings are available on the District website: www.nhusd.k12.ca.us

Posted by courier at 07:28:16. Filed under: News

Comments

wait so... 200 students enrolled= more than 1 million dollars? i think something is lost in the translation.

this constant paring of jobs causes a bit of a hassle for many involved in the district. it affected several if not all students who take the bus because almost all the higher positions in transportation were replaced in the beginning of the school year. thus leading to a depression in bus attendance, a hike in bus pass prices, LATE buses, overcrowding and problems with distributing the bus passes. Therefore leaving many aggravated students having to call transportation and curse them for having such misinformed staff about late buses and the works.

besides the disorganization of staffing quality employees, i am cursing at the Bush administration and lack of attention from congress for their lackadaisical efforts to support educational budgets. Initiatives to boost high schools are being rejected by Congress and Bush still continues to cut down education budges to as much as 3 BILLION.

sorry about my rant... felt like this was the place to put it.

Posted by Sav C. at Saturday, March 10, 2007 03:18:22

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