Think we're on the same wave-length here, but it would be nice to know
who this fellow (I assume from the moniker that it's a man) is and, if
he's a resident of Asbury, why he's not on the school board at the
very least. And yes, the Middle School building is more than 30 years
old. Just one man's opinion, but it's part of that grotesque
architecture of the 1970's, not at all conducive to education. It is
to education what that ugly pile of bricks called City Hall on Main
Street is to good government.
Frank D'Alessandro
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "justifiedright"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Wow! Hey Frank, can we give this guy a job? I nominate him to be
> the next Super in AP.
>
>
>
> --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, firemer@ wrote:
> >
> > As a retired administrator for the NYC school system, I found that
> the K-8
> > model was preferable since the parents and teachers got to know
> one another for
> > a much longer time. In this situation, the students tended to
> act out less
> > since the principal knew each of the names of the students and had
> a closer
> > relationship with each of the parents. The test scores were
> also much
> > higher for students in grades 5-8 in a K-8 setting. Until reading
> and math scores
> > improve in Asbury Park, many middle class parents, especially
> black middle
> > class parents, will continue to send their studious children to
> private
> > schools. I think that a mixture of needy families along with
> middle class families
> > working together is what is needed to give us a well needed turn
> around in
> > our schools. Since the number of students in Asbury Park schools
> is not that
> > large, it should not be that difficult to place test prep programs
> in the
> > schools during the school day. In addition, students in risk of
> academic failure
> > should attend math and reading boot camp after school, on
> Saturdays and
> > during the vacation periods. If these programs can work in the
> poorest schools in
> > the South Bronx, they most certainly can work in Asbury Park. As
> a result in
> > the reading and math score improvement in the South Bronx,
> students felt
> > more confident and better about themselves and saw educational
> success as an
> > alternative to gang membership. The other thing that we did in the
> South Bronx
> > was to bring in successful role models of color, other than rap
> stars and
> > sports stars for the students to identify with and aspire to. We
> brought in CEOs,
> > superintendents, politicians and other successful businessmen of
> color for
> > the students see, hear and relate with. The message was that today
> more than
> > ever there are more high level job opportunities for students of
> color who
> > have succeeded in school. The message that we instilled upon the
> students is
> > that there is hope.
> >
>
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