Jansen, Burns, and Dickerson, all of whom are recent transplants to Douglas County whose children never attended Douglas County schools, are engaging in a campaign of fear and misinformation. Susan Jansen, David Burns, and Katherine Dickerson are running for the School Board under the motto, “Save Our Douglas Schools.” This begs the question: why and from whom do our schools need saving? Meeting the standard improves motivation. Setting the standard of what must be learned to meet the ACT criterion is vital. It is of great concern that this article identifies “lack of motivation” - on the senior level - as acceptable rationale for failure - and for allowing graduation without meeting the standard-based ACT criterion. Are their scores deficient for lack of time devoted to math and English? Is Social Emotional Learning taking time away from concentration on substantive material? It seems so. It looks like preparation is absent thus preventing some students from meeting the ACT criterion four times. Is there a strategy in place to assist the student who fails the first or second or third time the test is administered? What does this actually mean? Allowing four opportunities to take the test, while not ultimately requiring a passing score in order to graduate, makes what should be a serious endeavor strikingly casual. Superintendent Keith Lewis is quoted as stating, “…kids who do not plan to go to college have absolutely zero motivation going into the exam.” This is a simplistic view. It is apparent that there has been a failure on their part in this regard. Our school board is responsible for assessing legitimate and consistent employment of best practices for the sake of learners. Evaluations and test scores provide the most substantive evidence of the level of instruction in a school system. Indeed, an American College Testing score of 26.8 is unacceptable given the importance of meeting this standard-based criterion for students, college bound or not. Information in The Record-Courier article, “Declining Scores Linked to Test Change,” is very worrisome. We were all stunned by this unexpected act of kindness. Our family sends a heartfelt thank you to the anonymous couple that generously paid for Gloria’s 80th Birthday Dinner at Carson Valley Country Club. I am glad the people that went had a good time, and hope it was a success.Īn unexpected act of generosity on Sept. It was too many people for me, especially with COVID in the air. The Candy Dance is a great event, so many talented people and their wares. God Bless the Blue Angels and God bless America! If watching the Blue Angels doesn’t instill pride in being an American, nothing will.
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