I’m talking to Senator David Sokola. State Rep. Earl Jaques. State Rep. Mike Barbieri. State Rep. Timothy Dukes. I’m talking to those who sit there and have your little non-transparent meetings with the DOE, scheming and coming up with more ways to connive with them to screw over the students of Delaware. You will not be in office after your next election. You allow the extremely bad ideology into our schools. You allow students to be expected to be proficient on a test that absolutely sucks. You insult parents with your ignorance of what is really going on. You disgust special needs parents with your Markell cheerleading rants. You don’t even have the common decency to support a bill that would protect parents from manipulation and deceit coming from a State Department and well over half the schools, charters and districts in our state. You want teachers to lose their jobs because you would rather support a dying reform movement than look forward. I no longer support anything you do. I don’t care who cares. Those who feign false praise on wanting to support Wilmington students carelessly and recklessly did nothing to support a referendum which would have given these students services and resources they need. You were more concerned with kissing Markell and the DOE’s ass. Well guess what, they will ALL be gone in a year and a half. And parents, we will remember. Teachers will remembers. Citizens will remember the 10.0 earthquake you helped cause with Delaware education. What a legacy you will leave the children of Delaware. You may or may not realize what you are doing, but we all see it. Come out of your stupor NOW! Wake the hell up!
Day: May 27, 2015
Christina Referendum Does Not Pass…Cowards Who Voted No Want Children To Suffer
Christina School DistrictThe Christina School District referendum did not pass today. Unofficial results for Newcastle County are showing 5,074 for and 5,968 against. This is a stunning defeat for the children of this school district. Those who voted no must see these children as Delaware’s most unwanted children in the state. It amounted to $4.50 a week for the average citizen. I feel ashamed to live in Delaware right now. Red Clay is celebrated like the second coming, but Christina is the unloved stepchild of Wilmington. Did any of you who voted no ever think about that? What these children will lose? You voted NO for the future of our state. You voted NO for the over 13,000 students in this district. You voted NO on their ability to get the same equal education other districts get. Your vote guarantees more jobs will be lost. And with charters getting shut down left and right or going under formal review or probation, not to mention all the stuff yet to come out, there will be more teachers looking for jobs. Way to screw education in Delaware haters…
House Bill 50 & Senate Joint Resol. #2 To Collide At Senate Education Committee on 6/3
House Bill 50, Parental Opt-Out of Standardized TestingHere we go. The agenda for the Senate Education Committee meeting on 6/3 at 3pm has been officially announced. Here’s where it’s going to get real crazy, very fast. Both House Bill 50, the parent opt-out bill, and Senate Joint Resolution #2, what the DOE feels is an alternative to opt-out with the assessment inventory, will go head-to-head in this committee. Start emailing them now, cause this one is going to be a doozy! Further complicating this is Senate Bills #92 and #93. They are great bills dealing with Autism, but they will demand a lot of conversation. Or, the committee will say these are awesome bills and pass them fast. You never know. Either way, this is going to be a packed chamber. Opt-out parents, DOE, State Board of Education, lobbyists, parents of children with Autism, school officials, other government agencies, and so forth. Get there early!
| Chamber: | Senate | |
| Chairman: | Sokola | |
| Location/Room: | Senate Hearing Room |
| Date/Time: | 06/03/2015 03:00:00 PM |
| Revision Num: | 1 | |
Agenda
SB 92 AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EDUCATION AND AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER.
Sponsor : Henry
SB 93 AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATED TO CREATING AN INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE ON AUTISM AND THE DELAWARE NETWORK FOR EXCELLENCE IN AUTISM.
Sponsor : Henry
SB 94 AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO A MILITARY CONNECTED IDENTIFIER IN DELAWARE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Sponsor : Bushweller
SJR 2 DIRECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO STUDY STUDENT ASSESSMENT TESTING.
Sponsor : Sokola
HB 50 w/HA 1 AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EDUCATION ASSESSMENT.
Sponsor : Kowalko
Delaware Priority Schools: The Truth Revealed Part 35
FOIA, Priority SchoolsIn the Delaware Priority Schools saga, which is still going on believe it or not, many citizens, teachers, parents and even legislators started questioning the Delaware Department of Education about what was really going on. The email below, sent by a very prominent person in Delaware education, asked many questions. I will have to reach out to him to see if he ever received a response. This individual cares about education so much he gives up a lot of his own time to try to make it better.
Yes, this is none other than Mike Matthews, President of the Red Clay Educators Association (RCEA), and a teacher at Warner Elementary School. Mike is always on the front lines in the education battles in Delaware, and he is not afraid to tell the DOE exactly what he thinks. When I first met Mike, at a Delaware State Board of Education meeting last August, he was cutting out decorations for his classroom during the meeting. Since then, Mike and I talk a lot about education matters. He also used to write a very popular blog in Delaware called “Down With Absolutes”. Mike is relinquishing his teacher duties and going full-time with his RCEA role. I see Mike one day leading all of DSEA, and eventually I could see him in a political role in our state. I feel fortunate to know Mike as he knows a ton of information about Delaware.
**UPDATED**10:54 am
Mike Matthews just emailed me the response from DOE to his questions:
—–Original Message—–
From: McLaughlin Mary Kate [mailto:marykate.mclaughlin@DOE.K12.DE.US]
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2014 12:04 PM
To: Matthews Michael; May Alison; Schwinn Penny
Cc: Kowalko John; Rivera Kenneth; Williams Kimberly
Subject: RE: Priority Schools
Mike – thanks for the back and forth this morning and for giving me a little time to get back to you. On your first question around the planner, the district can chose whomever they’d like for the planner – DOE will not micromanage this, including what the qualifications are. It is totally up to the district – that said, if they would like assistance identifying a person or group that does this work, we’ll be happy to help. Relative to your 10 or 12 month question, the plan is due December 31st, so the money would be used by then.
On your second question, the districts can put forward their choice for school leader – the goal should be that it is a person who can execute on the plan they’ve developed. There is not a list of potential school leaders, however, similar to my statement above, should the district ask for help in identifying candidates, we would be happy to help.
Hope this helps! mk
The Season Of Myths 