To get the school to service our children. Notice in the "Sealy News" article dated 8/8/2006 that no timeline for when then district wide scope and sequence will be in place was mentioned. Eventually, it will be put in place, but K-12? Eye can see where grades 4-12 will buy in because those administrators know the importance of it. It will be a major problem in the elementary. The administrator of that campus will talk and talk and talk, but nothing will get done. It won't happen because he is extremely afraid of confrontation but is very good at politickin'. Until he is willing to get in the face of his teachers and make them do it, it ain't gonna happen. There are a number of teachers on that campus that will have to be drug to the new curriculum trough kicking and screaming, but you won't be able to make them drink. " Eye've been teaching this way for 30 years and Eye am not going to change" This is a common theme in this district.
Back to education, since it seems that the scores in the minority community are the reason for the "unacceptable" rating, what will happen? Here is what usually happens. The school gets tunnel vision on bringing these scores up. The students that aren't at risk of failing the TAKS are then neglected because the teachers are told to give the "at risk" students more attention. The "at risk" students education level rises while the smarter kids level falls because of the neglect. Therefore the dumbing down of our society continues. Please don't let it happen.
