Recommended
More Related Content
Recently uploaded
Recently uploaded (20)
Featured
Featured (20)
Celebrate Excellence - WW-P Schools
- 1. Celebrate Excellence – WW-P Schools Everyresidentof WestWindsorandPlainsboroshouldbe proudof the accomplishmentsand recognitionof ourschools. NewJerseyMonthly Magazine justreleasedtheirmostcurrentNew Jersey highschool rankings: WW-PHighSchool Northis #2 and WW-PHigh School South is#9. Both of our highschoolsinthe Top 10 is reasonto cheer! A secondpiece of greatnewscomesfromNiche.com, anorganizationbasedinPittsburghthat doesrankinginmanycategories,includingschool districts. Theyhave rankedthe WW-P Regional School District# 3 in the State of NewJersey,and#33 in the UnitedStates.Thisinformationverifiesthat our schoolsare groundedina strong curriculum, deliveredbya highlyprofessionalstaff,supportedby professionaldevelopmentthatiscurrentinthe use of bestpracticesof researchbasedinstruction. Overthe past year,information aboutourschool district hasappearedinprintthat istotally incorrect. I have decidedtobe a candidate forthe school board fromWestWindsorbecause Iam committedtoa strengthenedandexpandedcommunicationsprocessbetweenthe schoolsand community.Everycitizenhasthe righttoask questions. Ourschool systemhasthe obligationtoprovide appropriate answers. However,we all mustdemandthatthe informationishonest,accurate and factually verifiable.Justbecauseyouhearsomething,orsee itinprint,doesnotmake it true! A recentletterinthe WW-PNews regardinghonorsclassesinourhighschools hasmuch incorrectinformation. Itstatedthatthere are no standardsforadmissionintohonorsclasses,andasa result,80% of ninthgrade studentsare in language artshonors classes. Asthe formerchairpersonof the CurriculumCommittee,Iworkedwiththe othermembersof the Boardof Educationto move away fromthe teacherrecommendation processthatresultedinmore than1200 parental override requests annually. We createdaprocessbaseduponcourse eligibilitystandardsthatallowedeveryone toknow exactlywhatwasrequiredtoenterupperlevel courses,honorsandadvancedplacement.Asaresult, 40% of our freshmenare inhonorslanguage artsclasses,andthe grade distributionissimilartobefore. The data in otherdepartmentsisthe same.Inaddition,more studentsare eligibleandtakingAP courses,with93% of those studentsscoring3,4 or5, on the APexams,consistentwithourpriordata. Overthe previousnine yearsthatIservedonthe board,we made careful decisionstoexpand appropriate accessto programsto as manystudentsas possible. Ourschoolsmustbe inclusive,not exclusive. The datashowsthatthese decisionswerecorrect!Currently,we have more studentsenrolled and succeedinginhonors andadvancedplacementclasses, andthe overall standingof the school systemremainsamongthe bestinthe state and the nation. I am proudto have beenpart of what wasaccomplishedinthe pastand will worktoward “expandingthe excellence of the WW-Pschools”when elected. RichardKaye,WestWindsor candidate forthe school board