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Schools struggle with achievement gap
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dents scoring as proficient has dropped
to 9 percent.
All students, interim Supt. Tom Mc-
Donald told the school committeeTues-
day, "must be challenged to the best of
their ability and supported to the best
of our ability."
The tools to do that are identified in
the "Barnstable School District Equity
Needs Assessment Report " prepared by
the New England EquityAssistance Cen-
terin Providence. Formore than ayear, a
Center team based at Brown University
in Providence has been working with the
system to identify the causes of the gap
as well as steps to close it.
"it appears ... that the academic dif-
ficulties of these students begin when
they leave their elementary schools,'
the report suggests. Surveys and focus
group interviewswith stakeholders found
a perception that the comfort level of all
students decreases at that point , but
particularly that of children of color.
By high school, the report found , this
has resulted in "racial and economic
segregation of the academic tracks."
Interviews with students and staff re-
vealed "the discomfort of students of
color in honors classes due to a fractured
social relationship with most of the white
students already in the classes; low self-
expectations; and (some) peer pressure
among students in the lower tracks."
Then this: "Staff interviews and survey
data suggest that a large barrier to the
academic success of students of color
and low (socioeconomic status) students
is a lack of institutionalized, proactive
support from the district." Limited
guidance in choosing appropriate high
school courses was cited also, and ques-
tions were raised about "teachers ' and
administrators'awarenessof and comfort
with students' cultural and linguistic
diversity."
On Tuesday, incoming Supt. Dr. Patri-
cia Grenier presented the report'srecom-
mendations. These include training for
staff in understanding the achievement
gap; work on a new district-wide policy
on bullying, harassment, and hate crime;
a beefed-up English Language Learners
program, and increased communication
with and involvement of parents.
There are specific recommendations for
the elementary schools, 5"' and 6"1 grade
school, middle school and high school.
Committee vice chair Pat Murphy
thanked Grenier for her "unwillingness
to throw some quick answers at this. It
can't be solved just by the schools."
To which chairman Ralph Cahoon
added , "There 's nothing we're not will-
ing to deal with and work to remedy for
our kids."
By Patriot Staff
TJI@barnstablepatnot
Clarification: The free
tickets to the Arts Founda-
tion of Cape Cod's 21st
an-
nual TD Banknorth Pops by
the Sea concert mentioned
in last week' s Business
Briefs were available only
through one of 25 human
service agencies on the
Cape, not through the Arts
Foundation.... Town At-
torney Robert Smith holds
the distinction of being the
only person with a perfect
attendance record at all
Barnstable Town Council
meetings since the move
to that form of government
in 1989. That streak was
threatened last Thursday
with Smith's recovery from
minor surgery earlier in the
day. Well, it was a little more
than a cameo appearance ,
but the streak remains in-
tact . Smith attended the ini-
tial part of the meeting, but
left shortly into the agenda.
Assistant town attorney
David Houghton handled
the legal questions for the
council... 'Tis the season
for in-depth books on the
president who favored our
shores. Following Barbara
Learning's Jack Kennedy!
The Education of a States-
man (reviewed last week)
comes The Bystander/John
F. Kennedy and the Struggle
f or Black Equality by Nick
Bryant. With Learning's em-
phasis on the international
politics leading up to the
partial test ban treaty, the
Bryant book is a nice bal-
ance on the domestic side....
Humpback whales: the first
snowbirds? News from the
Gerry E. Studds Stellwa-
gen Bank National Marine
Sanctuary might make you
think so. Stellwagen has
established a "sister sanc-
tuary " relationship with a
humpback whale sanctuary
in the Dominican Republic ,
where the humpbacks have
their babies in the winter
before heading north for
feeding.... We wish we had
room for a story about Tom
McDonald' s farewell party.
Aide Sue Rohrbach read
state Sen. Rob O'Leary 's
note that he's "glad (he)
never ran for Senate." "Yet,"
said McDonald , to generous
laughter. Asst. Supt. Glen
Anderson , who served as
sly master of ceremonies,
offered his "Top 10 Things
Pat (McDonald ) Doesn 't
Want to Hear Tom Say, "
including, "Honey, I'll take
care of the travel plans."
Seems that McDonald made
all the arrangements for a
family trip to California and
made sure everyone was at
Logan Airport at 7 a.m. the
day of the flight. They were
on time, and so was their
plane as it took off from T. F.
Green in Rhode Island.
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Fire district...
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fore the council in a workshop
mode to answer questions
before an RFP committee is
established.
Amotion to havethe fire dis-
trict study committee do that
work was later approved, 7-5.
After hearing Canedy de-
scribe the work, which she
said boils down a professional
look at the numbers, COMM
firefighter Chris Adams, a
member of the study prepara-
tion committee,addressed the
council.
Adams said he strongly dis-
agreed with Canedy's assess-
ment and asked the council
to look at the committee's
report.
Readingfrom the report ,Ad-
amssaid,"Anyconsideration of
conductingless than afull and
comprehensive study would
be ineffectual and should be
abandoned."
With regard to the council's
direction to keep the study
preparation committee intact
and working,Adamssaid, "The
committee as it's formed now
feels that its work is done."
A Public Hearing
A public airingat last week's
council meeting, gathered few
fresh comments. There were
two people who rose during
whatwastermed apublichear-
ing on the study.
Barnstable Village resident
Peter Doiron didn't comment
on the study, except to say
that he had asked the Cape &
Islands District Attorney's of-
fice to look into possible Open
Meeting Law violations.
Hyannis resident Lou Gon-
zaga believes that more infor-
mation is necessary, but not
from consultants.
"I don't think you need to
have anindependent study and
waste more money," he said.
Gonzaga said he supports
consolidation, but only if it
improves efficiency. He also
suggested getting all of the
financial information from all
the districts and talking with
the frontline firefighters and
EMTs.
Given the low turnout to
speak on the study, which was
expected to draw heavy com-
ment, Hyannis councilor Greg
Milne asked whether the hear-
ing was advertised.
Council President Hank
Farnham said that the hearing
wasmoreinformationalthan an
official hearing, and therefore
did not require public hearing
notification.
Libraries
to start
reading
programs
Whelden Memorial and
Marstons Mills libraries
are offering a collaborative
summer reading program,
With sign-up set for
Wednesday for the former
and Thursday for the latter,
both from 10 a.m. to 2
p.m.
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