There is no doubt that almost every agrees this is an issue for the school district. Just not on how to get there. Tonight we get to hear Dan Nehrad’s take on it . . . in Fitchburg, where the buses don’t run.
Madison School District to Present Plans to Close Achievement Gaps
District to Ask for Community Input on Draft Plan
Superintendent Dan Nerad will present the Madison School District’s plan to build the future of the District and close the achievement gaps for low-income students and students of color at a special meeting of the Board of Education tonight, Monday, February 6 at 6:00p.m. at the Fitchburg Public Library.
After the initial plan is presented, the District will provide opportunities for community input over the next two months, and will use that input to revise and refine the plan. More information and a full calendar of community input sessions will also be released.
WHAT: Presentation of preliminary plans to close Madison’s achievement gaps
WHEN: 6:00p.m. Today, Monday, February 6
WHERE: Fitchburg Public Library, 5530 Lacy Road
We have two months after tonight to provide our input. That should be an interesting process. For what it is worth, Kaleem Caire had this message for folks today:
Greetings Community.
For those of you attending the Madison Metropolitan School District’s unveiling of their plan for addressing the achievement of our children at the Fitchburg library tonight, listen and look for detail and purpose, AND keep an open mind. Don’t be closed minded as some have been to our proposal. Two wrongs don’t make it right.
If it’s great, it’s great. If its average, then we must strengthen it. If its unsatisfactory, then we need a new plan.
Regardless, don’t burn down Rome; our children need solutions, not salvos.
Onward.
Kaleem Caire
President & CEO
Urban League of Greater Madison
I know how to close the achievement Gap….fund education and get people working .