03/16/08 - Rich Town & Poor Kids - ConnCAN officials said Greenwich High School was among high schools with the largest achievement gaps ever recorded

School Administrators Have Once Again Failed

Greenwich School News :

Overpaid, Incompetent And Failing School Administrators Are Hurting Our Children

Report: Student achievement gap wide
Greenwich Time - Greenwich,CT

By Andrew Shaw

Greenwich High School has one of the largest achievement gaps in the state between the performance of black students and the student body ...

... ConnCAN spokesman Marc McGee said Greenwich historically has had one of the largest achievement gaps, despite its resources...

...Haedmaster Alan Capasso said he is worried about the achievement gap between poor students, defined as those who receive free or reduced-cost school lunches, and those who are better off and do not rely on such assistance. Greenwich has a 44 percentage point difference between poor students and other students who performed at goal level, higher than the state average of 39 percent....

... "This is still an issue for Greenwich. I still strongly believe that if your system is really an excellent system, you're addressing all the needs of children in your district," said Superintendent of Schools Betty Sternberg. "It's very hard. You always try to catch up. But it doesn't mean you don't try. It doesn't mean it can't be done."

Town recruits minority teachers at job fair
Greenwich Time - Greenwich,CT

By Meredith Blake

The Greenwich Public Schools held its first-ever Minority Teacher Recruitment Fair yesterday, drawing more than 50 candidates to Greenwich High School, to interview representatives from all the schools but administrators had hoped for a bigger turnout.

"It was not as successful as we hoped... We were hoping there would be hundreds of candidates lined up, but this was definitely an important step for the district," said Ellen Flanagan, Director of Human Resources. ...

... The Greenwich Public Schools have been working for several years to increase the number of minority teachers in the schools, with the goal of having the staff reflect the diversity of the student population. Currently only 8 percent of teachers are members of minority ethnic or racial groups, while approximately 25 percent of the students come from minority groups, according to Flanagan....

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