Thanks to one of our readers for sending us the article posted below.
Students "will continue Spanish instruction in kindergarten through fourth grade..."
"...students will take one trimester of Spanish and may choose French or Italian one trimester and a non-Romance language, such as German or Chinese, the remaining trimester.
In sixth grade, students must choose one language to study for the next three years. Instruction will be delivered through the Rosetta Stone and other computer programs, classroom foreign language teachers, project-based learning units and conversation sessions led by native speakers."
Included with the article were the following comments to us about our school district:
"Public knowledge being filtered by (the) school is what lets this, Pleasantdale, be like the dog chasing its tail. It is why we do not have e-readers, or French. We are too busy beating up the board. Sending the LaGrange Patch (Doings) article....see sd 102 covered and crazy exciting curriculum. Why are we so behind?
Pleasantdale is always on the outside of innovation, looking in. They are always the last school to get on board with anything. They are so focused on Bright Red Apple awards, test scores and spankings that they can't see the forest through the trees.
In December, for the fifth time in the last eight months, the board majority of consisting of Leandra Sedlack, Lisa Houk, Mark Mirabile and Beth Tegtmeier will once again attempt to spank minority members Gina Scaletta-Nelson and or Karen O'Halloran. Rather than working to bring new programs to our district such as an expanded foreign language program, a full day kindergarten program or a handheld technology based learning system, they continue to chase their tails by focusing on finding ways to chastise and publicly reign in Scaletta-Nelson and O'Halloran.
We also received a reference to this in an email:
“Not only is this abuse of power, it shows how misguided the work of the board has become...” “Our district has been nationally recognized for collaboration on behalf of children, but the current board seems more focused on electioneering than the issues that will help all children...at this critical time."
“(Teachers) have focused on improving the education of our students for years, but this board is more concerned with making sure their position is secure.”
Sounds just like Pleasantdale, doesn't it?
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