State superintendent Paul Pastorek has made his recommendations public as to what he wants to do with 33 low performing schools in the state. BTW is one of the 33 schools covered by today's news.
The BESE board is scheduled to further consider this matter on Wednesday, January 14, 2009. A vote could come on Thursday.
Linear Middle and Linwood Middle are being recommended to enter the Recovery district effective July 1, 2009.
BTW and other impacted Caddo schools are recommended for continued local control but under very tight state requirements. These requirements are to identified in a Supervisory Memorandum of Understanding.
The local board apparently must agree to comply with the terms of the SMU within the next 60 days and also make adequate progress toward implementation of a plan during the first year of the agreement. If not, schools will then be scooped up into the Recovery District.
Please use our link to the Louisiana Department of Education Web site for more information.
UPDATE: On Thursday, January 15, 2009, the BESE board made the above mentioned recommendations final.
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