6 out of 30 State School Indicators Met!

What happen to the Report card for 2007-2008?  There must be a problem with them as the results are not out yet and school starts in 3 weeks or so......hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

VietVet:

I always want what is best for the community. These scores are very disappointing. That still does not sway my opinion that a strong community begins with educating our youth.

Sure I am disappointed, but not totally surprised. With the loss of some of the district's best students what do you expect? Middletown schools need new families to locate here. One way is to publicly say things that are enticing to others. If I rip apart the schools, and others join in. What do we gain? This is a public forum. Some posts show up in search results in Google.

Let's look at the bad with an eye on the future. What can we do as grand parents, parents and local businessmen? How have we helped the schools?

John lets be realistic, you state "One way is to publicly say things that are enticing to others. If I rip apart the schools, and others join in."  Now I moved here about 4-5 years ago and the first thing I did was look at the school report cards.  I found Rosedale as the bright spot in Middletown and moved into that schools district figuring that in 3-4 years there would be some progress in improving the school scores.  I was wrong my son is now in Middle School and there has been no progress, there has been regression.  My son now goes to a private school as I can not trust or believe that he will get an adequate education in the MSD.

John: We already know, and have known for quite some time, what we are getting performance wise from the current (school and city) system here in Middletown. To maintain the status quo and to keep the same method of operation and the same mindset doesn't make any sense. If you are trying to accomplish something and you have tried methods that don't work,or produce bad results in this case, do you continually keep trying those same methods over and over again? No logical person would, right? Venturella and crew gave Price an extension on his contract until 2011 I believe. Was that the correct thing to do, given the results of his performance in the years that he has been here? Hasn't he been given enough time to improve the schools and to bring them from the bottom rankings? I think so. Why not make a change here? You already know what you've got and it isn't that great, but yet, we extend his time???? You mentioned that the community has to come together, not get angry and quit- OK, then for that to happen, the school board, admin. and teachers and city council members must start working toward producing a quality product that we, the people, can measure as success. That will require a change in the manner of operation/personnel because what we are currently doing, ain't working.Heroes in the community?- Can't think of any off hand. No one in city government/schools that is that dynamic that they alone have made a positive dramatic impact on Middletown. Hasn't been that type of person for years around here.Get out to vote- yes we do. The problem here is that the voter selection amounts to " do I vote for this "club" member or that one.It appears that, for the most part, we voters don't have alot of choice if we're looking for someone who will really be different.Therefore, we will not be able to completely turn over the complexion of the school board or city council to enable the total change that is needed to turn this town around for many years and we need to make the dramatic change now or risk the town dying on the vine. JMO