[Local-Maine-Schools] BDN article re Benedicta has relevance to thefuture of small schools

[Paul Murphy]

Thanks Ralph. Just another example of how the DOE under Susan Gendron has
come to operate.

"Some of those questions revolved around the school's population. According
to Moreau, five pupils are going to school in SAD 25 who should be going to
Benedicta, but they have gotten a waiver to attend SAD 25. Gendron has the
final say over the waivers, he said.
"Why is she giving students waivers that take them out of Benedicta and put
them into another school?" asked Danette Moody, a Benedicta parent. "She is
setting us up to fail." "



Just as in her move to the SAT in 11th grade and our "failure" to make
Adequate Yearly Progress, Ms Gendron sets us up to fail and then makes sure
we pay the consequences.





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ralph Chapman" <rchapman.utc at gmail.com>
To: "Local Maine Schools List" <local-maine-schools at lists.svaha.com>
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 11:24 AM
Subject: [Local-Maine-Schools] BDN article re Benedicta has relevance to
thefuture of small schools


> http://bangordailynews.com/news/?a=149218&z=175
>
> This informative article in the April 28, 2007 edition of the Bangor
> Daily News by Jen Lynds discusses the situation in Benedicta and the
> battle between the townspeople trying to save their school and the
> state trying to close it.  I think it may represent well what we can
> expect from the state in the future as they take more control.
>
> --Ralph Chapman
> rchapman.utc at gmail.com
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