We are Riverview Gardens School District parents and we support our Board of Education under the able leadership of Rev. Pierson to do whatever it takes to save the takeover of our school district by the state.
We stand by your courageous decisions. Don't be swayed by Elliot Davis and those conservatives whose interest he represents. Elliot Davis can write anything he wants to fatten his pockets but we'll continue to support our board.
Even the state of Missouri is working hand-in-hand with the board to prevent a takeover, which doesn't come cheap for the state, the parents, the children, and the neighborhoods the school a district serves.
Elliot Davis is an advocate for the state to take over Riverview Gardens School District. He paved the way for the state takever of Wellston and look how miserable Wellston School District is right now. Wellston is performing below before the state takeover. Look at St. Louis Public schools. The student achievement is worse than before state takeover.
Elliot Davis sniffed around Jennings before he was shown the door by the parents and concerned citizens. Now he is playing similar games with Riverview Gardens School District. Let's show him the door.
We are as furious as hell. We can't take nonsense from Elliot Davis or any other quarters.
We don't need St. Louis Post-Dispatch or any TV stations to publicize our opposition. We've have our very own home-grown bloggers who will share our concerns with the world in a jiffy.
Riverview Gardens School District Parents
(As mad as hell).
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The state of Missouri has yet to prove that it can “turn around” schools it has taken over. Wellston’s test scores remain abysmal, even after years of Missouri intervention. SLPS has not been under state control for as long but will likely face the same problems. The problem is that the state has been fixated with the symptoms (test scores) rather than the cause of those symptoms (public health issues, poverty, family problems, cultural factors, and, most recently, the foreclosure crisis). Add to that the fact that it’s exceedingly hard to recruit and retain good teachers to these jobs (there are better paying opportunities in the county) and you have a very difficult situation. Effecting change in Riverview (or Wellston, or SLPS) will require a lot more than just test score mandates. It’s going to take a comprehensive, passionate community reform of which the school is just one small part.
ReplyDeleteT. Garner, parent