Board members, educational speakers, top administrators, and teachers should be subject matter experts (SMEs) with a documented record of independent thinking and academic oversight. Candidates for office should not have unvetted or hidden agendas.
Piedmont schools have consistently had very strong CAASPP and CAST test performance year over year. PEEP reports track results over time and dive deep into subject areas by grade level, sex, race, economic disadvantage, and parents educational level. Using race data in isolation can be misleading.
PUSD quietly tracks admission acceptances, as did the Piedmont Post. Pre-Pandemic, matriculations to reach schools were declining for over a decade while CAASPP performance remained steady and outstanding. Recently those matriculations have increased.
Open government legislation helps but is not enough. It is still very hard to find the pros and cons of any decision already made or being considered. Rubber stamping hidden agendas, or kicking cans down the road is not the path to excellence.
Helping every student achieve their learning potential through options for greater teacher attention, greater choice in electives, and advanced or accelerated study.
K-12 students need supervision prior to development of independent learning skills. Pandemic responses should be managed by epidemiologists at the county and state levels, not at each individual school district.
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