INVEST IN OUR PEOPLE ?

By Bob Walsh

Beats Stockton by a country mile for sure

 

Regular readers will remember I have written a time or three about the trials and tribulations of the Stockton Unified School District.  Their accounting system is in disarray, they have been playing fast and loose with oversight lays and they are damn near broke.  It is likely they will be put into receivership at the end of this school year.

They do, however, have $1.1 million to send about 500 of their "educators" to a training meeting in Las Vegas this summer.  There are apparently those who think this is actually a massive party for SUSD Board President AngelAnn Flores and her road dogs.  

This Professional Learning Communities conference is something that SUSD has sent people to for years.  The money is (allegedly) title I money and can only be spent on staff development.  The conference is in Vegas, apparently has been in Vegas for many years.  It will be held on June 7-9, after school is over for the year.

According to a joint Stanford-Harvard study released five months ago SUSD math scores exhibit a 64% "learning loss" based on a 2019 baseline.  Reading scores are 2.4 years behind the curve.