To the editor: L.A. Unified College District has held a preliminary vote to close down Alain LeRoy Locke School Preparatory Academy as a constitution college and return college students to LAUSD, citing low take a look at scores (“Locke High’s charter school experiment faces shutdown as LAUSD moves to take back campus,” June 11). The assessments didn’t account for Locke college students’ new learnings, however had been the identical assessments given to all highschool college students in L.A.
I obtained my Ph.D. in academic psychology from USC and was an educator, trainer, counselor and administrator till retirement in 2004. I used to be taught that to manage the identical take a look at to a very completely different background inhabitants and count on a sound end result can be an egregious error.
Although take a look at scores are nonetheless low at current, Locke has improved since leaving LAUSD. It could appear one would need to go away the scholars the place they do their finest work, dwell in the neighborhood and present respect for one another.
One should notice that an essential variable on this dialogue should even be the college district’s price range. Monies obtained are largely decided by the variety of college students attending. Gaining 1,000 college students from closing Locke would appear to be a big carrot in case you are attempting to stability the books.
In conclusion, the place are the children on this choice? The place are the academics, and the dad and mom? Are the children comfortable to work a little bit more durable if given some additional time to work towards the testing purpose?
It is vital for everybody concerned to make an knowledgeable choice.
Don Griffiths, Mission Viejo
