6 Troubled Sac Schools Getting Help
Superintendent Promises 'Decisive Action'
POSTED: 10:03 am PDT March 16, 2010
UPDATED: 10:27 am PDT March 16, 2010
UPDATED: 10:27 am PDT March 16, 2010
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Sacramento's six most academically troubled schools are in line to get extra help, education officials said Tuesday.
Oak Ridge Elementary School, Father Keith B. Kenny Elementary School, Jedediah Smith Elementary School, Fern Bacon Basic Middle School, Will C. Wood Middle School and Hiram W. Johnson High School will get innovative principals and additional assistance, Sacramento City Unified School District Superintendent Jonathan Raymond said in a news release.
The campuses, which are on a list known as the Superintendent's Priority Schools, serve a total of 4,600 students.
Oak Ridge Elementary was identified by the California Department of Education as among the state's persistently low-achieving schools, but Raymond said the five other SCUSD schools also have not served children adequately.
"We must take strong, decisive action and include our school communities to help these schools vastly improve how they educate our children,” Raymond said in a prepared statement. "Tinkering around the edges of the problems at these schools won't work. We need bold leadership, more effective teaching and a plan to provide the support our teachers and principals desperately need. We also need more resources to help students learn. We cannot afford to wait another few years and let another generation of students be lost because we didn’t do something to improve their educational opportunity."
Oak Ridge Elementary School, Father Keith B. Kenny Elementary School, Jedediah Smith Elementary School, Fern Bacon Basic Middle School, Will C. Wood Middle School and Hiram W. Johnson High School will get innovative principals and additional assistance, Sacramento City Unified School District Superintendent Jonathan Raymond said in a news release.
The campuses, which are on a list known as the Superintendent's Priority Schools, serve a total of 4,600 students.
Oak Ridge Elementary was identified by the California Department of Education as among the state's persistently low-achieving schools, but Raymond said the five other SCUSD schools also have not served children adequately.
"We must take strong, decisive action and include our school communities to help these schools vastly improve how they educate our children,” Raymond said in a prepared statement. "Tinkering around the edges of the problems at these schools won't work. We need bold leadership, more effective teaching and a plan to provide the support our teachers and principals desperately need. We also need more resources to help students learn. We cannot afford to wait another few years and let another generation of students be lost because we didn’t do something to improve their educational opportunity."
