The Sup's Priority Schools
Subject: Superintendent"s Priority Schools
March 15, 2010
Dear Colleague:
Tomorrow, we will publicly announce the "Superintendent's Priority
Schools" in an effort to help persistently and chronically
low-performing schools. This effort, focused on improving student
learning at six of our district's most under-performing schools, will
call for a new, bold approach to leadership at these sites and
additional resources to help put these schools in a better position to
be effective.
All six schools serve primarily economically disadvantaged, minority
populations. They are:
● Oak Ridge Elementary
● Father Keith B. Kenny Elementary
● Jedediah Smith Elementary
● Fern Bacon Basic Middle
● Will C. Wood Middle
● Hiram W. Johnson High
The staffs at these schools are dedicated, but we are not seeing the
results that our children need at these sites. This urgently needs to
change. I am committed to moving with “deliberate speed” to working
with each school community—the students, parents, staff and
partners—to create a culture of success. Four of the schools have
March 15, 2010
Dear Colleague:
Tomorrow, we will publicly announce the "Superintendent's Priority
Schools" in an effort to help persistently and chronically
low-performing schools. This effort, focused on improving student
learning at six of our district's most under-performing schools, will
call for a new, bold approach to leadership at these sites and
additional resources to help put these schools in a better position to
be effective.
All six schools serve primarily economically disadvantaged, minority
populations. They are:
● Oak Ridge Elementary
● Father Keith B. Kenny Elementary
● Jedediah Smith Elementary
● Fern Bacon Basic Middle
● Will C. Wood Middle
● Hiram W. Johnson High
The staffs at these schools are dedicated, but we are not seeing the
results that our children need at these sites. This urgently needs to
change. I am committed to moving with “deliberate speed” to working
with each school community—the students, parents, staff and
partners—to create a culture of success. Four of the schools have
