Yep, it's a duplication of effort!
If your feeder school fails to make AYP for two consequetive years, your child is eligible to transfer to a higher performing school under NCLB. The DOE has removed the AYP rankings from the school profiles. Parents are now unable to look up their feeder school on DOE's website to learn whether or not it made AYP for 2009-10 school years. AYP for the 2010-11 school year is being withheld from the public and boards until Friday, August 26th. School starts Monday, August 29th.
How will you know if your child is eligible for a transfer? Will your child start school in a failing school year? When DOE finally spills the beans, will districts be able to accommodate your request before schools start? Should you want to exercise your right to transfer, will your child be forced through two transitions - one to the school that is failing and one to the higher performing one after the school year has already begun. What about the games being played by DOE is student-centered, child-first, pro-education? What a messy circle.
Should we get our "panties in a bunch" over the negligence purported by DOE with regards to parents rights? I think that depends on how much you covet your democratic rights under federal and state law. Should we report it to the feds? That depends on whether you believe the feds will support the law. Should we chalk this up to an eschool outage? That depends on whether Eschool directly feeds to that little indicator on the school profile pages (99% sure it does not, as the indicator would likely be blank, not missing.) Should we be upset that DOE sends its online presence on vacation in July and August? Only if you give a hoot about your tax dollars. Circle, Circle, Circle.
Don't worry, I bet the DOE folks are already circling to craft their reasonable excuse for their latest failure.
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