Monday, October 22, 2012

Closing the gaps...

The widely anticipated(?) school report cards were released by the WI DPI today.  The report cards compare schools across the state on a variety of criteria.  MG's report cards can be found here.  What do they show? MG's schools all ranked in the "Exceeds Expectations" level, with achievement significantly above state averages.  The biggest deficit is found in the "Closing Gaps" section, that reports on the differences in achievement between white students and other groups, including minority students, students with disabilities and otherwise disadvantages.

 None of this is a surprise, at least to me.  The achievement gap in our schools is serious and has been a problem for some time.

Monday, October 1, 2012

The ever scintillating MGSD Annual Meeting will be held Wednesday Oct. 3rd in the High School auditorium. We will cover ALL the usual-- Don't miss the excitement!

 This year the electors will be asked to approve a total levy in the amount of $23,688,323.00, down about $800K from last year. Total spending is up about $325K (1%) over last year, but is still well below the budget of a few years ago.