Kristina Rathbun was going to quit school. A straight A student whose grades sank because of problems with other students, she thought the only alternative was to leave. Instead, she landed in a little-known district program for students with poor grades, attendance or behavior. She and many of the nearly two dozen other students in the program are in the midst of remarkable turnarounds.
You can read the entire Board of Education meeting agenda at this link (pdf).
Superintendent of Schools Bill Lynch stresses that this is just a draft, and that the increases in the current draft are not acceptable.
Superintendent Mike DiFabio explains, “The board is working to understand the current language in the contracts to prepare for contracts that will be (nearing their expiration).”
“The committee is starting to get really in depth,” said Superintendent of Schools Bill Lynch this week. But the outlook for the new budget is pretty bleak.
Kayli and Meghan Laux, who are college students, volunteered time to talk and present to the children in the Phoenix-2 Head Start Preschool/UPK/Day Care all about the viola and violin.
Members of Fulton’s Board of Education voiced their frustration with the architectural firm handling their district-wide building project, while a longtime board member offered a more optimistic view.
Gov. Paterson’s plan to fill a massive hole in the state budget consists, in part, of blowing holes in thousands of smaller budgets across the state. His plan to cut education aid, for example, just about doubled the size of the deficit the Fulton City School District is trying to fill.
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