Through an open document request, the editor of this blog was able to obtain a copy of the
letter from TEA Commissioner Robert Scott stating his reasons for denying the District's appeal of its accountability rating for 2008-2009 school year.
First, the Superintendent Bobby Burns requested that TEA Commissioner to apply drop out criteria that are not yet effective. The District requested that the commissioner apply standards which ,by statue, will not be effective until the 2009-2010 school year.
Secondly, the District requested the TEA Commissioner re-consider the status of eight Hispanic non-completers. However, the TEA Commissioner denied this request because, "No enrollment records were found for the seven who graduated after the close of the 2008 school start window. If they had been enrolled, they would have counted as continuers. The appeals process is not an opportunity to correct data by supplying information that either was not known by the resubmission deadline or was not properly reported by that deadline. Lastly, the appeal for the highly mobile student cannot be considered. Many districts in the state are held accountable for students with similar circumstances. A strength of the accountability system is that its features are applied uniformly statewide. "
One has to ask why the Superintendent of Schools believed that the Commissioner would even consider a request that the Commissioner apply standards which ,by statue, will not be effective until the 2009-2010 school year to 2008-2009 school year? Even more perplexing is how seven students could graduate without ever being enrolled?
CFBISD Appeal Denial Letter From TEA October 27 2009
Citizens For Balance and Integrity our School District (CFBISD)
The purpose of CFBISD Network is to bring balance and greater Integrity to our school district, Carrollton Farmers Branch Independent School District. One Dictionary defines balance as “a state in which various parts form a satisfying and harmonious whole and nothing is out of proportion or unduly emphasized at the expense of the rest.” Balance in a school district requires that all parties: parents, teachers, students, administrators, and others have an opportunity to influence the governance of the school district.
Friday, November 13, 2009
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