They flunked.
A regarding quantity of Lengthy Island public faculty districts have been recognized by New York officers for underwhelming educational performances, in line with a Newsday report.
The outlet discovered that 11 particular person colleges and their 11 districts on the Island — all of which have been in Suffolk County — have been famous within the state’s accountability scores for underperforming in pupil attendance, check achievement, and commencement charges from 2023 by means of 2024.
Though that quantity is down from 29 out of LI’s 125 districts final yr and two Nassau districts are reportedly in higher form, Patchogue-Medford and its South Ocean Center College and each Westhampton Seaside district and its center faculty have been listed as newcomers with dangerous marks.
The district of Riverhead, which was on rating from the yr prior, noticed its Phillips Avenue College newly added, becoming a member of its Roanoke Avenue Elementary College.
Different districts and colleges remaining on from the 2022 to 2023 faculty yr embody Brentwood and its Hemlock Park Elementary College, Central Islip and its Cordello Avenue Elementary College, and Longwood district and its center faculty.
Center County District and its New Lane Memorial Elementary College, South County District and its Bellport Center College, and William Floyd District and its Studying Heart, another elementary faculty, additionally stayed on the listing from the yr prior.
Each the districts of Wyandanch and Greenport have been additionally within the report with none particular person colleges talked about.
Nevertheless, many of those districts say that there must be a studying curve within the statistics.
Westhampton Superintendent Carolyn Probst stated in an announcement that the low rating got here in an unfair context, stemming from check outcomes of fewer than 20 college students who have been nonetheless studying English.
“State assessments are disproportionately tough for college kids who’re buying English language expertise,” Probst acknowledged. “However the district is pleased with the arduous work and progress of this pupil inhabitants and appears ahead to continued progress and achievement.”
Central Islip assistant superintendent Jessica Iafrate reiterated the same sentiment, telling Newsday that their poor efficiency solely got here from a small, confidential group of scholars that make up solely 9% of enrollment.
William Floyd district spokesman James Montalto additionally defended the district’s Studying Heart and stated the state was evaluating the check scores of 24 college students with disabilities to these of different colleges.
“We wholeheartedly consider, regardless of this designation, that the William Floyd Studying Heart must be held up as a mannequin faculty throughout the state for efficiently integrating college students with disabilities into mainstream lessons,” he instructed the outlet.
Brentwood’s superintendent, Wanda Ortiz-Rivera, additionally stated she is assured that new spring testing will take away her district from the listing as an indicator of latest enhancements.
Since being named final yr, two Nassau County districts, Hempstead and Valley Stream District 24 have fought tooth and nail to get faraway from the rating.
Particularly, Valley Stream’s Brooklyn Avenue College had since been positioned in good standing.
In Suffolk, two different districts on the 2023, Amityville and West Islip, listing have proven vital enchancment and are not of concern.
West Islip’s Manetuck Elementary College was additionally positioned in good standing. And, though Riverhead is a piece in progress, its Pulaski Road Intermediate College was additionally positioned in god standing as effectively.
“Lengthy Island colleges proceed to indicate progress post-COVID with reference to educational progress,” government director of the Nassau-Suffolk College Boards Affiliation Bob Vecchio instructed Newsday.
“We additionally know there may be work that also must be finished, however this information reveals our districts are shifting in the best path.”
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