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Hi Kid: The Best School District in the Land?
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LET’S TALK ABOUT IT…
Best District Ever?
Simply stating something does not make it true.
You're not going to find a higher performing district in this state and in this country. It's not out there.
During a recent meeting of the Poudre School District Board of Education, Superintendent Brian Kingsley made a bold claim. He claimed that PSD is the best district in the entire United States. Not just of the 178 districts in Colorado. In the entire country. And, for the sake of our home values, we certainly hope that is true, but we thought we should examine this high performing district and see if we should be celebrating.
What outcomes are our local community getting from this best district? Here are a few we remembered from the past year:
Vulnerable, non-verbal elementary-age children repeatedly physically assaulted on their school bus by a PSD employee. Parents and staff warnings ignored for months by district employees, possibly in violation of mandatory reporting laws.
According to Colorado Measures of Academic Success standards, test results demonstrate that approximately 40% of PSD students are below expectations for reading and about 50% of PSD students are below expectations for math. In some schools, as many as 80% of the children are below grade level expectations for math.