Submitted by John Arbeeny. Each week as a public service Lakewood CARES will be providing the real academic situation in response to schools highlighted in The Suburban Times by Clover Park School District (CPSD). This is data you will not find elsewhere on the CPSD website, board meeting agendas or “Inside Schools”; however it is […]
Lakes High School: Headed in Which Direction?
Submitted by John Arbeeny. Each week as a public service Lakewood CARES will be providing the real academic situation in response to schools highlighted in the Suburban Times by Clover Park School District (CPSD). This is data you will not find elsewhere on the CPSD website, board meeting agendas or “Inside Schools”. The 7 February […]
Letter: Beachwood Elementary School: Successful within a failing Clover Park School District
Submitted by John Arbeeny, LakewoodCARES.org. Each week as a public service Lakewood CARES will be providing the real academic situation in response schools highlighted in the Suburban Times by Clover Park School District (CPSD). This is data you will not find elsewhere on the CPSD website, Board meeting agendas or “Inside Schools”. This week’s CPSD […]
Observations on Lockburn Middle School Board Briefing 13 November 2023
Submitted by John Arbeeny. On 13 November 2023 the CPSD Board was briefed on Lochburn Middle School by Principal Carla Estes. This briefing can be viewed on Youtube at 42:35 on link below: While Ms. Estes has been Lochburn’s principal for 3 years, the EDI philosophy she espoused has been around since 2018. So how […]
Response to “CPSD #SuperSchoolShoutOut – Thomas Middle School”: Here’s the rest of the story!
Submitted by John Arbeeny. Each week as a public service Lakewood CARES will be providing the real academic situation in response schools highlighted in the Suburban Times by Clover Park School District (CPSD). This is data you will not find elsewhere in CPSD propaganda pieces, Board meeting agendas or “Inside Schools”. All this talk about […]
Response to “CPSD #SuperSchoolShoutOut – Dower Elementary School”
Submitted by John Arbeeny, Lakewood CARES. Each week as a public service Lakewood CARES will be providing the real academic situation in response schools highlighted in the Suburban Times by Clover Park School District (CPSD). You will not find this data elsewhere in CPSD propaganda pieces, Board meeting agendas or “Inside Schools”. All this talk […]
Letter: Comparison of 2022 and 2023 CPSD School Rankings and it’s Disappointing
Submitted by John Arbeeny, Lakewood Cares. Below are SchoolDigger.com academic percentile rankings of Clover Park School District (CPSD) and the District’s schools for 2022 and 2023. These percentile rankings compare the academic performance of all districts and schools in Washington State relative to each other and are based upon Office of Superintendent for Public Instruction […]
How to increase parent participation in the CPSD budget process: Artificial Intelligence’s (AI) answer
Submitted by John Arbeeny. Over a family dinner my sons mentioned the rapid increase in AI as an analytical tool, so we tried out several queries and were amazed at some of the answers. We queried CHAT GPT, an internet AI source, “How can Clover Park School District increase parent participation in the budget process?” […]
Letter: What does it take to get parents and the public to attend CPSD budget meetings?
Submitted by John Arbeeny. Systems can only achieve what they’re designed to achieve. When it comes to Clover Park School District (CPSD), it would seem its budget planning system is not designed to gain meaningful public participation. The evidence? In the last two “community budget meetings” on 7 March and 21 March 2023 a single […]