Submitted by John Arbeeny. On 5 April 2023 the Washington Policy Center published “New State Data Identifies the Lowest-Performing Public Schools in Washington”, and CPSD has the dubious distinction of having four schools on the list. Coincidently, The News Tribune published an article on 12 April 2023, “Best Schools in WA Ranked, These Are Top […]
Letter: Minorities Do the Best in the Best Schools and Those Schools Are the Ones on Joint Base Lewis McChord
Submitted by John Arbeeny. Clover Park School District (CPSD) cites academic disparities between White and minority students as the basis for equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI). The myth is that without “woke” support minority students are just not able to compete with Whites academically and require “cultural competency” to rectify these disparities. Nothing but a […]
Letter: Clover Park School Board Legislative Representative and Board: Missing in action!
Submitted by John Arbeeny. Director Anthony Veliz was first elected as the Board’s Legislative Representative on 13 December 2021 and re-elected 12 December 2022 by Directors Pearson, Jacobs and Veliz, with Directors Anderson and Wagemann opposed. To date Director Veliz and the Board have failed to address legislative matters since the beginning of the 2023/2024 […]
Letter: Clover Park School District (CPSD) Academic Performance – Your Right to Know
Submitted by John Arbeeny. On 9 January 2023 I gave a six-minute presentation to the School Board which followed the outline of my article in The Suburban Times on 21 December 2022 entitled CPSD Inside Schools November 2022 issue. What’s missing? Academics. I pointed out that out of 8 full pages of glowing endorsements for […]
Letter: CPSD Inside Schools November 2022 issue. What’s missing? Academics!
Submitted by John Arbeeny. I received the November 2022 issue of the CPSD monthly newsletter “Inside Schools” which is replete with statistics about demographics, highly qualified staff, career and college readiness and graduation rates. This is a level of data specificity that is missing in the 2022/2023 School Improvement Plans (SIP’s). However there is a […]
Letter: CPSD School Improvement Plans (SIP’s): “Where’s the beef?”
Submitted by John Arbeeny. If you’re old enough you might remember the Wendy’s hamburger ad (1984) which asked “Where’s the beef?” Well the same question could be asked with respect to the recently passed CPSD annual School Improvement Plans (SIP’s). “Where’s the data?” Simply put “It’s missing! All bun and no beef!” The latest 2022/2023 […]
Letter: CPSD “Inside Schools”: Academic achievement and parental involvement. A change of emphasis?
Submitted by John Arbeeny. CPSD “Inside Schools”: Academic achievement and parental involvement. A change of emphasis? I received the latest issue of CPSD Inside Schools, September 2022 and was mildly surprised to see the emphasis on academic achievement and parental involvement in their children’s education. Superintendent Banner writes: “We are steadfast in our support of […]
Letter: What and Who is Lakewood CARES?
Submitted by John Arbeeny. What and Who is Lakewood CARES? (Citizens for Accountability, Responsibility, Education and Service) You may have heard of Lakewood CARES recently from people who have never attended a CARES meeting and who, disagreeing with CARES positions on issues, grossly mis-characterized CARES in their ignorance. If they can’t attack the CARES message […]
Letter: CPSD Budget Process: Why doesn’t the public show up? Why should they?
Submitted by John Arbeeny. Budget Timeliness and Timelines Have you seen the proposed CPSD budget briefing that will be presented during a public hearing, 7/11/22, at 5:00 PM? That’s because it hasn’t been released to the very public that is supposed to be commenting upon it during the budget public hearing! How many of the […]