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 […]
Clover Park School District (CPSD): Academically the Emperor Has No Clothes!
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 […]