CABE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING WORKSHOP MAY 9

Board Of Education

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The Board also received the Racial Imbalance Report for the 2022-23 school year, which lists the schools that are racially imbalanced and the schools that have impending imbalance.

Under Connecticut law, racial imbalance exists when the proportion of students of color for any school exceeds twenty-five percentage points more than the comparable proportion for the school district. For all grades of a given school, the total number

Journey

(continued from page 7) grateful to have met Kendrick Moore. I was introduced to him through the SpeedPass Summer Transition Program, which is a program for incoming freshmen to ease their transition to high school.

After attending this program, as my freshman year began, I was also drawn towards the leadership pro- of students of color enrolled in the same grades throughout the school district is divided by the districtwide total student enrollment in such grades, and the resulting percentage is the comparable proportion for the school district. If a school is identified as racially imbalanced, the board of education must file a plan to correct the imbalance with the State Board of Education (SBE). Impending racial imbalance exists when the proportion for a school falls outside a range from fifteen percentage points less to fifteen percentage points more than the comparable proportion for the school grams he hosted. Through the programs, we developed a relationship of a mentor and mentee. He was always someone who kept the conversation honest with me, and never let me get comfortable with my success. Without his support and encouragement over the years I wouldn’t have been able to accomplish what I have.

His role as a mentor in my professional and personal life will be for the rest of time, but throughout the district.

This year there are no schools newly identified with racial imbalance. The schools that continue to be racially imbalanced are:

• New Lebanon School in Greenwich

• Hamilton Avenue School in Greenwich

• McKinley School in Fairfield

• Church Street School in Hamden

• Charter Oak Academy in West Hartford

The Legislation Policy and Development Committee of the SBE meets with the boards of education past four years, I want to thank him for growing into the role of a Father in my life. I appreciate you for loving and caring for me as your daughter and will forever be grateful for this bond (as well as you letting me use all of your MooreMotivations).

In conclusion, public education has developed so much over the past couple of years, but as I have noticed through my involvement in various Statewide Committees, there are many with racially imbalanced schools to receive an update on their progress with implementing their plans to achieve racial balance. things that can be improved. But for us to continue to make public education the best it can be, the student voice needs to be welcomed, and utilized to make decisions impacting the student body. I am appreciative of all the opportunities I have been provided to voice my opinions and give feedback, and I look forward to seeing the trailblazing work students in the State of Connecticut continue to do.

The racial imbalance report indicates that there are 20 schools in 9 school districts with impending racial imbalance. The State Department of Education sends each local and regional board of education the racial imbalance status for each of those schools, allowing boards of education to take measures to avoid having one or more of its schools identified as racially imbalanced.