lets make priority schools a real priority updated

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Printed on 2015-01-09

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Let's Make Priority Schools A Real PRIORITY

About this petition

We ask the Delaware Department of Education (DDOE), Secretary of Education Mark Murphy, andGovernor Jack Markell to reconsider their stated plans and time frame for the six “priority schools”located in Wilmington. The time frame provided is insufficient for districts and the schools’communities to develop thoughtful, serious plans for improvement. Instead, the short time frame setsthese schools on a path towards closure, conversion to charter and/or privatization (asthreatened)—which would result in city children losing their public schools.

The following items must be considered:

1. A comprehensive review of Christina’s Stubbs and Bancroft elementary schools, conducted by theUniversity of Delaware and commissioned by DDOE, released a report in early December indicatingthat these schools are making significant progress in a range of categories under their currentleadership. In fifteen areas, including School Leadership Decisions, Curriculum and Instruction, andStrategies for Students Who Are at Risk, both schools received the highest possible evaluation.

2. Given such positive evaluation by a highly respected and objective organization, the removal ofprincipals from these schools, merely to comply with federal regulations governing turn-around plans,seems arbitrary, capricious and harmful. Firing respected principals and/or teachers without carefulevaluation, in order to replace them with leaders unfamiliar with the students and their communities,is a serious disservice to the professionals and children concerned. Doing this would furtherdestabilize high-needs schools that have already experienced significant turnover. A strong schooldepends on trust among teachers, administrators, parents and students; this must be rebuiltwhenever new staff are brought in.

3. The amount of money allocated to the “priority schools” is not enough to reach the ambitiousimprovement goals set by DDOE. The insufficient additional funding all but guarantees that theseschools will close, convert to charter and/or privatize after failing to achieve dramatic improvementwith modest resources within a short timeframe. The likely result is that city children will lose publicschools obligated to serve every child in their area—in contrast to charters, which demonstrablychoose which students and families to accept and retain.

We request that the following changes be implemented in these schools:

1. Provide needs-based funding—additional dollars to adequately meet the needs of low-income,special education and non-English speaking students

2. Institute smaller class sizes for disadvantaged student populations

3. Offer wrap around social services in the priority schools, to address the many factors that

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adversely impact educational outcomes for their students.

All of us want what is best for the children attending priority schools. The current DDOE plan is notlikely to help them and may, in fact, diminish educational opportunity for many.

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Signatures

1. Name: Kevin Ohlandt on 2014-12-22 23:31:01Comments: This is excellent! The Delaware DOE is trying to rush this for whateverreason. Why commission a report and not even sign off on it?

2. Name: Jackie Kook on 2014-12-22 23:54:39Comments:

3. Name: mike kempski on 2014-12-23 00:04:28Comments: well stated

4. Name: Nelia Dolan on 2014-12-23 00:31:26Comments:

5. Name: Eve Buckley on 2014-12-23 00:54:44Comments: Newark, DE & Christina parent

6. Name: Beth Schwartz on 2014-12-23 01:01:14Comments:

7. Name: Casey Williams on 2014-12-23 01:04:38Comments:

8. Name: Deborah McCann on 2014-12-23 01:06:14Comments:

9. Name: Yvonne Johnson on 2014-12-23 01:07:40Comments:

10. Name: John M. Young on 2014-12-23 01:10:33Comments:

11. Name: Matthew J. Lindell on 2014-12-23 01:14:15Comments:

12. Name: David Stockman on 2014-12-23 01:25:07Comments:

13. Name: Iris Metts on 2014-12-23 01:31:11Comments:

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14. Name: Pat Forgione on 2014-12-23 01:32:56Comments:

15. Name: Najma Landis on 2014-12-23 01:35:28Comments:

16. Name: Meg Eldred on 2014-12-23 01:35:33Comments:

17. Name: Megan Howe on 2014-12-23 01:35:56Comments:

18. Name: Joyce Fleetwood on 2014-12-23 01:42:13Comments:

19. Name: Sarah Urchuck on 2014-12-23 01:57:23Comments:

20. Name: anne w solan on 2014-12-23 01:59:29Comments: The State of Delaware must put both real effoct in collaborating with andsupporting with REAL funding what is necessary to get these schools up to level ofsuburban middle class school populations in NCC

21. Name: Carl Williams on 2014-12-23 02:03:53Comments:

22. Name: Janice Curry-Lambert on 2014-12-23 02:03:53Comments:

23. Name: john kowalko on 2014-12-23 02:05:29Comments: Horrific abuse of power by order of this Governor and DOE. Disgraceful andintolerable assault on professional educators by malcontents who wish to feed theircorporatist agenda

24. Name: Mary Schorse on 2014-12-23 02:10:19Comments: Without the full and complete support of the students and families theseplans claim to want to help they will do little more than continue current trends, regardlessof how much incentive is provided to the principal. No one goes into the educationprofession for the money. Dangling large salaries are not guaranteed to draw candidateswho are in it to make a meaningful difference in the lives of public school children.

25. Name: Terri Hodges on 2014-12-23 02:21:58Comments:

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26. Name: Mike Matthews on 2014-12-23 02:24:35Comments:

27. Name: Sanjay upadhyaya on 2014-12-23 02:24:46Comments:

28. Name: Liza Dolan on 2014-12-23 02:27:04Comments:

29. Name: Catherine Devaney McKay on 2014-12-23 02:28:07Comments:

30. Name: Kris Chalfant on 2014-12-23 02:28:39Comments:

31. Name: Anne Annone on 2014-12-23 02:32:57Comments:

32. Name: P. William Cortes on 2014-12-23 02:35:02Comments: The DOE plans are the cover for total privatization of city schools byproponents of corporate education and elimination of public education systems andpublic school teachers.

33. Name: Beth Blohm on 2014-12-23 02:37:48Comments:

34. Name: Kathleen Patterson on 2014-12-23 02:41:45Comments:

35. Name: Megan Nelson on 2014-12-23 02:43:38Comments:

36. Name: lee davis on 2014-12-23 02:44:58Comments:

37. Name: Rebecca Zedan on 2014-12-23 02:46:10Comments:

38. Name: deb robinson on 2014-12-23 02:47:47Comments:

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39. Name: Mary Jane Bennett on 2014-12-23 02:48:37Comments:

40. Name: Erin Lacey on 2014-12-23 02:58:14Comments:

41. Name: Ellen Holmes on 2014-12-23 03:13:44Comments:

42. Name: Monica Moriak on 2014-12-23 03:17:53Comments:

43. Name: connie merlet on 2014-12-23 03:21:12Comments:

44. Name: Irene Bare on 2014-12-23 03:21:38Comments:

45. Name: Jennifer Twardowski on 2014-12-23 03:24:32Comments: Yes, what/who is really the priority?!

46. Name: Gale Gill on 2014-12-23 03:30:01Comments:

47. Name: Wayne Manrakhan on 2014-12-23 03:34:34Comments:

48. Name: Amy Roe on 2014-12-23 03:34:37Comments:

49. Name: Jonathan Kirch on 2014-12-23 03:41:21Comments:

50. Name: Madelynn Lemon on 2014-12-23 03:43:07Comments:

51. Name: Jeff Taschner on 2014-12-23 03:45:51Comments:

52. Name: Laurel Rockwood on 2014-12-23 03:58:51Comments:

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53. Name: Johanna Kowalko on 2014-12-23 04:01:51Comments:

54. Name: Lauren Stark on 2014-12-23 04:02:43Comments:

55. Name: Leslie Footman on 2014-12-23 04:06:38Comments:

56. Name: ARamadan on 2014-12-23 04:14:54Comments:

57. Name: Nancy Willing on 2014-12-23 04:37:45Comments: District tax payers want this process followed not some fiat from Dover.

58. Name: Jessica Baker on 2014-12-23 04:41:01Comments:

59. Name: Stephanie Weekes on 2014-12-23 05:41:32Comments:

60. Name: David Brenton on 2014-12-23 06:00:57Comments:

61. Name: Eric Gustafson on 2014-12-23 09:23:36Comments:

62. Name: Denise August on 2014-12-23 09:26:10Comments:

63. Name: Susan Murdock on 2014-12-23 10:26:14Comments: [email protected]

64. Name: Kelly Wright on 2014-12-23 10:31:52Comments:

65. Name: David Wright on 2014-12-23 10:32:47Comments:

66. Name: Jeannette Wilt on 2014-12-23 10:37:14Comments:

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67. Name: Jessica Hanger on 2014-12-23 11:04:12Comments:

68. Name: Jennifer OBrien on 2014-12-23 11:11:24Comments:

69. Name: Jane Cannon on 2014-12-23 11:29:26Comments: This needs to happen.

70. Name: Mike Hoffmann on 2014-12-23 11:29:36Comments:

71. Name: Mary Zorger on 2014-12-23 11:35:38Comments:

72. Name: Dan Shelton on 2014-12-23 11:38:42Comments:

73. Name: Michael jones on 2014-12-23 11:41:22Comments:

74. Name: Andrew Hetzler on 2014-12-23 11:41:39Comments:

75. Name: Maureen Keeney on 2014-12-23 11:45:51Comments: the schools should pick a plan that works for the community .

76. Name: Darlene Bailey on 2014-12-23 11:52:48Comments:

77. Name: Cory Nourie on 2014-12-23 11:56:32Comments:

78. Name: Donna Reed on 2014-12-23 12:24:05Comments: This plan by the Secretary of Education is a nightmare.

79. Name: Jason Melrath on 2014-12-23 12:33:47Comments:

80. Name: P. William Cortes on 2014-12-23 12:38:05Comments:

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81. Name: Cassandra Marshall on 2014-12-23 12:38:53Comments:

82. Name: Mandy on 2014-12-23 12:54:51Comments:

83. Name: Kristen Perez on 2014-12-23 13:10:14Comments:

84. Name: Cheri Dill on 2014-12-23 13:14:38Comments:

85. Name: Vanessa Rose on 2014-12-23 13:22:32Comments:

86. Name: Marcia Haio on 2014-12-23 13:37:03Comments:

87. Name: Steve Tanzer on 2014-12-23 13:40:05Comments:

88. Name: Desmond Kahn on 2014-12-23 13:41:46Comments:

89. Name: Carolyn Stevenson on 2014-12-23 13:45:32Comments:

90. Name: Mike Oboryshko on 2014-12-23 13:50:40Comments: The problem is county-wide poverty; we need Priority Neighborhoods andPriority Families first.

91. Name: Annalisa Ekbladh on 2014-12-23 13:55:48Comments: DDOE should read their own reports and stop applying rigid plans to ourschools. Our Districts and our children deserve better. Social workers and smallerclasses for children at risk! Stop blaming the principals, teachers and Districts for poverty!

92. Name: John Matthews on 2014-12-23 13:56:56Comments:

93. Name: G. FOx on 2014-12-23 13:59:19Comments:

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94. Name: stan merriman on 2014-12-23 14:08:41Comments:

95. Name: Jack Buckley on 2014-12-23 14:21:15Comments:

96. Name: Elizabeth Paige on 2014-12-23 14:23:30Comments:

97. Name: Marian Lieberman on 2014-12-23 14:31:56Comments:

98. Name: Elizabeth Lockman on 2014-12-23 14:33:14Comments: I was reluctant to sign at first, feeling as I do - selfishly - that it is too lateanyway to save the priority school my family enjoyed for many years. I already saw howdemoralized staff there had become in the final years, despite the community's constantfight to demand parity. I'm deeply disappointed that these pleas, from the actual schoolcommunity, were never heeded in favor of this "compliance" process. While I hopewhatever happens leads to a successful future for the school that evolves in the building,I am very aware that this has already been very destructive to the school community thatwe were a part of, and I don't think anything can repair or restore that. Amazing howyears of hard community work can be undone in a few short months of tone-deaf, top-down effort which is somehow supposed to be encouraging hard community work tosupport our schools.

99. Name: Jerry Northington on 2014-12-23 14:34:44Comments:

100. Name: Susan DeFGraff on 2014-12-23 14:35:29Comments:

101. Name: Steven H. Newton on 2014-12-23 14:36:03Comments: It is time for Delaware citizens, not corporate officers, political appointees, orcherry-picked individuals to become the stakeholders in public education. It is also timefor Secretary of Education Mark Murphy, whose tenure in office has been a disaster forDelaware children, to resign.

102. Name: Miranda st pierre on 2014-12-23 14:42:34Comments:

103. Name: Donald Patton on 2014-12-23 14:54:36Comments:

104. Name: Theresa Conaty on 2014-12-23 15:09:00

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105. Name: Katie Rosch Hegedus on 2014-12-23 15:25:59Comments:

106. Name: Dennis Marinelli sr on 2014-12-23 15:56:06Comments:

107. Name: Barbara Sheridan on 2014-12-23 15:59:07Comments:

108. Name: Jason kane on 2014-12-23 16:05:58Comments:

109. Name: Linda Calder on 2014-12-23 16:13:34Comments:

110. Name: victoria kent on 2014-12-23 16:15:41Comments:

111. Name: canio caputo on 2014-12-23 16:28:26Comments:

112. Name: Catherine Ciferni on 2014-12-23 16:30:03Comments:

113. Name: Tom Baker on 2014-12-23 16:32:12Comments:

114. Name: Jeff O. on 2014-12-23 16:41:46Comments:

115. Name: Richard Chalfant on 2014-12-23 16:41:47Comments:

116. Name: Tim Miller on 2014-12-23 16:57:43Comments:

117. Name: Melissa Krasulja on 2014-12-23 16:59:00Comments:

118. Name: Elisa Diller on 2014-12-23 17:11:36

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119. Name: John Rishko on 2014-12-23 17:14:54Comments:

120. Name: Margaret Cassling on 2014-12-23 17:28:04Comments: Schools are not the same as factories. Business principles do not apply.

121. Name: Ellen Wasfi on 2014-12-23 17:40:28Comments:

122. Name: Liz and Neil Dolan on 2014-12-23 17:41:25Comments: Get the feds out of our local schools.

123. Name: Eric Beaman on 2014-12-23 17:46:25Comments:

124. Name: Deborah Bieler on 2014-12-23 17:50:09Comments:

125. Name: Patricia A Quill on 2014-12-23 17:51:23Comments:

126. Name: Christine Caputo on 2014-12-23 18:03:53Comments:

127. Name: Jane Lord on 2014-12-23 18:10:45Comments:

128. Name: Steven J Messick on 2014-12-23 18:17:21Comments:

129. Name: Sandy Kern on 2014-12-23 18:18:04Comments:

130. Name: Roland Longacre on 2014-12-23 18:28:49Comments:

131. Name: Susan Love on 2014-12-23 18:29:17Comments: City schools deserve ample funding and resources, not rhetoric and threats!

132. Name: Katherine Ware on 2014-12-23 18:39:55

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133. Name: Kat Perkins on 2014-12-23 18:59:39Comments:

134. Name: June Eisley on 2014-12-23 19:20:45Comments:

135. Name: James Bourey on 2014-12-23 19:22:26Comments:

136. Name: Thomas Hawk on 2014-12-24 15:21:32Comments:

137. Name: Theresa Matthews on 2014-12-24 15:26:45Comments:

138. Name: Barbara Mullin on 2014-12-24 16:18:01Comments: Stop the privatization, nonsense testing and attack on teacher's Unions. Wedon't need college drop out Bill Gates and Jeb Bush making more money off theAmerican public school education system.

139. Name: Claudia on 2014-12-24 16:22:06Comments:

140. Name: Kenny Rivera on 2014-12-24 17:10:36Comments:

141. Name: Alishya on 2014-12-24 17:14:26Comments:

142. Name: Meg Rogers on 2014-12-24 17:15:18Comments:

143. Name: Kristina Jackson on 2014-12-24 17:18:15Comments:

144. Name: Jacqueline C. Tanzer on 2014-12-24 17:19:51Comments:

145. Name: Lucy Knappenberger on 2014-12-24 17:49:04Comments:

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146. Name: Loretta Walsh on 2014-12-24 18:00:54Comments: Stop killing the education of Wilmington children

147. Name: Stacey Mitchell on 2014-12-24 18:44:35Comments:

148. Name: Adrienne Bane on 2014-12-24 18:51:51Comments:

149. Name: Frederika Jenner on 2014-12-24 19:02:37Comments:

150. Name: Georgia Cooperson on 2014-12-24 19:17:47Comments:

151. Name: Rachel Fawcett on 2014-12-24 19:38:40Comments:

152. Name: Margaret W. Alexander on 2014-12-24 19:49:17Comments:

153. Name: Anne Boylan on 2014-12-24 19:57:03Comments:

154. Name: Allen Alexander on 2014-12-24 20:18:49Comments:

155. Name: Annette DeBastiani on 2014-12-24 20:22:15Comments:

156. Name: Amanda Parisi on 2014-12-24 20:54:01Comments:

157. Name: LaToya Roane on 2014-12-24 21:50:04Comments:

158. Name: Representative John Kowalko on 2014-12-25 01:22:30Comments: I hope every individual who reads and signs this petition will also send anemail and hard-mail to Governor Markell and demand that he stop disparagingeducational professionals and concentrate on doing what's necessary to raise theseinner city children up from their desperate poverty ridden lives. He and his DOE owe at

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least that to the Delaware system of public education and the knowledgeable educationprofessionals who currently care more and sacrifice more than any of his appointedminions.

159. Name: Susan B Baker on 2014-12-25 03:17:03Comments:

160. Name: Melissa Taylor on 2014-12-25 04:37:25Comments:

161. Name: Alan Muller on 2014-12-25 06:27:35Comments: Improve, don't destroy, public schools

162. Name: Joe Connor on 2014-12-25 13:35:57Comments:

163. Name: Stephanie Levin on 2014-12-25 13:40:57Comments:

164. Name: Frank Sims on 2014-12-25 13:49:04Comments:

165. Name: Kevin Ohlandt on 2014-12-25 14:23:41Comments: Let's give these students the educators they deserve: the ones they alreadyhave!

166. Name: Adriana Camacho-Church on 2014-12-25 14:29:49Comments:

167. Name: Bill Shafarman on 2014-12-25 14:47:25Comments:

168. Name: Francine Ansley on 2014-12-25 16:46:28Comments:

169. Name: theresa matthews on 2014-12-25 16:50:05Comments:

170. Name: Ellen Valiante on 2014-12-25 17:53:45Comments:

171. Name: Antoinette Valentine on 2014-12-25 22:01:54

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172. Name: Loren Grober on 2014-12-26 14:49:36Comments:

173. Name: Eddie McGrath on 2014-12-26 19:47:45Comments:

174. Name: Hilary Raptis on 2014-12-26 20:42:24Comments:

175. Name: John Kowalko III on 2014-12-27 16:40:05Comments:

176. Name: Melody Taylor on 2014-12-27 16:58:39Comments: he is the best principal stubbs got!!! dont mess up a good things are kids gotgoin on. I love the stem program

177. Name: Chimere Brooks on 2014-12-27 17:14:40Comments:

178. Name: Joan & Howard Miller on 2014-12-27 17:21:30Comments:

179. Name: Georgia Cooperson on 2014-12-27 18:36:10Comments:

180. Name: Tyus Lampkins on 2014-12-27 19:40:10Comments:

181. Name: Ernie Lehman on 2014-12-27 20:17:26Comments: Let's lean forward instead of moving back in time before desegregation.

182. Name: Margaret Cassling on 2014-12-27 20:54:54Comments:

183. Name: Frank Sims on 2014-12-27 22:11:42Comments:

184. Name: Alan Muller on 2014-12-28 00:05:56Comments:

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185. Name: Mia Muratori on 2014-12-28 01:03:28Comments:

186. Name: NELLY MORILLO on 2014-12-28 21:05:37Comments:

187. Name: Carolyn Stevenson on 2014-12-28 22:37:39Comments: give us a chance! Our Admin is wonderful and with a little time we will be agreat place to send your children,Parents should help us EDUCATE their children.... Thenour jobs would not be so tuff,,,

188. Name: Alisa Riley on 2014-12-28 23:15:10Comments:

189. Name: Lottoria Riley on 2014-12-28 23:18:10Comments:

190. Name: charlene stephens on 2014-12-29 01:38:36Comments:

191. Name: Wendy Lapham on 2014-12-29 04:22:55Comments:

192. Name: Onnor Cisco on 2014-12-29 11:02:19Comments:

193. Name: Nora R. Day on 2014-12-29 19:10:41Comments:

194. Name: Maggie Mitchell on 2014-12-29 20:45:07Comments:

195. Name: Jessica Hanger on 2014-12-29 20:48:41Comments:

196. Name: Patricia L. Callaway on 2014-12-29 20:49:02Comments:

197. Name: Zoe McGonegal on 2014-12-29 20:49:31Comments:

198. Name: Michael Bank on 2014-12-29 20:50:29

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199. Name: Kayla on 2014-12-29 20:53:30Comments:

200. Name: Joanne Cabry on 2014-12-29 21:09:56Comments:

201. Name: Susan Colvin on 2014-12-29 21:15:23Comments:

202. Name: Ezra Temko on 2014-12-29 21:23:31Comments:

203. Name: Gena Cawthray on 2014-12-29 21:23:49Comments:

204. Name: Shayla Perkins on 2014-12-29 21:24:35Comments:

205. Name: Lauren Tucker on 2014-12-29 21:25:02Comments:

206. Name: David Lutes on 2014-12-29 21:28:02Comments:

207. Name: Shaun Gines on 2014-12-29 21:29:09Comments:

208. Name: Kevin Lammers on 2014-12-29 21:31:39Comments: Let's get real.

209. Name: Staci Lewis on 2014-12-29 21:35:24Comments:

210. Name: Eric Gustafson on 2014-12-29 21:50:46Comments:

211. Name: Madelynn Lemon on 2014-12-29 21:51:56Comments:

212. Name: Brianna Tong on 2014-12-29 21:54:33

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Comments: Prioritize Delaware public schools! Put children's futures over profits!

213. Name: Anne Solan on 2014-12-29 21:58:06Comments: [email protected]

214. Name: Linda Brown on 2014-12-29 22:01:41Comments: Real solutions for a real struggle in many communities

215. Name: Stacy on 2014-12-29 22:08:12Comments:

216. Name: michele ostafy on 2014-12-29 22:28:51Comments: Rethink priority schools

217. Name: Gloria Lambert Pauls on 2014-12-29 22:31:44Comments: Please make good public schools for city children.

218. Name: Randye Harrison-Dixon on 2014-12-29 22:38:40Comments: boooooooo.....Markell.....Boooo.....if you were giving ANOTHER speech...I'dstay with my back turned.....

219. Name: Brigitte Pote on 2014-12-29 22:44:15Comments:

220. Name: Jennifer Fenstermacher on 2014-12-29 22:49:56Comments:

221. Name: Kassi Talbert on 2014-12-29 23:07:01Comments:

222. Name: Elizabeth Scheinberg on 2014-12-29 23:11:24Comments: The Priority Schools "Plan" is an inadequate strong-arm attempt to further thecorporatization of public education when and where the public has legitimately said ceaseand desist to the last decade of "school reform." Reform that, over the last twenty years,has proven to be the driver of re-segregation. Yes, "Education reform" as our governorduring his terms and his department have envisioned and enacted have served to onlyfurther destabilize schools and the children served therein. This "plan" or "designation" isnothing more than the final lever pull to force charterization upon the residents ofWilmington. Absent a vote of the people, this boondoggle should not go forward. Thecommunity should drive the plan, not the governor.

223. Name: eileen wellman on 2014-12-29 23:11:53Comments:

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224. Name: Amanda Ryan on 2014-12-29 23:12:59Comments:

225. Name: Marian Henderson on 2014-12-29 23:16:15Comments:

226. Name: Megan N on 2014-12-29 23:32:32Comments:

227. Name: Delores Richards on 2014-12-29 23:48:33Comments:

228. Name: Kyara Panula on 2014-12-29 23:48:52Comments:

229. Name: Lawrence DeHeer on 2014-12-30 00:13:56Comments: Stop the DDOE takeover. Centralized "one size fits all" substitutes for realleadership will only make things worse.

230. Name: Vicki Bloss Seifred on 2014-12-30 00:29:11Comments: The time is now to act!

231. Name: Amanda Campbell on 2014-12-30 00:35:09Comments:

232. Name: Mark Pietuszka on 2014-12-30 00:36:19Comments:

233. Name: Karen Spair on 2014-12-30 01:16:55Comments:

234. Name: Aaron Smith on 2014-12-30 01:25:45Comments:

235. Name: Wendy Wellman on 2014-12-30 01:55:30Comments:

236. Name: Katherine Ware on 2014-12-30 01:58:45Comments:

237. Name: Bonnie on 2014-12-30 03:09:36

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Comments: Please give these schools the supports they need! The teachers arededicated and doing their jobs!

238. Name: Tennyson Jacob Wellman on 2014-12-30 03:18:41Comments:

239. Name: Donald Daniels on 2014-12-30 03:54:37Comments:

240. Name: Stephanie Hartley-Bah on 2014-12-30 03:57:15Comments:

241. Name: Jane Delaney on 2014-12-30 04:28:26Comments:

242. Name: kimberly on 2014-12-30 04:32:11Comments:

243. Name: Ellen Shackelford on 2014-12-30 05:18:41Comments:

244. Name: Staci Callahan on 2014-12-30 07:13:07Comments:

245. Name: Adelaide on 2014-12-30 10:09:38Comments:

246. Name: Pat Quill on 2014-12-30 12:35:16Comments: Please take the time to sign this petition.

247. Name: Lynn williams on 2014-12-30 12:48:05Comments:

248. Name: Diane OConnor on 2014-12-30 12:54:51Comments:

249. Name: Dorothy on 2014-12-30 13:34:09Comments:

250. Name: Lorraine O. Gloede on 2014-12-30 14:12:34Comments:

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251. Name: Steve Seifred on 2014-12-30 14:48:08Comments:

252. Name: Kimberly Neal on 2014-12-30 15:31:30Comments: Put all children first. Trust the educators.

253. Name: Margaret Campbell on 2014-12-30 17:41:41Comments:

254. Name: Lisa Anselmi on 2014-12-30 18:04:00Comments: Get rid of standard testing!

255. Name: Jordyn Pusey on 2014-12-30 18:14:49Comments:

256. Name: I Williams on 2014-12-30 18:37:16Comments: put kids first

257. Name: Marian Lieberman on 2014-12-30 18:57:48Comments:

258. Name: Erin Cameron on 2014-12-30 19:11:32Comments:

259. Name: Betsy Flanagan on 2014-12-30 19:12:59Comments:

260. Name: Cathy Drew on 2014-12-30 19:13:24Comments:

261. Name: Hannah Duggan on 2014-12-30 19:46:02Comments:

262. Name: Laura Garver on 2014-12-30 20:05:30Comments:

263. Name: Ashley Sabo on 2014-12-30 20:23:16Comments:

264. Name: Margaret-Mary Jones on 2014-12-30 21:05:22Comments: Work for success!

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265. Name: Karalee Gillie on 2014-12-30 21:26:17Comments:

266. Name: Mike Harris on 2014-12-30 21:45:18Comments: PUBLIC Education is a PUBLIC responsibility not a for profit opportunity!

267. Name: Salvatore Paci on 2014-12-30 22:38:27Comments:

268. Name: Agnes Paul on 2014-12-30 22:44:49Comments:

269. Name: Miranda st pierre on 2014-12-30 22:58:16Comments:

270. Name: Linda St pierre on 2014-12-30 22:59:02Comments:

271. Name: Pedro morales on 2014-12-30 23:01:09Comments:

272. Name: Denise on 2014-12-30 23:23:40Comments:

273. Name: Donato c rufo on 2014-12-30 23:27:28Comments:

274. Name: Jenna Appleby on 2014-12-30 23:42:50Comments:

275. Name: Susan Kipping-Murdock on 2014-12-30 23:51:40Comments:

276. Name: Mart Beth Zorger on 2014-12-31 00:46:51Comments:

277. Name: Cheryl Smith on 2014-12-31 00:55:53Comments:

278. Name: Gordana Brendza on 2014-12-31 01:59:45Comments:

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279. Name: Claudia Curtis on 2014-12-31 02:06:00Comments: let's make priority schools a real priority!

280. Name: Crysti Deusterman on 2014-12-31 03:38:18Comments:

281. Name: jam on 2014-12-31 09:50:16Comments:

282. Name: Barbara Mendoza on 2014-12-31 14:18:09Comments:

283. Name: Cynthia L Nourie on 2014-12-31 15:41:28Comments:

284. Name: Martha Weiss on 2014-12-31 17:35:40Comments:

285. Name: Donna Fils-Aime on 2014-12-31 18:09:48Comments:

286. Name: Teri Sasseville on 2014-12-31 18:29:12Comments:

287. Name: Cindy Hayden on 2014-12-31 20:25:51Comments:

288. Name: Walter Baskin on 2014-12-31 21:49:19Comments:

289. Name: Ellen McConachie on 2014-12-31 22:03:44Comments: Thanks for standing up for teachers and for students.

290. Name: Susan Durrett on 2014-12-31 22:15:39Comments:

291. Name: Don Wise on 2014-12-31 22:29:40Comments:

292. Name: Sandra Eaton on 2014-12-31 23:06:43Comments:

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293. Name: Nancy Miller on 2015-01-01 01:28:22Comments:

294. Name: Stacie Yount on 2015-01-01 03:06:19Comments:

295. Name: Maggie white on 2015-01-01 03:32:54Comments:

296. Name: James white on 2015-01-01 03:36:54Comments:

297. Name: Angel andrews on 2015-01-01 03:43:09Comments:

298. Name: Allison Kelly on 2015-01-01 07:34:40Comments:

299. Name: Ginger Clark on 2015-01-01 09:30:49Comments:

300. Name: Francis David Murdock on 2015-01-01 14:22:48Comments: Let's take education for our children serious. cut the beurocrCY nd funnelmoney to the schools.

301. Name: Audrey Bullock Erschen on 2015-01-01 15:17:45Comments:

302. Name: Mary Beth French on 2015-01-01 16:24:29Comments:

303. Name: Lisa Reed on 2015-01-01 17:37:20Comments:

304. Name: kim Blevins on 2015-01-01 17:56:19Comments:

305. Name: Dan Stevens on 2015-01-01 17:57:30Comments:

306. Name: Steven Fackenthall on 2015-01-01 18:35:01Comments:

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307. Name: Heidi Bisso on 2015-01-01 21:00:35Comments: I do not agree with allowing corporations and their crony dictator politiciansdestroying public education.

308. Name: David Wright on 2015-01-01 21:18:06Comments:

309. Name: Beth Howell on 2015-01-01 21:18:06Comments:

310. Name: Julianna Tennefoss on 2015-01-01 22:02:15Comments: As someone who is about to start teaching, and considering where I want toteach, I support this petition because I believe it poses a better outcome for all students,teachers, and principals involved.

311. Name: Steven Byers on 2015-01-01 22:37:53Comments:

312. Name: Stephanie Weekes on 2015-01-01 23:03:37Comments:

313. Name: Kayla on 2015-01-01 23:09:01Comments:

314. Name: carolyn betit on 2015-01-01 23:21:49Comments: take a stand, by not standing against this plot against education, you haveled these "goverrnors" and others in power that what they are doing is okay - and it isnot~

315. Name: Ron King on 2015-01-01 23:47:01Comments: From what I have been seeing in the past few months, it seems as thoMarkell is trying to make his legacy in something. He tried to push a barely investigatedplan around teacher salary and now, even tho he told me on the phone for about 10 minhow eager he and his people are to work with both the Christina and Red Clay SchoolDistricts on this potential "take-over" plan. From the looks of it, I feel as tho he straight uplied to me to just appease me. When the govt spends so much time studying andconsidering things before they make a law, choose a decision, etc., why is it he and hispeople are in such a hurry to implement this. As someone else mentioned a few postsago, there has been issues brought up lately about charter schools and the Red Claydistrict, so wouldn't it make sense to make sure that any decisions being made take intoconsideration that argument that is out there? Just my two cents......

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317. Name: clairissa stokes on 2015-01-02 00:24:37Comments:

318. Name: Harrie Ellen Minnehan on 2015-01-02 00:43:27Comments: At the very least these youngsters deserve careful, deliberate non-rushedplanning to reorganize their schools. There also needs to be adequate resources, andthat is what has always been the missing ingredient. If you are not going to fund theadditional needed staff and technology then just go home!

319. Name: Amy Rosas on 2015-01-02 00:53:35Comments: As a former teacher in the Christina School District it is time the DOEconsulted TEACHERS on what they need to help students succeed as they face greaterand greater challenges with educating students who come to school with more and morechallenges that stem from outside of the school environment that has a direct impact ontheir learning.

320. Name: Elizabeth mihalatos on 2015-01-02 01:46:23Comments:

321. Name: Eve Shippens on 2015-01-02 02:23:48Comments:

322. Name: Linda Williams on 2015-01-02 03:17:09Comments:

323. Name: Christine on 2015-01-02 04:01:53Comments:

324. Name: calvin on 2015-01-02 04:12:42Comments:

325. Name: Corey on 2015-01-02 11:21:12Comments:

326. Name: Crista Rapsavage on 2015-01-02 14:08:11Comments:

327. Name: Stephen Scheib on 2015-01-02 17:07:55Comments:

328. Name: Faith Andrews on 2015-01-02 17:50:56

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329. Name: Janet Brown on 2015-01-02 18:07:54Comments: Leave decision making at the district level!

330. Name: Rebecca on 2015-01-02 18:22:59Comments:

331. Name: Courtney D on 2015-01-02 18:41:49Comments:

332. Name: Lauri Gross on 2015-01-02 19:43:52Comments:

333. Name: Christi Brabec on 2015-01-02 19:43:54Comments:

334. Name: Robert Chase on 2015-01-02 19:47:23Comments:

335. Name: Clay Beauchamp on 2015-01-02 20:22:28Comments:

336. Name: Rosie Hale on 2015-01-02 21:06:37Comments:

337. Name: Kara Douglas on 2015-01-02 21:40:50Comments:

338. Name: John Smith on 2015-01-02 22:19:36Comments:

339. Name: Rachael Odle on 2015-01-02 22:38:00Comments:

340. Name: GIFFIN BOWEN on 2015-01-02 22:41:45Comments:

341. Name: Emily hurst on 2015-01-02 22:56:00Comments:

342. Name: Melissa Astin on 2015-01-03 00:32:49

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343. Name: Krista on 2015-01-03 00:45:24Comments:

344. Name: Paul Hayes on 2015-01-03 01:54:29Comments:

345. Name: Kelli Moore on 2015-01-03 05:46:49Comments:

346. Name: Jenny on 2015-01-03 15:01:35Comments:

347. Name: Charles Piccirillo on 2015-01-03 18:07:04Comments:

348. Name: Kenneth Woods on 2015-01-03 23:39:06Comments:

349. Name: Theresa O'Connor on 2015-01-04 00:08:01Comments: Public education needs the full support of the state and why has it take. Solong for the state to care?

350. Name: Tara Souffie on 2015-01-04 00:43:14Comments:

351. Name: Elaine Autry on 2015-01-04 00:49:41Comments:

352. Name: Helene Keeley on 2015-01-04 00:56:13Comments:

353. Name: Donna Arvay on 2015-01-04 20:52:06Comments:

354. Name: Michelle Carre on 2015-01-04 21:14:35Comments:

355. Name: Dylan McDowell on 2015-01-04 22:24:46Comments: It's never too late to do the right thing! Please reconsider, governor.

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356. Name: Janet Ray on 2015-01-04 23:47:29Comments: they beef timer to address the health and social needs if students which isnot a focus of RTTT!

357. Name: Helen Kim on 2015-01-05 00:38:24Comments:

358. Name: Mindy Cox on 2015-01-05 00:44:12Comments:

359. Name: Ariel Hardy on 2015-01-05 00:57:01Comments:

360. Name: Diane Delaney on 2015-01-05 01:57:55Comments:

361. Name: Michael O'Brien on 2015-01-05 02:30:34Comments:

362. Name: Natalie Ganc on 2015-01-05 10:07:04Comments:

363. Name: Edris Harrell on 2015-01-05 12:56:34Comments:

364. Name: kelly kent on 2015-01-05 13:24:44Comments:

365. Name: Susan McNulty on 2015-01-05 14:14:51Comments:

366. Name: Kirsten O'Quinn on 2015-01-05 14:15:09Comments:

367. Name: Cristina Leach on 2015-01-05 14:34:51Comments:

368. Name: Kristin Dwyer on 2015-01-05 14:47:27Comments:

369. Name: suzanne tuthill on 2015-01-05 17:09:20Comments:

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370. Name: Kathryn Davis on 2015-01-05 17:54:36Comments:

371. Name: Susan Reazor on 2015-01-05 19:37:48Comments:

372. Name: Jason Reazor on 2015-01-05 19:40:48Comments:

373. Name: Shannon Slutman on 2015-01-05 20:13:17Comments:

374. Name: Carol Sirkowski on 2015-01-05 20:29:51Comments:

375. Name: Joel Glazier on 2015-01-05 20:58:27Comments:

376. Name: Robert Emrich on 2015-01-05 21:00:30Comments:

377. Name: Michele Uthgenannt on 2015-01-05 21:01:30Comments:

378. Name: Claudia Hughes on 2015-01-05 21:01:46Comments:

379. Name: Monet Le'Mon on 2015-01-05 21:06:44Comments:

380. Name: Joyce Linus on 2015-01-05 21:06:54Comments:

381. Name: Ronni Cohen on 2015-01-05 21:08:10Comments:

382. Name: Susan M. Flynn on 2015-01-05 21:09:40Comments:

383. Name: Jeanne C Conner on 2015-01-05 21:19:54Comments:

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384. Name: Sherry Clark on 2015-01-05 21:21:33Comments: Soon there will be no REAL public schools. Shame on you.

385. Name: Megan Stoffa on 2015-01-05 21:29:52Comments:

386. Name: Roger Hesketh on 2015-01-05 21:30:33Comments:

387. Name: Linda Loomis on 2015-01-05 21:30:34Comments:

388. Name: tierra torres on 2015-01-05 21:31:27Comments:

389. Name: Marjorie C White on 2015-01-05 21:34:05Comments:

390. Name: Carla Dimiris on 2015-01-05 21:36:14Comments:

391. Name: Kerry on 2015-01-05 21:40:17Comments: Support our teachers who support our students!

392. Name: Ruth Russell on 2015-01-05 21:47:51Comments: Warner Elementary (Red Clay) Production Cook

393. Name: Jossette Threatts on 2015-01-05 21:55:10Comments:

394. Name: Cliff Cromwell on 2015-01-05 22:05:53Comments:

395. Name: Gabrielle Koury on 2015-01-05 22:39:21Comments:

396. Name: Pamela Nichols on 2015-01-05 22:40:34Comments: Firing principals, successful teachers, closing neighborhood schools toreopen as something foreign to the families is not the answer.

397. Name: Woody Woodruff on 2015-01-05 22:52:26

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Comments: This is the latest boondoggle offered by the DOE to students & teachers thatpromises help with no guarantees as to how the plan will be implemented and no clearsource of funds. Sound familiar?

398. Name: Joe Ambrosino on 2015-01-05 23:00:42Comments:

399. Name: Almasd Meshejian on 2015-01-05 23:00:57Comments:

400. Name: Margery J. Windolph on 2015-01-05 23:01:51Comments:

401. Name: Kyle Dougherty on 2015-01-05 23:02:09Comments:

402. Name: Michael Lukaszewicz on 2015-01-05 23:09:25Comments: Better opportunities for all and just not the rich who are getting richer. Weneed to better distribute wealth to provide equal resourses to all who NEED not all whoare born into it.

403. Name: Carla Garrison on 2015-01-05 23:12:34Comments:

404. Name: Christine McCann on 2015-01-05 23:20:28Comments:

405. Name: Christine Meginniss on 2015-01-05 23:29:25Comments:

406. Name: Megan Easter on 2015-01-05 23:33:48Comments:

407. Name: Daniel Hoffman on 2015-01-05 23:37:30Comments:

408. Name: Eric Casler on 2015-01-05 23:43:00Comments:

409. Name: Jennifer Smith on 2015-01-05 23:51:46Comments:

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410. Name: Nancy Bashista on 2015-01-05 23:53:04Comments: As a former teacher of Stubbs, it breaks my heart to hear what theis planningto do

411. Name: Dave Bradley on 2015-01-05 23:58:52Comments: As a teacher of 36 years and an Association President for 7 I was appalled atDOE's unilateral decision making. As if DOE is comprised of professionals who actuallyknow these students, teachers, and admin of these schools. I thought, in Delaware, wewere working together.

412. Name: Sherry Geesaman on 2015-01-06 00:01:41Comments:

413. Name: Sandra Morelli on 2015-01-06 00:03:02Comments: I don't understand how people who are not teachers and are not in schoolsare making these decisions.

414. Name: Maria Radinson on 2015-01-06 00:06:47Comments:

415. Name: Janet L. Dunkle on 2015-01-06 00:23:43Comments:

416. Name: Marilyn A S Kulkarni on 2015-01-06 00:29:52Comments: All children deserve the chance to reach their full potential. That means agood education. Students will not benefit from the great education being offered if theeffects of poverty are not taken into account. Charters and private schools are not theanswer. They do not provide a better education they only start with better equippedstudents. Level the playing field. This petition is a step in that direction.

417. Name: Joseph Consiglio on 2015-01-06 00:40:40Comments:

418. Name: Ray Sockriter on 2015-01-06 00:46:58Comments:

419. Name: Suzanne Fertal on 2015-01-06 01:05:25Comments:

420. Name: William Misita on 2015-01-06 01:10:43Comments:

421. Name: Vicky Cairns on 2015-01-06 01:16:47Comments:

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422. Name: Tracy Lauer on 2015-01-06 01:36:09Comments:

423. Name: Suzanne Banker on 2015-01-06 01:41:41Comments:

424. Name: Nicole Blume on 2015-01-06 01:55:05Comments:

425. Name: michael mckibbin on 2015-01-06 01:58:11Comments:

426. Name: Cydney Joseph on 2015-01-06 02:01:21Comments:

427. Name: Karen Crouse on 2015-01-06 02:12:09Comments:

428. Name: Norma on 2015-01-06 02:18:09Comments: We need more than success, like instilling values and respect.

429. Name: James Weiler on 2015-01-06 03:08:43Comments:

430. Name: Amy Spencer on 2015-01-06 03:12:16Comments:

431. Name: Michael McKain on 2015-01-06 03:33:09Comments:

432. Name: Joan Gregory on 2015-01-06 03:52:38Comments:

433. Name: Mary H Wright on 2015-01-06 03:56:39Comments: DDOE continues to put our communities and children at risk!!

434. Name: Suzanne Fokas on 2015-01-06 04:07:58Comments:

435. Name: Dawn Saly on 2015-01-06 04:48:51Comments: My school used to be a PZ school. That was the worst stress that my co-

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workers and I have ever experienced on the job. I remember some co-workers goinghome and crying due to the exhaustion and stress!

436. Name: Wanda Green on 2015-01-06 08:14:57Comments: CHILDREN'S LIVES MATTER; ESPECIALLY IN THEIR FORMATIVEYEARS!

437. Name: antonio bianco on 2015-01-06 11:34:27Comments: good luck

438. Name: Karen Lenhoff on 2015-01-06 11:54:16Comments:

439. Name: Joe Hartman on 2015-01-06 12:23:13Comments:

440. Name: Joanne Stickel on 2015-01-06 12:37:04Comments:

441. Name: Steven Welch on 2015-01-06 13:18:59Comments: If State officials can find the money to help save the casinos, they cancertainly work a little longer to find money to help save our kids' future and bring stability& growth to our communities.

442. Name: Robert Brown Sr on 2015-01-06 14:05:44Comments:

443. Name: Kevin DiCOstanzo on 2015-01-06 14:24:39Comments:

444. Name: Michael Brown on 2015-01-06 14:38:08Comments: Michael Brown

445. Name: David P. Davis on 2015-01-06 14:53:36Comments:

446. Name: Tammy Flood-Stinson on 2015-01-06 15:12:06Comments:

447. Name: Lauren Thompson on 2015-01-06 15:25:41Comments:

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448. Name: Deana Doute on 2015-01-06 15:45:00Comments:

449. Name: Rjichard A. Phillips on 2015-01-06 15:48:45Comments:

450. Name: Eva Peterson on 2015-01-06 16:04:53Comments:

451. Name: Sandra Hudson on 2015-01-06 16:18:15Comments:

452. Name: Ajeenah Ngozi on 2015-01-06 16:40:35Comments:

453. Name: Val Hoffmann on 2015-01-06 17:34:58Comments: In solidarity!

454. Name: Alida Garrison on 2015-01-06 17:39:33Comments:

455. Name: Rosalind on 2015-01-06 17:46:21Comments:

456. Name: Mary Ann Pry on 2015-01-06 17:54:09Comments:

457. Name: Jennifer Tschaepe on 2015-01-06 18:07:32Comments:

458. Name: BARBARA SHALLEY LEONARD on 2015-01-06 18:48:52Comments:

459. Name: Margaret Crosby on 2015-01-06 19:24:03Comments:

460. Name: deborah weeks on 2015-01-06 19:31:32Comments:

461. Name: Meghan Feby on 2015-01-06 20:34:54Comments:

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462. Name: David Ingalsbe Sr on 2015-01-06 20:43:16Comments: I agree. The Governor's currrently proposed plan does not address theproblems of these schools or the reality that you cannot change directions every year ortwo and expect any results. Let's keep politics out of education for a real change andgive the change that's already happening a chance to work.

463. Name: Esther B Shelton on 2015-01-06 20:47:28Comments:

464. Name: Alice Ingalsbe on 2015-01-06 20:48:06Comments: I agree!

465. Name: Nancy Hanna on 2015-01-06 20:55:18Comments:

466. Name: Stephanie Johnson on 2015-01-06 21:20:32Comments: Why did the state refuse to sign their own report BANCROFT passed with4s and 3s

467. Name: Tina Wilson on 2015-01-07 00:05:52Comments:

468. Name: Sara D. Wilkinson, Ed.D. on 2015-01-07 00:27:05Comments: It is important that we keep what is best for kids foremost in all educationaldecisions. Removing the principal from Stubbs Elementary is certainly not best for thosestudents.

469. Name: Mary Jean Polaski on 2015-01-07 00:29:09Comments:

470. Name: Rebecca Donahue on 2015-01-07 02:30:16Comments: Accountability for families is necessary.

471. Name: Kimberly Baates on 2015-01-07 06:00:03Comments:

472. Name: Amy Brunnquell on 2015-01-07 10:19:14Comments:

473. Name: Susan Coffing on 2015-01-07 13:39:50Comments:

474. Name: Toni Vandegrift on 2015-01-07 14:23:32

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475. Name: Cathy Louvis on 2015-01-07 16:27:46Comments:

476. Name: Meedra Surratte on 2015-01-07 16:51:48Comments:

477. Name: Barbara winkler on 2015-01-07 16:52:01Comments:

478. Name: Karen Johnson on 2015-01-07 18:38:09Comments:

479. Name: Samara Harris on 2015-01-07 21:33:14Comments:

480. Name: Fred Polaski on 2015-01-07 21:33:36Comments:

481. Name: Mona Laughlin on 2015-01-07 22:03:28Comments:

482. Name: Tricia Dallas on 2015-01-07 23:04:35Comments:

483. Name: Shawn Snyder on 2015-01-08 00:01:56Comments:

484. Name: Sofia Xarhoulakos on 2015-01-08 01:20:13Comments:

485. Name: Ellen E. Carr on 2015-01-08 01:54:47Comments:

486. Name: Beth Wagner on 2015-01-08 03:30:30Comments:

487. Name: Cristina Kraiter on 2015-01-08 03:45:17Comments: Education is important. Today students are tomorrow's leaders. Teachersneed to be respected. No shortcuts.

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488. Name: Bill Doolittle on 2015-01-08 12:19:21Comments:

489. Name: Daniel Bradley on 2015-01-08 12:43:31Comments:

490. Name: Colleen Donithan on 2015-01-08 12:57:34Comments:

491. Name: Gretchen Pikus on 2015-01-08 13:02:18Comments: committed to student learning!

492. Name: trish barnyak on 2015-01-08 13:58:17Comments:

493. Name: Bridget Matthews on 2015-01-08 14:55:38Comments:

494. Name: yanaka bernal on 2015-01-08 15:01:09Comments:

495. Name: sarah brady on 2015-01-08 15:01:29Comments:

496. Name: Julia Barta on 2015-01-08 15:01:41Comments:

497. Name: Tara Voell on 2015-01-08 15:02:03Comments:

498. Name: Jennifer Howard on 2015-01-08 15:02:03Comments:

499. Name: Gina Travalini-Rubini on 2015-01-08 15:02:34Comments:

500. Name: Beverly Holcombe on 2015-01-08 15:02:48Comments:

501. Name: Jeanne Astifan on 2015-01-08 15:04:09Comments:

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502. Name: Zachary Kern on 2015-01-08 15:05:02Comments:

503. Name: Susan Eveland on 2015-01-08 15:05:16Comments:

504. Name: Lynda C. DiJulio on 2015-01-08 15:05:27Comments:

505. Name: Christian Brunnquell on 2015-01-08 15:05:53Comments:

506. Name: Richard D Hanel on 2015-01-08 15:05:57Comments: forego federal NCLB mandates, compensate for the loss of the aideassociated with it and return schools to local control, which once was consideredcommunity collaborative government at its finest. Delaware could do this NOW.

507. Name: Chris Meanor on 2015-01-08 15:06:02Comments: DOE has it all wrong; a different solution MUST be enacted!

508. Name: Erin Venturato on 2015-01-08 15:07:43Comments:

509. Name: Chad Henderson on 2015-01-08 15:08:05Comments:

510. Name: Sharon-rose Gargula on 2015-01-08 15:08:14Comments:

511. Name: susan zak on 2015-01-08 15:11:45Comments:

512. Name: brian sarkissian on 2015-01-08 15:12:10Comments:

513. Name: Janette Vickers on 2015-01-08 15:12:12Comments:

514. Name: Sally Glenn on 2015-01-08 15:13:31Comments:

515. Name: Debbie Blanco on 2015-01-08 15:13:34

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516. Name: Keely Maegerle on 2015-01-08 15:14:26Comments:

517. Name: James Bencrowsky on 2015-01-08 15:16:30Comments:

518. Name: Charles Schneider on 2015-01-08 15:16:47Comments:

519. Name: Howard Grider on 2015-01-08 15:16:53Comments:

520. Name: Mickey Collins on 2015-01-08 15:17:19Comments:

521. Name: william francisco on 2015-01-08 15:17:43Comments:

522. Name: Tori Quinones on 2015-01-08 15:18:12Comments:

523. Name: Michael Hall on 2015-01-08 15:20:11Comments:

524. Name: Trish Tate on 2015-01-08 15:21:14Comments:

525. Name: Carolyn Martin-McGee on 2015-01-08 15:22:25Comments:

526. Name: Beth Loughrey on 2015-01-08 15:22:55Comments:

527. Name: Kim Ristano on 2015-01-08 15:23:15Comments:

528. Name: Brian Drake on 2015-01-08 15:24:22Comments:

529. Name: Meredith Hyman on 2015-01-08 15:24:24

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530. Name: Teren Neal on 2015-01-08 15:24:47Comments:

531. Name: Adam Baer on 2015-01-08 15:27:18Comments:

532. Name: Amber Tos on 2015-01-08 15:30:03Comments:

533. Name: Jayne Capriglione on 2015-01-08 15:30:20Comments:

534. Name: Karen Rabik on 2015-01-08 15:31:50Comments:

535. Name: Amy Joseph on 2015-01-08 15:32:58Comments:

536. Name: Barbara Sekscinski on 2015-01-08 15:38:09Comments:

537. Name: Robin Giampalmi on 2015-01-08 15:40:18Comments:

538. Name: Erin Ellis on 2015-01-08 15:40:39Comments:

539. Name: Tracy Eastburn on 2015-01-08 15:41:39Comments:

540. Name: Pamela Letts on 2015-01-08 15:41:42Comments:

541. Name: Celeste Bafundo on 2015-01-08 15:42:42Comments:

542. Name: Helena Brady on 2015-01-08 15:42:56Comments:

543. Name: elle sheaffer on 2015-01-08 15:45:33

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544. Name: Leah Fyock on 2015-01-08 15:46:00Comments:

545. Name: Emily Stropnicky on 2015-01-08 15:46:27Comments:

546. Name: Karrie Jones on 2015-01-08 15:47:29Comments:

547. Name: Melanie Reyne on 2015-01-08 15:47:50Comments: Let's really get to the bottom of the issue! The families need support. Many ofthem live in poverty and don't have an education themselves! If you want to fix theproblem, help the families! The rest will then be easier.

548. Name: Cindy O'Dwyer on 2015-01-08 15:47:56Comments:

549. Name: sonja cicconi on 2015-01-08 15:50:05Comments:

550. Name: Victoria Kohl on 2015-01-08 15:50:38Comments:

551. Name: Erin Gines on 2015-01-08 15:52:50Comments:

552. Name: Christopher P. Gardner on 2015-01-08 15:53:53Comments:

553. Name: lauren messick on 2015-01-08 15:54:10Comments:

554. Name: James Stevens on 2015-01-08 15:54:20Comments:

555. Name: Shawn Renee Bowser on 2015-01-08 15:55:07Comments:

556. Name: Dan Schimpf on 2015-01-08 15:55:47Comments:

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557. Name: Raimundo Rocha on 2015-01-08 15:56:21Comments:

558. Name: Michelle Bartlett on 2015-01-08 15:59:02Comments:

559. Name: Andrew Schuster on 2015-01-08 15:59:45Comments:

560. Name: Deborah Ramone on 2015-01-08 16:00:16Comments:

561. Name: Michael Reamer on 2015-01-08 16:02:23Comments:

562. Name: Rufus Jennings on 2015-01-08 16:05:43Comments:

563. Name: Sarah Wheatley on 2015-01-08 16:12:44Comments:

564. Name: Jill Hauschild on 2015-01-08 16:13:23Comments:

565. Name: veronica brechemin on 2015-01-08 16:16:05Comments:

566. Name: Lisa Rohana on 2015-01-08 16:16:48Comments:

567. Name: Patricia Savage on 2015-01-08 16:17:56Comments:

568. Name: Tina Albanese on 2015-01-08 16:20:10Comments:

569. Name: Kelley McIlvain on 2015-01-08 16:20:24Comments:

570. Name: Andrea O'Reilly on 2015-01-08 16:25:52Comments:

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571. Name: Cindy DelGiorno on 2015-01-08 16:29:08Comments:

572. Name: Sandra Ludlam on 2015-01-08 16:30:32Comments: [email protected]

573. Name: Heather Winslow on 2015-01-08 16:31:21Comments:

574. Name: Dan KAFADER on 2015-01-08 16:32:27Comments:

575. Name: Denise Foreman on 2015-01-08 16:34:55Comments:

576. Name: Toni Marioni on 2015-01-08 16:36:41Comments:

577. Name: Dorothy Webber on 2015-01-08 16:38:14Comments:

578. Name: elizabeth on 2015-01-08 16:38:58Comments:

579. Name: Thomas Hogan on 2015-01-08 16:40:39Comments:

580. Name: Sue Ellen Dubia on 2015-01-08 16:42:32Comments: Our city students need all day preschool as well as all day Kindergarten. Alsosome of them need a prefirst grade if they are lagging behind instead of repeating K orfirst and feeling like a failure. There a lot of ways we can make changes and enrich ourstudents. Charter for our city schools without exceptional teachers is NOT what willimprove our schools and student success.

581. Name: Aida Santana on 2015-01-08 16:43:18Comments:

582. Name: Nancy Turner on 2015-01-08 16:48:05Comments:

583. Name: Melanie Quill on 2015-01-08 16:52:04

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584. Name: Christine Lim on 2015-01-08 16:52:10Comments:

585. Name: [email protected] on 2015-01-08 16:52:41Comments: I just wish The Central School could have the same impact on all thechanges happening to our students.

586. Name: Steven Field on 2015-01-08 16:54:53Comments:

587. Name: Anna Goodman on 2015-01-08 17:00:06Comments:

588. Name: Thomas Cesarine on 2015-01-08 17:21:55Comments:

589. Name: Trish Sullivan on 2015-01-08 17:29:26Comments:

590. Name: Brad Bosler on 2015-01-08 17:33:24Comments:

591. Name: deborah finney on 2015-01-08 17:33:26Comments:

592. Name: Kathleen Prindible on 2015-01-08 17:37:13Comments:

593. Name: Megan Hagedorn on 2015-01-08 17:38:40Comments:

594. Name: Teresa Neild on 2015-01-08 17:42:42Comments:

595. Name: Dawn Mobley on 2015-01-08 17:45:04Comments:

596. Name: Brett Townsend on 2015-01-08 17:48:16Comments:

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597. Name: connie euston on 2015-01-08 17:58:35Comments:

598. Name: Carlton Cannon Jr. on 2015-01-08 18:02:53Comments:

599. Name: Keith Mullen on 2015-01-08 18:05:26Comments: I believe that you need to start with the community first. Put real resources inplace to change the community our students live in and their mindsets. Build from theground up!

600. Name: Randi McCurdy on 2015-01-08 18:30:36Comments:

601. Name: Ana Viscarra Gikas on 2015-01-08 18:42:29Comments:

602. Name: Donna Dennis on 2015-01-08 18:48:13Comments:

603. Name: Deborah Englehart on 2015-01-08 18:59:23Comments:

604. Name: Kelly Spencer on 2015-01-08 19:01:36Comments:

605. Name: Brian Stephan on 2015-01-08 19:27:32Comments: You can't negotiate in good faith when one side demands agreement to alltheir terms before sitting down to talk. The DASL report commissioned by the DoE itselffound all three CSD schools making significant progress in closing the achievement gapsthat DoE claims to be concerned about. If DoE rejects CSDs own assessment and theirown commissioned assessment, what makes their own assessment the right way to go? none of this makes sense from the perspective of the students, who are being used aspawns in this back and forth embarrassment coming out of Dover.

606. Name: Todd D. Stephan on 2015-01-08 19:38:00Comments: you can not pressure schools to be better, DOE must work with the SchoolDistricts, School Boards and School Administrations to develop a plan - not dictate a planto improve the schools.

607. Name: Kerri Newcott on 2015-01-08 19:38:14Comments:

608. Name: Jennifer Maxwell Comparoto on 2015-01-08 19:39:18

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609. Name: Charles Mullin0 on 2015-01-08 19:44:37Comments:

610. Name: Shanna Phile on 2015-01-08 19:47:42Comments:

611. Name: Morgan eastburn on 2015-01-08 20:01:21Comments:

612. Name: Rosann Hanna on 2015-01-08 20:03:16Comments:

613. Name: Dori Capretta on 2015-01-08 20:07:09Comments:

614. Name: Kelley Bielewicz on 2015-01-08 20:10:12Comments:

615. Name: Jennifer Short on 2015-01-08 20:11:22Comments:

616. Name: Jill D'Alonzo on 2015-01-08 20:27:19Comments:

617. Name: dora trusello on 2015-01-08 20:48:53Comments:

618. Name: Dr. Jillann Hounsell on 2015-01-08 20:54:41Comments:

619. Name: Alissa Quinlan on 2015-01-08 21:03:05Comments:

620. Name: Elyse Bartnicki on 2015-01-08 21:08:45Comments:

621. Name: Rachel Stephenson on 2015-01-08 21:23:02Comments:

622. Name: Julie Lemon on 2015-01-08 21:26:05

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623. Name: Kim Snyder on 2015-01-08 21:33:43Comments:

624. Name: Ebonni R Myatt on 2015-01-08 21:46:19Comments:

625. Name: thomas meade on 2015-01-08 21:49:08Comments:

626. Name: Maria Mastrippolito on 2015-01-08 22:19:38Comments:

627. Name: stephanie seifred on 2015-01-08 22:31:52Comments:

628. Name: Kat Croes on 2015-01-08 22:32:05Comments:

629. Name: Marion Gallagher on 2015-01-08 22:43:43Comments:

630. Name: Kristy Basara on 2015-01-08 22:56:44Comments:

631. Name: Rochelle Collins on 2015-01-08 23:04:08Comments:

632. Name: stephanie Herron on 2015-01-08 23:09:15Comments:

633. Name: Caitlin on 2015-01-08 23:10:27Comments:

634. Name: Sherron Tucker on 2015-01-08 23:15:16Comments:

635. Name: F. Moody on 2015-01-08 23:19:01Comments:

636. Name: Kelley Firko on 2015-01-08 23:23:42

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637. Name: Courtney Kalbach on 2015-01-08 23:28:27Comments:

638. Name: Richard Toland on 2015-01-08 23:30:14Comments:

639. Name: Sandra Corraliza on 2015-01-08 23:35:59Comments:

640. Name: Brian on 2015-01-08 23:39:31Comments:

641. Name: Renee Robinson on 2015-01-08 23:57:44Comments:

642. Name: Bree Williams on 2015-01-09 00:30:14Comments:

643. Name: Brian Nourie on 2015-01-09 00:31:25Comments:

644. Name: Mary E McGraw on 2015-01-09 00:32:25Comments: Please have them read about how Finland has improved their schools andbecome number one. We need to stop all of this tagging and blaming. These schools aredoing wonderful work for students.

645. Name: Toniann DeGregory on 2015-01-09 00:49:21Comments:

646. Name: David Woodside on 2015-01-09 00:53:35Comments:

647. Name: Megan Smith on 2015-01-09 00:56:49Comments:

648. Name: Heather Forester on 2015-01-09 01:00:23Comments:

649. Name: Kathryn Gifford on 2015-01-09 01:12:30Comments:

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650. Name: Jennifer Saunders on 2015-01-09 01:14:15Comments:

651. Name: Steven Rulon on 2015-01-09 01:16:21Comments:

652. Name: Kim Turner on 2015-01-09 01:17:50Comments:

653. Name: Robin Burkhardt on 2015-01-09 01:54:18Comments:

654. Name: Garrett on 2015-01-09 02:23:48Comments:

655. Name: David Kohan on 2015-01-09 02:23:51Comments:

656. Name: Andrew Stafutti on 2015-01-09 02:26:56Comments:

657. Name: Michael Morris on 2015-01-09 02:29:24Comments:

658. Name: Anne Putnam on 2015-01-09 02:39:13Comments:

659. Name: Susan Rawstrom on 2015-01-09 02:39:46Comments:

660. Name: elizabeth allen on 2015-01-09 03:49:22Comments: DELAWARE, THIS IS IT. Humpety Dumpety can be dumped.

661. Name: JoAnne Brockell on 2015-01-09 04:07:36Comments:

662. Name: Nick Ronaghan on 2015-01-09 04:16:42Comments:

663. Name: Megan Stewart on 2015-01-09 12:03:12Comments:

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664. Name: Carole Hodges on 2015-01-09 12:38:28Comments:

665. Name: Daniel Bossert on 2015-01-09 13:04:39Comments:

666. Name: Frank Hughes on 2015-01-09 13:17:36Comments:

667. Name: Erica Mason on 2015-01-09 13:26:41Comments:

668. Name: Elizabeth Stowell on 2015-01-09 13:54:02Comments:

669. Name: Nikki Bartolo on 2015-01-09 14:02:28Comments:

670. Name: Priscilla Artist on 2015-01-09 15:22:11Comments:

671. Name: Laura Henderson on 2015-01-09 15:53:44Comments:

672. Name: Suzanne Chilton on 2015-01-09 16:20:39Comments:

673. Name: Anthony Swierzbinski on 2015-01-09 16:30:26Comments:

674. Name: Connie Regan on 2015-01-09 17:35:19Comments:

675. Name: Sheila Hershey on 2015-01-09 20:09:38Comments:

676. Name: Cheryl Reynolds on 2015-01-09 21:47:15Comments:

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