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Gloor gets quick lesson at Howard school
By Harold Reutter
The Grand Island Independent
Posted Dec 15, 2008 @ 11:13 PM
GRAND ISLAND —
State
Sen.-elect Mike Gloor got some quick lessons about the Grand Island
school district on Monday when he visited Howard Elementary.
The visit was the idea of Howard Principal Julie Schnitzler, who wanted
Gloor to see why it takes additional resources for adequate yearly
progress standards under the federal education law called No Child Left
Behind.
Under the federal law, not only entire school districts and schools but
individual student populations within the school system must meet
federal standards for student achievement.
Such groups include students as a whole, students from various ethnic
groups, English language learners, students living in poverty as
measured by kids receiving free and reduced-price school lunches,
special education students and so on.
For the current school year, the 18 schools in the Grand Island school
system must meet 450 separate standards. Failure to meet even one means
the entire school district does not meet federal AYP.
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