The current article is entered on this blog in the spirit of those covering academic performance of conventional schools and others in the Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) that are under the supervision of associate superintendents Ron Wagner, Carla Steinbach, and Brian Zambreno. The foci of this article are the contract alternative schools that fall under the supervision of Leslie Lewandowski.
Contract alternative schools are those
independent alternative schools, either private or public, that contract to
provide students with an alternative to conventional MPS schools.
Whenever a student is consigned to an
alternative school, there is tacit admission by MPS officials that the
conventional schools have failed miserably to provide a K-12 education of
excellence to students who typically face challenges of psyche, family economy,
or familial functionality. Alternative
schools take public education dollars for shuffling students on through to
graduation for claiming a diploma that means nothing in terms of knowledge and
skill sets acquired and leads nowhere except perpetuation of cyclical poverty
and lives of desperation.
The academic results of these wretched
institutions tell the tale and raise grave questions as to what Leslie
Lewandowski does for that salary that well exceeds $100,000 per year.
Consider:
Leslie Lewandowski, Multi-Year Academic Performance for Alternative Schools Supervised
Percentage of Students Proficient at Grade
Level as Indicated by Performance on the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCAs)
500 West Broadway
2014 2015 2016 2017
2018
Math
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Reading
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Science ----- ----- 15%
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American Indian OIC
2014 2015 2016 2017
2018
Math
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Reading
14% ----- ----- 14% -----
Science ----- ----- 19%
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Center School
2014 2015 2016 2017
2018
Math ----- ----- -----
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Reading
22% ----- 8% 8% 11%
Science ----- ----- -----
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Loring Nicollet
2014 2015 2016 2017
2018
Math
9% 17% -----
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Reading
50% ----- -----
60% -----
Science -----
----- 30% 7% 13%
Menlo Park
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Math
6% -----
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Reading
18% ----- -----
15% -----
Science -----
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Merc
2014 2015 2016 2017
2018
Math ----- ----- ----- ----- -----
Reading
10% ----- ----- ----- -----
Science -----
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Online Learning
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Math
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Reading
71% ----- ----- ----- -----
Science -----
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PYC Arts and Technology School
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Math
2% -----
3% ----- -----
Reading
8% 8% 3% ----- -----
Science -----
2% 4% ----- 3%
Tatanka Academy
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Math
17%
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Reading
17% ----- -----
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Science ----
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Urban League Academy
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Math
86%
86% 85% 86% 81%
Reading
----- ----- 5% -----
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Science ----- ----- ----- -----
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VOA (Volunteers of America) High School
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Math
3% 3% ----- -----
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Reading
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11% 14% 22%
Science ----- -----
20% 9% 17%
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