Mayor Marty is writing checks the city can't cash.

At the news conference on drop outs, at AHS,
Mayor Chavez promised to solve the drop out problem.

Background;

The reason kids don't attend school is because
they don't want to attend school.

There are kids who do not want to go to school
to study for NCLB tests.

Not everything in the NCLB driven curriculum is
appropriate for every kid. Many, many things that are
appropriate, are not in the NCLB curriculum at all.

There are kids who do not, can not, and will not,
ever fit into the NCLB mold. Nor should they be
expected to.

I asked if there was an opportunity to offer student driven
curriculum instead of NCLB driven curriculum as a means
of addressing the truancy and dropout issue.

Chavez pointed to me,
wanted to know if I was
"media" and then allowed
my question.

He said there could
be a student driven
curriculum.


A student driven curriculum would be offered in defiance of
the NCLB Act. It would mean forfeiting federal monies.
The money would have to come from somewhere else instead,
and Mayor Chavez said "no problem";

... writing a check that, the city treasury can't cash.




photo Mark Bralley