| And Tagging Along to Arizona...... |
| Snowbound in Mongtomery County? Apparently not! According to the AASA conference website, Montgomery County Public Schools will be well represented in Sunny Phoenix, Arizona! We've already noted that Jerry Weast and Aggie Alvez are scheduled to discuss the Seven Keys at the AASA pre-conference, and that Jerry Weast is scheduled to appear at a book signing at the same event. But MCPS will be represented in another session, too! Title: Closing the Opportunity Gap: A Technology Tool for Student Achievement Description: The Montgomery County Public Schools, the nation’s 16th largest district, utilizes its M-State© process to ensure a thorough analysis of relevant and critical data for lasting systemic change in which success is no longer predictable by race. a unique technology tool, HAPIT© (honors/ap identification tool), has increased participation in honors and advanced placement courses by identifying students who have the ability to participate in such rigorous courses. Hear about the unique strategies that MCPS has developed to support college-going success, particularly for african american and latino students, through the use of key benchmarks and assessments, including PSAT, SAT and ACT.Presenters: Carol Blum, Director, High School Instruction and Achievement, Montgomery County Public Schools, Rockville, MD; Frank Stetson, Community Superintendent, Montgomery County Public Schools, Rockville, MD Focus Zone: Student Achievement Room: 127A  |
| 'Children absorb 75 percent of the radiation into their brains' |
 In Ireland we were alerted to your discussion of a mast on school property by Martin Weatherall of the Canadian W.E.E.P. Iniative.Last March we were lucky to have Prof. Olle Johansson, of the Karolinska Instituet, Stockholm (home of the Nobel Prize), explain the dangers of these towers. Children absorb 75 percent of the radiation into their brains, prompting brain tumours, cancers and leukaemias. In Ireland were have gone farther along the road with 'clusters' of cancers emerging. On Friday I met two families living in the shadow of a mast on the local police station. In one house there was the death of a 30-year-old mother who left a son with learning difficulties and her father has had three strokes since Nov. 2009. In the second house, a 22-year-old has an inoperable brain tumour and his father is being treated for Grade 2 lung cancer. Prudence would dictate that until the technology can be guaranteed 100% safe, its use should be limited. Prof. Johansson said he could detect changes in human DNA after only an hour's exposure to a computer monitor. What does that say about cell phone towers? For further information, additional links and to view the films we've gathered visit http://www.eirewaves.com/ Thank you. John Weigel Alliance for Radiation Protection, (A.I.R.P.) 114 Ryevale Lawns, Leixlip, Co. Kildare Ireland t. 353 1 624 2471 e. jweigel@iol.ie The Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland thanks Mr. Weigel for forwarding us this information. The picture shows the cell tower on the playground of Daly Elementary School in Germantown, Maryland, as a reminder that the MCPS Board of Education has already placed a cell phone tower on an elementary school playground without any discussion of the issues mentioned in Mr. Weigel's correspondence.  |
| A: Three Thousand Dollars a Day |
| Q: What were the special education outside counsel legal fees for the month of November, 2009? Actually, it was a little more than three thousand dollars a day for the month of November, 2009. The grand total for November was $94,082. Click HERE to read the Jerry Weast memo to the Board of Education detailing these expenditures. And why did Montgomery County Public Schools spend over three thousand dollars a day during the month of November, 2009? Did they spend three thousand dollars a day to improve instruction? Did they spend three thousand dollars a day to provide specialized tutoring for students who can't read? These cases must have been really, really important to public education in Montgomery County for our Board of Education to spend over three thousand dollars a day. Important enough that the year-to-date outside counsel legal expenditures are 27% over the budgeted amount. Important enough that MCPS couldn't use its own in-house legal staff. To read a sampling of some Montgomery County administrative hearing decisions, click HERE. Year to date (November 2009),they've spent $306,000 fighting families.  |
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