The new report card for the Penns Grove-Carneys Point School District have been published and available to view. Still, the Superintendent of Penns Grove-Carneys Point School District is nowhere close to devising a plan to bridge the educational gap in the community. In Today’s Sunbeam, a front page headlines "P.G.-C.P. school chief reports bullying stats." When it comes to the progress of the students, you never see headlines reporting improvements in the test scores of the students. It seems as the "school chief" have his priorities out of order and no action plan, just a bunch of highfalutin words to divert answering why there is no action plan. The superintendent does not acknowledge that there is a problem, yet he wonder why Brighter Horizon Charter School is steady on the move.
I am not saying the issue of bullying should not be address. However, when is the issue of 311 out of 400 African Americans in the middle school, whom are two (2) years behind in the knowledge of math and science, will be addressed? When are the issues of the Penns Grove High School drop-out rate of 25% will get attention? The State of New Jersey drop-out rate is 4 percent (4%). I guess when 2013 arrive; the superintendent will focus on renewing a $155,000 dollar contract. In my opinion, the community needs a competent and student driven school chief, which will work with the board president, school board, administration, parents and students. We must seek new leadership to bring together which is lost.
What people do not know is that if the problems of the school district remain to exist; one of the options of the State of New Jersey Department of Education is to shut the Penns Grove Carneys Point School District down. All behind what one man; Dr. Joseph Massare fails to do, which is work together with the community in unison to better promote scholars from the school district. Looking at the 2011-2012 report card, there were little improvements. That is not to say do not recognize the minor improvements, but you do not stick a knife in a person back nine inches and pull the knife out six inches then say, "We are making progress."
Nikki Giovanni said, "It is not about who you attend school with, it is about who controls the school you attend."
Walter L. Hudson Sr./Chairman
National Awareness Alliance
Penns Grove, New Jersey
