Some days ago we posted an article out of the Washington Post concerning the work that Jennings School District Superintendent Tiffany Anderson is undertaking in the district's schools. Jennings is just north of Ferguson, MO and it has some of the same problems as Ferguson and other parts of various cities in America.
The town is made up of 15,000 residents and many are very poor and desperately in need of employment. The median income is barely over $25,000 a year. The school district has some 3,000 students and until Ms. Anderson came to town the district was in the red. A balanced budget is now the new norm.
By all accounts things are looking up at Jennings. Achievement has grown, attendance and graduation rates are on the rise and a good number of students are finding their way to jobs and college. How has this happened? For starters, Ms. Anderson has looked within.
The district has a facility called Hope House which takes in homeless students and they also operate their own food bank. Drama, Art and Music have been restored to the curriculum along with a whole host of other improvements. We'll take a close look at these improvements in the coming days as they hold out the hope of aiding others facing the same difficulties as Jennings.
Dick
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment