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March 25, 2005
Pre-TAKS Student Dumping: Senator Gallegos Speaks Out
The Houston Chronicle is reporting that Democratic Senator Mario Gallegos is questioning why Houston-area charter schools seemed to have "dumped" as many as 407 school kids between November 2004 and February 2005--the week before the TAKS test.
Gallegos said it isn't fair for a public school to take on a child just weeks or days before the testing is done. He said if it is happening in the Houston area, it is probably going on around the state.
"It's just astonishing," he said. "The (public) school has had to take on the burden of the charter, and the teachershaven't had a chance."
Still, Gallegos is looking for an investigation. He said if the charter schools want to be in the business of teaching, they should be held responsible for their own actions.
"We are talking about keeping a child up to a certain point and then dumping that child due to low performance," he said. "Any way you paint it, that is wrong."
Thanks to Senator Gallegos for fighting for Texas schoolchildren in a time when they are seriously under attack by the Republicans.
Posted by Stace Medellin at March 25, 2005 10:02 AM | Permalink
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