On a "Start a new post" Anonymous wrote:
"Enrollment
It has been mentioned that at the end of September, families could opt out of Westinghouse and that admin intended to make it such a positive experience that this wouldnt happen.
Also the end of September was traditionally in PPS a time when staff adjustments were made. Sometimes new classes had to open- a bulge in enrollment at a grade level etc vs very small classes at some schools at individual grade levels.
No enrollments are on-line. Not the old or the new for Sept."
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The 30 day opt out for Wetinghouse was never really made official, just mentioned- and so it seems that students can opt out at any time.
As for enrollment- it's true, no enrollment numbers are available. For each school there is a heading "Enrollment" but no information is listed. Someone said on another thread that the person who knew how to update enrollment had been laid off Or, removal of enrollment numbers may be part of the general PPS trend of providing less rather than more information, all the while proclaiming an increase in transparency.
...and this is where PPS goes wrong all the time...why wouldn't someone post a notice that the numbers are temporarilly unavailable? how hard can that be? avoiding the speculation that comes from the disappearance of numbers that were available as long as the site existed should be a priority.
They also are omitting the demographic make up of the school. No numbers just selected test scores from 2010.
"As for enrollment- it's true, no enrollment numbers are available. For each school there is a heading "Enrollment" but no information is listed. Someone said on another thread that the person who knew how to update enrollment had been laid off Or, removal of enrollment numbers may be part of the general PPS trend of providing less rather than more information, all the while proclaiming an increase in transparency."
The IT department is understaffed BY CHOICE. The department apparently had enough skill & time to remove the data. (not replace it) Should that really be a priority? They are using 2010 data everywhere else, so this was not an emergency. The basic html on the website is FUBAR, that should be the first clue something is really messed up
and where priorities lie. They also deleted demographic information that recently was listed under each school's general information.
Data is the enemy for PPS, they don't want it.
Recruitment and retention make other enemies of PPS and its schools.
Denial, more than a river in Africa too.
"Recruitment and retention make other enemies of PPS and its schools.
Denial, more than a river in Africa too.
October 9, 2011 6:57 AM"
Hence the overpaid, underqualified Broad residents/robots. The district has to make up job/job titles for them. They can't replace people that quit or retire since they have no qualifactions to take a pay cut! They had direct access to Roosevelt when a lot of other director level and some cabinet level members were not allowed to approach him or Lane.
"Recruitment and retention make other enemies of PPS and its schools.
Denial, more than a river in Africa too."
October 9, 2011 6:57 AM
Are you suggesting the IT employees left in mass vs getting layed off that day?
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