[Antiracism] Support Achievement Gap Resolution at School Comm. 9/8/05

[AkaNaoko at aol.com]

Hello friends,

This is to let you know that the Northampton School  District's Civil Rights 
Committee will submit a resolution concerning action to address the 
achievement gap at the School Committee meeting of Thursday 9/8/05 at 7:15 PM at the JFK 
Community Meeting Room.  Public support, presence and commentary would be 
welcomed.  Here is a copy of the resolution that Civil Rights and School 
Committee member David Kotz will submit:

Proposed Resolution on the Achievement Gap
June 14, 2005

Whereas the existence of an educational achievement gap between students of 
color and white students is a serious and widely recognized problem in American 
public schools, and

Whereas it has been demonstrated that there is an achievement gap between 
students of color and white students in the Northampton Public Schools, including 
but not limited to disparities in standardized test scores, and 

Whereas the Northampton Public Schools is committed to the goal of providing 
an equal quality of education for students of all races and ethnicities,

Therefore be it resolved that the Superintendent shall develop a plan, 
including a timetable, aimed at eliminating the achievement gap between students of 
color and white students in the Northampton Public Schools. After developing 
such a plan, the Superintendent shall report on it to the School Committee for 
its comment and advice, and thereafter shall report periodically to the School 
Committee on the steps taken, and the progress made, toward the elimination 
of the educational achievement gap in 
Northampton Public Schools.

Hope to see you there. 

In community,

Norma Akamatsu
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