Estado decidirá control de escuelas de Providence el jueves
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Este jueves, el departamento de educación del estado decidirá si volverán el control de las escuelas públicas de Providence a la junta escolar.
El estado tomo control del distrito en el 2019 tras ser analizado por una compañía independiente cual revelo que el distrito no estaba asistiendo a sus estudiantes suficientemente.
La comisaria de educación Angélica Infante-Green dice, aunque si hay progreso, todavía hay preocupaciones.
“Hay que ver que ha habido progreso porque no queremos es cuando estamos hablando de volver el distrito es que ese progreso se disminuya”, Infante-Green explico. “Una vez que el estado tomo control de Hope High School, hubo progreso. Cuando se devolvió, volvió a decaer la escuela. Por lo tanto, nosotros tenemos que asegurarnos que hay una fundación bien fuerte para devolverlo al local”.
Concejales escolares de Providence han dicho que ya es tiempo que tengan control de las escuelas del distrito.
La decisión se tomará el jueves en la reunión del concejal de educación elementaría y secundaria.
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State to decide on control of Providence schools
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — The Rhode Island Department of Education will decide on whether to return control of Providence City Schools on Thursday.
The state took control of the district back in 2019. An outside review conducted by the Johns Hopkins University Institute for Education Policy revealed that Providence schools were struggling to support many of its students academically, socially and emotionally, and were bogged down by an organizational structure and red tape that impedes progress.
R.I. Education Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green says there’s been progress since then, but there are still some concerns.
“We have to remain steady and stay the course,” Infante-Green explained. “In the past, the state took over Hope High School and the moment that it was given back to the district, it declined again. We don’t want to see that happen again. No false starts.”
The Providence School Board unanimously voted to return the schools back to city control at the end of the 2024-25 school year.
The decision will be made at the Council on Elementary and Secondary Education meeting.