Not exact matches
McMillan's report offers a good, if somewhat depressing, snapshot of the state of local
school food sourcing nationwide, finding that «only about 13
percent of the food budgets
at schools serving local food actually went to stuff that was grown
nearby.»
That is triple the rate of
nearby Reseda High
School (11
percent) and more than four times the rate
at Canoga High (7
percent).
The principal
at my
nearby charter
school makes over $ 300,000 per year, a 246
percent increase from her salary before the
school was chartered.
Though charters last year enrolled about the same percentage of
at - risk students as DCPS (44
percent), most charters (47 out of 53 elementary and elementary / middle
schools) have lower concentrations of
at - risk students than
nearby DCPS
schools serving similar grades — and by
nearby, we mean within the same DCPS elementary zone.
Working in 165 middle
schools serving 20,000 8th grade students, the research team provided custom lists with a mix of
nearby schools, all with graduation rates
at or above the citywide average of 70
percent.
According to their marketing materials and testimony
at legislative hearings, charter
schools claim that their students score 10 to 30
percent better on master tests than do students in the
nearby public
schools.
Twice a year, Daly's teachers, staff, and administrators hold a «Walk in the Park»
at nearby Middlebrook Mobile Home Park, where more than 60
percent of the
school's Hispanic students live.