The State of New Jersey has really low graduation standards (no standards) which worsened during the Murphy years when the NJEA occupied his office (literally occupied his office). With that said, Lodi is showing that a large percentage of students needed an alternative competency assessment to meet "graduation standards".
Why does the State bother to require an 11th grade proficiency assessment when the results are totally meaningless? It's clearly not a graduation requirement when more than half of Lodi students can't pass one of its subject areas.
Lodi has its own no fail policy absent the State’s "proficiency" assessment. The only way a student doesn't graduate is if they drop out. Many high school teachers resigned in recent years and stated the reason was all the extra work and time spent on the meaningless no fail accommodations that only resulted in students caring less and doing less.
The Lodi Board of Education sent out its glossy
newsletter this summer produced by a public relations firm all paid for with Lodi tax dollars. Nancy Cardone placed her
photo on the front page and throughout.
All using Lodi tax dollars. All while enriching herself and family at the expense of student achievement.
Lodi’s BOE budget is approaching $100,000,000. Lodi taxpayers should demand much more.
Link to August 26th agenda:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gRNc2VEyyEXispHJECpqZhdbWCG4yfCB/view?usp=sharing
Most people are unaware of what a joke the alternative
pathways really are.
