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“I’m in favor of that,” Mr. Makela said. “When someone asks why did this happen, I can’t give them an answer. I’ve got people that want to know what happened.”
“I’m not sure we can ever get to the point where we can say, ‘This is what happened,’” Dr. Gangel said. “Give us to the next board meeting to come back with steps we are going to take.”
Jackson District representative on the Board of Supervisors Ron Frazier said he had asked to speak on the subject of the test scores but not in any official capacity. He blamed the poor results on the whole language pro-! gram. “I have been a harsh critic of the school system. I was told it was a perception problem. I don’t know of any home school or private school using whole language texts.”
Helen Williams, director of pupil personnel, reported that 1,411 youngsters had been counted in the census of school aged population over the spring and summer with two days to go before the report is turned in.
This compared to 1,600 counted in 1992, but Mrs. Williams reported that in 1992 children ages one through 19. were counted, and in 1996 only those ages five through 19 were counted. If the 295 one through four-year olds are removed from the 1992 count leaving 1,305, there is an increase in the 1996 census. By Thursday when the report was turned in to Richmond the actual 1996 count had increased to 1,443.
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