Thursday, November 27, 2008

Jeff Co School selection letters criticized

This from the Courier-Journal:

Response time too short, Attorney Teddy Gordon says

The lawyer who successfully challenged the Jefferson County Public Schools' student- assignment plan in the U.S. Supreme Court says a letter sent to thousands of elementary school parents last week gives them too little notice to decide if they want to keep their children in their current schools.

The letter said parents have until Dec. 1 to decide whether they want to stay in their current schools or choose another. But Superintendent Sheldon Berman said in an interview ... that the letter sets only the first deadline for making that decision. Berman said parents will be able to make that choice until sometime in January -- probably Jan. 10...

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