To the editors:
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I can live with the writer’s description of me (short and balding), but I take issue with her statement that I agree (in any way) with the statement that the teachers are not teaching. While there may be a few cases where staff is not performing as expected, the vast majority of teachers and staff are doing an exceptional job especially when one takes into consideration the circumstances and uncertainties in which they find themselves. Ms. Levinsohn failed to note that the I.G.A.P. (Illinois Goal Assessment Program) scores for Stockton’s third grade students were improved over last year’s scores. In the area of Language Arts the scores went from 167 to 233, a significant increase. Student attendance rose almost one percentage point to 92.2, well above the city average.
I wish that Ms. Levinsohn had interviewed some parents. Her story is imbalanced and slanted in favor of the miracles of the LSC. It also underlines controversy and conflict and does not point up a lot of the good things that have occurred because of the work of staff and council.
Principal, Stockton Elementary
