Report on Monday's CPC Meeting

Last night was the first Citywide Parent Council meeting of the year. “How to help your child succeed in school” featured Lorraine Burgoyne, principal of the Varnum School, who explained the format of the new report cards and the new math and literacy programs. Social workers Fred Mcosker (Bailey School) and Amanda Wilson (Reilly School) talked about things parents can do to ease the transitions that children face as they progress through school, and Pat Lysz, Director of Title I in Lowell, spoke about afterschool programs. The new report card is very interesting. It will be used for all students in grades one through four this year. For each major subject area (i.e., “Reading” has five subgroups that are graded), students will receive a number grade (either 4, 3, 2 or 1) for mastery of content and a letter grade (A, B, C or D) for effort. We hope to have a sample of the report card on the CPC website later today.