A school in trouble from the start

06-14-2011

By Emily Alpert/Voice of San Diego

The School of Communications was in trouble almost from the start. It was supposed to be a place for English learners, a haven for the students whose communication barriers present schools with some of their most bedeviling struggles. Its former principal, Cesar Alcantar, says the San Diego Unified School District told him the school could be exempt from the weighty labels and restrictions of No Child Left Behind, considering its English scores would lag. But seven years later, that dream has been deflated and its future is in question. San Diego Unified never got it any exemption from No Child Left Behind. The district forced the school to abort its mission right after it opened, saying it would unfairly segregate English learners. (more...)

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