How are Evergreen schools doing relative to those in other area Communities?

    
   

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The short answer, not well!
  
As can be seen the graph to the right, when the academic performance for Evergreen Schools is compared to schools in Palo Alto, it becomes obvious that our kids are falling behind. Now truly, Palo Alto is an older more established community with a somewhat different socioeconomic makeup. But when these differences are factored out kids leaving the elementary grades can be directly compared as they eventually exit Middle School and High School. For the academic year ended June, 2003 the comparison is shocking! 
  
  An Argument for Unification?
     
There is currently a 58% Gap between actual academic performance in the East Side Union High School District (ESUHSD) and the performance which should be expected by students and their families. This gap appears to be related to the unmanageable size of the District. Today, ESUHSD includes 11 high schools servicing ~ 24,000 students spread across a diverse socioeconomically landscape. It is the overwhelming burden of this diversity that causing the District to appear unresponsive to the community and its needs. This in tern fostering community apathy which then leads to an absence of balance between the forces that have responsibility for the governess of districts assets and its educational delivery system. These forces are the Parents, Administrators and Teachers of the ESUHSD.
   

Recent events that tend to strengthen the view that the community is concerned about ESUHD.

  1. The Failure of Measures "K" and "N"

  2. Inappropriate or inadequate Financial disclosures.

  3. Concern centering around Trustee ethics and stewardship.

  4. Concern over the declining performance in the Evergreen Community.

  5. The announced charter initiative by the staff of Andrew Hill High School.

  6. Lack of adequate understanding of district performance and district problems.