Members of the public

very concerned about the process...Level 2, 3, 4....innovation schools
"they supress these MCAS tests...what are the results? Do the kids get to take the tests again? Do they restore their points?"
Answer: no retake, no impact on students graduating

Nat Needle (kid is a graduate)
"to create more of an atmosphere of harmony...desire of any[one] who wants to have all the information the Commissioner has"
waited an enormous amount of time for the results...it was almost like a surprise
"I do feel that given all the time that it took for the state to issue its report...so I think can we take the time necessary...to get all the information...following the best procedure in asking for the information as individuals..rather than taking over from the state" (cites Mullaney)
"can petition the state...and wish them good luck, in asking the state to give them the information sooner than they gave the schools"

parent who chose Main South to have her children go to Goddard and UPCS
"what's worse is the media...can keep it dragging on...one tear from our children is too expensive...we do have to think about our children...chosen to live there...have innovative ways of kids learning to read and write"
"couldn't help my own children...very terrible things were happening to my children [after September 11, to Muslims]" took them out and sent them to private schools
"give them another chance" she was told of WPS
"I wasn't disappointed..."
"I know they work very hard..so disappointed in the media...when I voted for you, everyone that is here I voted for you..disappointed that some aren't working together as a team"
"Please come together for our children, and don't waste anyone of their tears"

"outstanding school..." parent of three graduates
Daughter is in her third year at Harvard
son is at Clark
another son is in high school
"tremendous faith in the school"
asks that there not be another investigation at this stage...move along

two daughters at theschool
very impressed: ERA
"They made me read with them...not all it with the teacher"
says the principal "sees my face alot"
daughter complaining she's getting too much work "hallelujah!"
she's writing better every day..."when the doctor gives us medicine that we don't like" they need it
"I think they're doing  a really good job"
"anything that happens to my daughters, it worries me"

mother of a daughter at Goddard
administration cares "so much for our kids that it's like SHE had them"
support the principal at Goddard deseved and earned

This mom has a toddler on her hip
when her daughter "is bored..she drives them crazy"
asks every so often, how's Daisy doing?
"they find ways to keep Daisy busy...it's an incredible school"
thankful to the teachers and principals for all they do there

school nurse: been there for 7 1/2 years
cites schools atmosphere
work of kids

mother with two kids at Goddard (another member translating for her)
"very glad and proud of the work of the teachers and principal"
work put into school by principal and teachers
teachers notice if you're struggling either with school or family
very incredible how she can learn from reading the books with her daughters
"feels like it's a home..help the school provide some of the vegetables" (there are community gardens at Goddard)

daughter at Goddard: very nice school
daughter is doing great
"at home we all read together"
"daughter explains to me" when I don't understand (she says somewhat in jest)
works at Clark

mother of four: two graduated from Goddard
given good information about her children
trust the principal and administrators to do the right thing
"I hope that she will have a good answer for me"