Thursday, April 26, 2012

Innovation Schools vote

Lincoln Street
Worcester East Middle
pass unanimously

Novick: motion to send back to the committee
Does not meet our requirements under the merger of the vocational school with the district school system
Bureau of Labor Statistics: a shortage of skilled labor (not college degree...and college graduates are going without jobs)
MOTION: under the voke merger, we were to revitalize the Worcester Technical Institute two year post-grad program: we didn't. Inquire into what happened

Monfredo: praises the plan, motion to move the item

O'Connell: skilled labor
"significant gap"
 STEM on every front...

Foley:
"the plan as proposed here is a sound plan..."




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