When Joe Lentini signed up for a fourth term on the Conway School Board, he seemed proud of his accomplishments. “We’ve come so far from when I first came on the board,” he remarked, with his usual absence of humility.
That comment may demonstrate a desire to deceive the voters with ambiguity, but more likely it illustrates how oblivious Lentini has been to the shameful scholastic decline in Conway schools. In 2013, when he was elected, 79 percent of Conway eighth-graders demonstrated proficiency in reading. Now, only 38 percent do so.
Those scores are absolutely horrific and I would place my kids in a charter school, if one was available. More money every year for worsening results. Our kids deserve better. Someone do something other than help the teachers get wealthier.
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Those scores are absolutely horrific and I would place my kids in a charter school, if one was available. More money every year for worsening results. Our kids deserve better. Someone do something other than help the teachers get wealthier.
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