Hi, there!

There was a small group of interested parties who attended the LENZ exploration meeting.  Brian Guerrero (LTA president), Ryan Paul Williams (LTA member and president elect of the Lennox Coordinating Council), two other members of the LCC, Joanne Isken, and two coordinators for LENZ, and Eddie Garcia, among others.

Overall, the meeting went well.  We discussed data, presented by Llanet Martin, a UCLA (go Bruins!) doctoral student.  Data analysis included looking at 7th and 8th grade LMS students responses to a previous questionnaire on bullying and professed gang involvement.  Some interesting statistics emerged.  For example, the self-disclosed gang involvement was slightly higher for LMS girls (13%) than boys (12%).   Only 60% of LMS students participated in the survey, but still the results were enlightening nonetheless.

We also looked at certain other demographics, like the number of ELL learners in Lennox vs. surrounding districts, and then the state itself.  Brian and Paul had some excellent questions about clarification of the data, which I believe were aptly answered by Ms. Martin.  The data on the percentage of ELL learners was based on the state’s data, which is important, because it excluded students who had become FEP.  In other words, the ELL data did not include FEP students.

I won’t go into every detail on the data, but suffice it to say, this seems to be a partnership that will be very data/results driven, with a focus on maximizing our resources to meet the goals and benchmarks shared in my previous posting, courtesy of LENZ.  This is very preliminary, but please read it to familiarize yourselves with the direction this partnership is moving in.

I am cautiously optimistic at this point, but at least now we have something that can bring some focus as well as shared goals and objectives with major stakeholders in the Lennox community.

I’m open to any further sharing/comments.

Sincerely,

David Misraje, Technology Secretary, LTA

 

link to collected LENZ links