Remedies Sought In Castle High Redesign
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Del.icio.usFollowing a full and frank Board of Education meeting Oct. 20 at King Intermediate School, and a training session Oct. 27, the Castle Complex redesign team will meet again at 6 p.m. Thursday at Kokokahi YWCA to continue its work to set Castle High School on a new, student-centered path to success.
“Reconstitution is a strong possibility, particularly for Castle High School,” warned complex superintendent Lea Albert, “and a very unattractive alternative.”
It could mean, for example, the firing of principals and teachers, and the school’s takeover by outside groups. The goal, therefore, is to redesign and reinvent Castle’s system instead.
“Our educational system was never designed to deliver the kind of results we need to equip our students for today’s world,” added Marlene Zeug, the Complex’s redesign initiative-process manager. “We’re using an 18thcentury model for 21stcentury kids.”
The team of trained “redesigners” has about 60 players, who now have until July 2012 to create and implement a new way to teach at CHS.
Also joining the team of parents, educators and business people are state Sen. Jill Tokuda, Kylee Mar of Punahou’s PUEO Program and Kahaluu Neighborhood Board chairwoman Kathy Kahikini.
For more information, or to attend the meeting and join the team effort, call 256-2268 or 4892137.
The new BOE panel’s first community meeting Oct. 20 attracted about 200 people and became a forum to share people’s personal experiences in the public school system. One board member said he was bullied in school, which has focused his work now on anti-bullying measures. Others survived worse, but have thrived in adulthood including Albert herself.
A school counselor told Albert she was “not college material,” yet she achieved professional success through 44 years in the DOE and is part of four generations of public schoolteachers. Her story reportedly drew cheers from the crowd.
“Every child has assets, gifts and interests,” she told them. “We need to do a better job of figuring out what they are for each child.”
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