Lawrence, MA: Superintendent fails literacy test

[UrbScotty]

LAWRENCE, Mass. - This city's superintendent of schools, who recently put two dozen teachers on unpaid leave for failing a basic English proficiency test, has himself flunked a required literacy test three times.

Wilfredo T. Laboy called his failing scores "frustrating" and "emotional." He blamed his performance on a lack of preparation and concentration, as well as the fact that that Spanish is his first language.

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Laboy, who receives a 3 percent pay hike this month that will raise his salary to $156,560, recently put 24 teachers on unpaid administrative leave because they failed a basic English test.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030804/ap_on_re_us/superintendent_test

[hrhjustin]

1. I saw the story on fox.

Figures.

[pansypoo53219]

2. who

wrote the test? and maybe someone should check the machines counting score. Deibold?

[UrbScotty]

4. "Check the machines coubnting score..."

I think they should. Bev?

[pw]

3. He gets a pay hike, they get unpaid leave

Hmm. Management vs labor divide?

[zbdent]

5. scary part is - his English is probably better than *'s

and English is supposed to be *'s first.

Well, maybe his best is drunkese.

[karlschneider]

6. I wanna see * take that test.

:evilgrin:

[papau]

7. GOP Gov Romney wants waiver - "not a teacher -no talking to kids"

No kidding - this is a Gov that is big on English - but for this fellow he sees no problem!

[otohara]

8. Dupe

more on Wilfredo T. Laboy over here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=50152&mesg_id=50152