Will it be strike two for Jefferson County Schools’ Chief Academic Officer
manning?
Bluegrass Institute
April 26, 2017 by Richard Innes
Certainly, the CAO’s activities will be included in that investigation, especially so now that there has been a complete and total failure of a very high profile “Waldorf School” type academic program in Jefferson County’s Maupin Elementary School. Problems at Maupin are well documented in a formal Kentucky Department of Education “School Diagnostic Review.” Among other things, the report shows the staff at Maupin itself is bitterly split about whether to continue with the Waldorf approach, a serious staff division
important enough to be mentioned again last night during a meeting of the Jefferson County Board of Education.
In 2016 Maupin also posted the very worst KPREP test results of any elementary school in Kentucky. The situation is so obvious that JCPS officials even admitted mistakes were made. So, last night the Jefferson County Board of Education unanimously voted to remove the Waldorf School based academic program from Maupin.