PERTH AMBOY – At the 1/7/15 BOE Meeting, Board President Sam Lebreault asked how teachers are being selected to prepare students for the PARCC (Partnership for Readiness of College and Careers) exam, “Who is going to be teaching this?”

Interim Superintendent Dr. Vivian Rodriguez answered, “I don’t know. This is the first year of PARCC. It’s very different. We need to have one-to-one availability for students. The Math Teachers in Teach-to-One use online services.”

Board Vice-President Israel Varela added, “The reason for addressing this is because Teach-to-One was supposed to be a miracle.”

Board Member Obi Gonzalez said, “Teach-to-One is in question because standardized test math scores went down. Hopefully we will put money for what we need to do.”

Interim Superintendent Dr. Vivian Rodriguez said, “Marie Bermudez came in November. She has done her best in math and science. We met someone – Dr. Milo from Rowan University. We really need to get a handle on our mathematics. I am asking the Board to be patient. We are looking to move forward. It took a while to bring you a true assessment to where we are now.”

Board Member William Ortiz said, “This is $45,000 on something we don’t want (Teach-to-One). If it doesn’t work with us in 2 years, it’s got to go. Have people implementing the program and state why it’s not working. The description for this program is very vague. I hope next time you (Dr. Rodriguez) can answer these questions.”