When it comes to adequate technology, Sumner County Schools are woefully behind. Years of neglect in the area of technology have now created a crisis. More specifically, next year, all students in grades 3-11 will take a new assessment -- the PARCC -- which replaces TCAPs. The test is administered online. Only. And school systems MUST provide the computers and online systems to connect to PARCC.
District leaders are raising serious concerns about Sumner's ability to be ready for PARCC. State officials say no additional state funding will be provided. So, what's the district to do? Likely, ask the County Commission for an infusion of $7 million or more to get the system up to snuff in time.
Which begs the question: Will this be the crisis that sends Sumner over the edge? Will one of the state's wealthiest counties really NOT be ready for the technology requirements of a new testing system? And how exactly did the entire state of Kentucky complete the Common Core testing regimen in 2012 -- becoming one of the first state's to do so? Can we not plan and prepare as well as Kentuckians?
Will this be a wake-up call to the County Commission -- or another excuse for why we can't adequately fund the teachers and textbooks our system needs?
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