Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor: May 28, 2009
Reading at Bakie Needs Improvement
To the editor:
I am a student at Lesley University and recently completed a course titled, Schooling in America. During our class, we spent time navigating the Massachusetts Department of Education website, looking at the MCAS results. As a New Hampshire resident, living in Kingston for thirty years now, I was more curious to look at the New Hampshire Department of Education website. I wanted see how local schools are performing, specifically The Daniel J. Bakie School in Kingston.
In general, I found the New Hampshire Department of Education web site more challenging to navigate then the Mass. Department of Education website. The following is the information I was able to find about the Bakie School. In 2008-2009, The Bakie school received New SINI (school in need of improvement) status in both reading and math. This status means that the school did not make AYP (adequate yearly progress) for two consecutive years, in both the reading and math performance indicators.
The results of the testing this year concluded that The Bakie School did not make AYP (adequate yearly progress) in reading. The good news, however, is that they did make AYP in math.
The Bakie School, therefore, has the following status for the 2009-2010 school year; SINI/year 2 for reading and SINI for math. Looking specifically at the reading performance indicator, this means that the AYP in reading has not been met for the third consecutive time. If the AYP in reading is not met again next year, the next step is Corrective Action/Level 3. Schools falling into this category are subject to federal or state sanctions depending on whether or not they are a Title 1 schools.
My children are young adults now and were educated privately. This information has made me feel good about the money I invested in their education. I’m not actively involved in the local school district. Parent whose children attend the Bakie school should be actively involved and asking what the plan is to improve the AYP score next year in reading in order to avoid any corrective action.
Susan Burns
Kingston
“Do the Crime, Do the Time!”
To The Editor:
I am very disgusted with the law! I would like to tell you of two separate situations that my family has been victims by two separate criminals and they are going to get away with the crimes.
In the first situation, my oldest daughter’s boyfriend was drunk and hit a tree in Epping at almost 50 MPH. A friend picked them up from the scene, dropped my blood-soaked daughter off at my door step, and then took off on foot. Six cruisers from four towns responded and went on a manhunt. Police dogs tracked him down two miles from our house. They charged him with Aggravated DWI with Injury to Another, Leaving the Scene of an Accident and Disobeying a Police Officer. My daughter is lucky to be alive and only had a broken foot which required surgery, scrapes, and bruises, and still has nightmares and is skittish about getting into vehicles. Well, the boyfriend has told her that he was promised that the charges will be reduced to No Jail or Dropped because he made a deal with a detective from the prosecuting police department to “Rat” and “Set Up Deals” with local drug dealers!
In the second situation, my youngest son had just bought a brand new bike from Wal-Mart with his hard earned money. The very next day an acquaintance of ours went into my son’s wallet and took the receipt and the bike, rode it to Wal-Mart, and received a refund for the purchase ($90.00). We called the same police department as in the above situation; they took the report and stated they would prosecute for “Theft”. This individual has an extremely lengthy criminal history and still has pending robbery and assault charges out of Lawrence, MA. Here in Rockingham County, he has a Two Year Deferred sentence for multiple theft charges Wal-Mart, Olympia Sports, and other local retailers. Anyway, I called to check the status on how my son could get his bike back. The officer stated that Wal-Mart agreed to return the bike to my son and they would pursue the charges on the individual. I was relieved to hear that and then I told the officer “But finding him is another task.” The officer stated that this individual has been calling and speaking to the same detective as stated in the first situation about, you guessed it… “Ratting” or setting up deals with local drug dealers! I was furious! I asked him if he thought he would get any time for this crime. The officer stated that with this individual’s lengthy history, especially with thefts, that this crime alone would be a felony and where he has the two year deferred sentence, that the individual was willing to “Do Whatever It Takes To Make This Offence Disappear”
Wow! Whatever happened to “Do the Crime, Do the Time” This individual knew the day that he stole my son’s bike that he had leverage with the police and would most likely get away with it. This infuriates me to no end. I want to see both of these individuals suffer by losing their freedom during a nice weathered summer, missing family events, birthdays, etc. That is what I feel ‘Jail’ is supposed to do, first rehabilitate and lose freedom!
These two individuals have bragged before that they had charges dropped because all they had to do is give up some names and set up deals with drug dealers. I understand the police need a certain degree of help from people with knowledge, but I feel victimized twice over, first from the two criminals then by the police “Sweeping” these charges under the rug. I know by them getting jail time and probation won’t reverse the crimes, but the first crime was traumatic to my daughter and my family, and the second broke my son’s heart! I saw tears in my daughter’s and my son’s eyes because they were victimized at tender ages and this system we call justice just allows crimes to be overlooked because criminals are making the cop’s jobs easier by being “Rats”. I understand there is a level of negotiating crimes to lesser charges under certain circumstances, but certain criminals know they can commit crimes knowing they have “Get Out Of Jail Free” cards to bargain with by flapping their tongue. I do not feel this is justice in any way whatsoever!
Brad Shattuck
Epping
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