City of Baltimore - File #: 04-0002R

• File #: 04-0002R
• Version: 0
• Name: The Laurence G. Paquin Middle/Senior High School #457 - An Urgent Request for Restoration to Model and to Mission
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 12/9/2004
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 5/1/2006
• Title: The Laurence G. Paquin Middle/Senior High School #457 - An Urgent Request for Restoration to Model and to Mission FOR the purpose of urging the Chief Executive Officer and the Board of School Commissioners of the Baltimore City Public School System to immediately restore transferred personnel to prevent Laurence G. Paquin Middle/Senior High School # 457, with its onsite health services, GED, after school program, Little School, and 7 grades - 6th through 12th - from dismantlement as this system's enduring resource for pregnant girls.
• Sponsors: Mary Pat Clarke, President Young, Keiffer Mitchell, President Dixon, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Kenneth Harris, Paula Johnson Branch, Helen L. Holton, Agnes Welch, Edward Reisinger, James B. Kraft

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/1/2006	0	Education, Housing, Health and Human Services	Recommended Favorably
5/1/2006	0	City Council	Adopted
1/24/2005	0	Education, Housing, Health and Human Services	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
12/12/2004	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
12/12/2004	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
12/9/2004	0	City Council	Introduced
12/9/2004	0	The City Council	Assigned

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmembers Clarke, Young

A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
Title
The Laurence G. Paquin Middle/Senior High School #457 - An Urgent Request for Restoration to Model and to Mission

FOR the purpose of urging the Chief Executive Officer and the Board of School Commissioners of the Baltimore City Public School System to immediately restore transferred personnel to prevent Laurence G. Paquin Middle/Senior High School # 457, with its onsite health services, GED, after school program, Little School, and 7 grades - 6th through 12th - from dismantlement as this system's enduring resource for pregnant girls.
Body
WHEREAS, Laurence G. Paquin Middle/Senior High School was founded in 1966 and has been operated on a staffing model that was established in 1993 and maintained consistently for 11 years and successfully implemented until the 2004-2005 school year; and

WHEREAS, As of July 1, 2004, Paquin's staff of 48 was reduced by 25% to 36, including teachers, teacher's aides, clerical and administrative personnel, and despite this cutback, Paquin, like all schools suffering from similar budget crisis, opened its doors with a resolve to do its best despite diminished resources; and

WHEREAS, On November 1, 2004, the school was dealt a devastating blow when, with less than a week's notice, 16 more teachers and aides were transferred out of Paquin resulting in a consistent staff-level of 48 has been reduced by 58% between the Spring and Fall seme...