The gap between white students and students from diverse cultures has narrowed. Last year, MSSD students graduated with an average reading comprehension grade level of 7.3. This means a high percentage of students graduated reading at the post high school level. Over the past four years, the people of the Clerc Center have experienced a tremendous organizational change. They have worked through difficulties that inevitably occur during such changes, and came through it working together as a team that believes in what they are doing.
Few barriers can prevent the progress of such a committed group of people.
The momentum will not stop. Of course, there is something that can make our job more difficult. That is, people outside the Clerc Center who do not fully understand our vision and our mission. They can send messages that cloud our real purpose and promote false assumptions. We know that we must work hard, through information dissemination, to provide a better understanding of what we are doing and why.