ML20063N269

Affidavit of Deplessis.Only Small Segment of Population in Parishes Will Be Able to Read Info Brochure w/75% Comprehension.Prof Qualifications & Certificate of Svc Encl

ML20063N269
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Site:	Waterford
Issue date:	09/14/1982
From:	Duplessis S JOINT INTERVENORS - WATERFORD
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e 1:hITED STATES N1' CLEAR l<FCUI.ATORY CCMMISSION In The Matter Of- )

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AFFIDAVI'l 0F SilARON DUPLESSIS

-1 Please state your name, present position and educational attainments.

A.I My name is Sharon Duplessis. I hold the position of Assitant Professor of Education at St. Mary's Dominican College. I presently teach courses entitled Elementary School Methods,

' Principles of Teaching, 1:lementary Reading Methods and Secondary Readin;; !!ethods. Attached is a recent resume for further infor. nation concerning my educational experiences and background.

Q.1 llave you reviewed Applicant Exhibit 11, entitled Information Brochure. Plans to Aid Area Residents During Emergencies?

A.? Yes, I have.

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Q.3 llave you reviewed rcport s of educational attainment levels of resloents of St. Charles and St. John the Baptist Parishes?

A.3 Yes, I have reviewed 1970 census reports pertaining to the educational c haractc ristics of populations in these parishes.

Unfortunately, 1980 data has not been published as of this date.

Q.4 In your opinion, af ter reviewing this information , will populations in thasc parishes be able to read and understand the information broc Fure under question, Applicant Exhibit 11 ?

A.4 In my opinion, only a small segment of the populations in these parishes will be able to read with seventy-five percent comprehension the (xhibit entitled"Information Brochure: Plans to Aid Area Fesidents During Emergencies ".

1 ractors af fecting r(adability of printed material fall into two categoric s, pers onal and textual . Most of these factors are not measured easily. Readability formulas, however, provide an important predictive tool for objectively determining the uif ficult y level of printed materials in terms of lexical and ryntactic compitxity cf style.

One of the most popt lar measures, validated on all levels of uatorial - grades ore ti rough seventeen, is Fry's Readability Graph, the 1977 edit lon. Fry's graph estimates the reading ability needed to comprthend with seventy-five percent understanding.

When 1 applied this fornula to the information brochure t nder investigation, Applicant Txhibit 11, readability levels for specific sect tous of thc brochute were determined as follows:

Section Subtitled: Readability Grade Level Some Facts About Radiation 14 (second year college)

The barriers That Protect Us 10 From Radiation Clost.ary 17+ ( fifth year college, +)

llow Waterford 3 Works 16 (fourth year college)

Uho Should Be Affected 15 (third year college)

School Children 13 (first year college)

If You Need Transportation 12

The appoximate readability grade level of the brochure is 13.8 (first year college), according to this formula which is commonty used in clerrentary and secondary schools in order to sc1(et appropriate textbooks for studtnts.

According to 1970 Census data collected in St. Charles Parish, twenty-one percent of a combined group of males (20-49 years old) and females (15-44 years old) received no high school education. Furthermore, only one of every six individuals rampled achieved one year of college education.

In the same parish, of the males and females sampled who were 25 years old and over, only forty-three percent gradrated frem high school and approximately one of every thirteen individuals achieved one year of college education.

In St. John 'Ihe Baptist Parish, according to the same report, apprer.imately thirty-eiF ht percent of the combined group of males and females 25 years and over graduated from high schoel. One out of every twenty-one individuals sampled achieved one year of college education.

In the light of there statistics, it is ny opinion that the exhihit entitlec "lefermation Brochure: Plans To Aid I;esf uents During Emerger cies" is only readable with seventy-five percent comprehension to a minority of the residents in each of these r> arf ahes,1 rimtrily those individuals comprisinr the l small. percentages s4ted ar achieving one year of college education.

i also seriously questicn the comprehensibility of this brochure. Utilizing Marshall's liendability Checklist (Readability and Compretensibility, Journal of[ Reading 22, March 1979), this infornation brochure receives poor ratings

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I uhen the following questions are answered:  !

1 Are new terms used in a variety of contexts meaningful to the reader?'

Are new concepts introduced in the context of familiar concepts?

Are ideas clearly related? (i.e. glossary to text)

Will the reader be able to understand relationships among ideas?

Could tl e reade r illustrate these graphically?

Do tney usually refer to referents no more .than one sentence away?

lias the author eddaessed the audience intended?

Due to high readability lesels above educational grade levels achieved by a majority of the residents in St. Charles Parish

.ind St. John The Baptist Pt.rist. and dif ficulties in comprehensibility; it is my firn opinion that Applicant Exhibit 11, "Information Brochure:

Plans To Aid Residents Durang I'mergencies", will not be easily read or understood by a taajorit y of the residents in these parishes.

All answers are sworn and 1. rue to the best of my ability.

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HESUME 1

Personal: Shar on Duplessic 2906 Ursuline t. venue New Orleatu;, Loulciana Bort : Jariuary 2, 1947 IIer Orleana, LA Education: .Manter o f' Education (Special Educaticn)

Un i s e ra l t.t cf !!ew Or leanu , 1969 Bactelor o? Arts (E2ementary Education)

Unliernit,i c f flew Or leann , 1967 Stucy of open educat lori curriculum in primary sclu olc of England j n order to implement these metiods iti Arte rican (Summer, 1975)

Further at udy at the Univernity of flew Orleans (Summer, '980)

Experience: L e c t. m b e r , 1967 - June 1968 Falmer Elementary School Orleans Parish Schools f.ew Orleanu , Loulalana TitJe: Teacher, u l.s t h i; r a d e fiear onsibi.11 ties : Tcuening all academic aubjects in t self- contained heterogeneous clana of thirty ,

sixt n grade studentn.

I,u g u a t , 1069- August 1972 Spectal Education Dcpartment Univoroit." of flew 07 leanu

!;ew Orleana , Lou t s tr.na Tit e: Educational Conaultant T:e npanu tb ' li t loc : /.dminintering educatlan'll, perceptua~ , aptit:udt and language tents to children e xperiene ng learn tr.g dit'riculties ; pros aribing individua Iced acadrmie programs for theae children I Laned upon achievement. levels, various davelopmental stat eu , chaervations of learning behavloes; counselinc

! with paren;c and chlldren; counulting with principles and neachern regarding changes in curricalum for referred c:111dren; organizing and presenulng work-

<bopa for teachcrs in Je Pferson, St . Ber.tard and Orleans parinhoc which emphasized reading methodology, t

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identification of learning dinab311 ties in primary nehool age children, vinual-motor development in elenentar.7 school children; assisted in gathering data to :uppor , the need for classes for learning dic-ab l ed you'ig;st,e rn in St. Bernard Parish; designed a cur. lcul ui:i for the learning disabled popalation at Sebastian Ro3 Schoo l in St, . Bernard Pari.;h.

Auduat , 1172 - June 1973 flilne Boy , Home New Orlea is , Louisiana

Title:

Hetdttic Specialist Re.3 pona ib i lit j ea : Teaching reading to all atudents a t, she hoae, aceo 6 - 16, grouped according to age.

Abitity 12Vele ranged f' rom readiness to tenth grade.

The"efore, the bulk of' my teaching was dane on an individual baala. tlany youngsters exhibited severe rea ling disabj litien.

Nov2mber, 197 3 - Apr 11 1976 r,.W. Rupple 1lementary School Jef ferson Parish Schoela New Orleana, Louisiann

Title:

Resource Teacher Restonsibilities: Developing and implementing a curt iculum for all leerning disabled children in the sch;ol; teaching reading and math to youngsters from f i t" t to clxth grade.

ipri1 197L - December, 19'[6 Adolescent Service Ceriter Orl:anc iari.;h Schoolr

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Title:

D illa Straterist Reu; ona it i 11;les : Pac 1litating academie and social l ~,r o: t h in yo.tngsters eyperiencing adjustment problems I

la inuer eLt/ middle :chools. I was rerponsibile for t,he developm2nt of a team approach, alor.g with a psyeboloriat and a social worker. We wcrked in m.idJ1e schools with teachers to ident,i Py studento necding cur 3ervices. I was also resporaible for dec!cninc a physical environment which would compare tr '

schcol setting, nJnce our center wcu located reveral n J le 3 from the regular schools. I develcped

( a currict. lum for all "ounEsters and taucht all subjects l

wit h the help of tuo naraprofessional a' des. Other rerponsibtlltlec included connulting with principals and teachere when sturients were able to return to school, prescribing programs which would facilitate an canIer adjustment for them and returning to their sch>olu perJodically to check progreaa .

Deeember, 1976 - May, 1979 Dit"?rt E:.ementary School Orleans l'arlsh Schooln Nev Orleans, Loululana Tit le: eacher, second and third grade combination ttwc years)

Peo pone ll: l li ties : Developing a vertically grouped curriculum encompassing agen 7 - 11. Ability levelo ranged from preachool to fifth grade level.

I uorked in c large, open claucroom, integrating language arta, math, social att. dies and ccience curriculums through learning centern. During this tlne, 1 .utpcrvised eight studert teache a from the Un?verelty cf New Orleans and cerved as a curriculum coordinator in the school. I also planned and coordinated a " Write to Read" Izrogram.

Title:

Hescurce Teacher i

Rennena ils ilj t iec : Developing c mainstreaming program for excepticnal children; teaching reading and math to children exhibiting deficiencies in these areas; developing curriculums for them in their regular elacaroona; consulting with their teachers in order to oromote ceademic and behavioral growth for these studenta.

During these years I independently organized two work-shoos for ecuentora in this area, precenting Dr.

Leo Buac u;11a, Associate Professor of Education at the Univorci ty of .louthern Cali fornia. I did this w l' h fin.mc1al support from Loyola University, the Un'verainy cf New Orleann, Tulane University, Educat-ional Re:earen Center, Orleano Parinh Schools and Je'Teraoa Pt rish Schocln.

Aunuut, 1979 - Preaent St. Mary's Dominican Colloge Nei Orleinu, Louisiana Tit le : Icujocnnt Profesnor Re: nonalhilj ties: Teaching the following courmes:

Chi ;1ren', Literature, F.lementary School Methode,

"'h e Psych ilot,y of the Mentally hetarded Child, Directed nbutrvation, Elementary Reading Methods, Secondary Retding Methods, Princj ples of Teachirg.

N.t.rds: Federal f2110wship for the academic year 1967-6B Kappu Del *,a l'1 (Honor Society in Education)

Ref'erences: Dr. Leo BuscLgila, School of Education lini'lerslt;/ of Southern California Los Angeles, California Dr. Audre. Farr, School Psychologist, San Frans!sco Schools San Fratis isco, California Dr. Joy Donaldson lini le rs it:. of Louisville Louisv1110, Kentucky Cll" St. 1ernain, Principal Dibert Ele ter.tary School Orleans P.irl:.h Schoalu New Orlea:is , uoulslana i

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QJTII'lCATE OF SERV ICE This is to Pertif f that copies of the foregoing 1.e t ter and af fidavits dated ;iept ember 15, 1982 f rom Gary L. Groesch to the Licensin j Board wa re served by deposit in the U.S. Ma il first class, pontage orepaid, t.o all t. hose on the attached service list excludinJ Bruce Churchill (hand-served to proxy), on the ; > th d ty of Septemix r, 1982.

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