Just a quick update on my email to seven Board of Education members, Superintendent, and Asst Superintendent in my home school district (in which rather attractive husband and I have 4 children), conveying concern of excessive security presence and disciplinary actions against all students regardless of crime, creating a learning environment based on fear. If you missed my rant, you can catch up quick here. Go forth; read; and get
Zero Tolerance on Zero Tolerance
This is not going to be funny, because I’m pissed. School restraints on children’s behavior are insane and I have a better idea: If you don’t like kids, don’t work in the schools. School budgets and zero tolerance and No Child Left Behind is an overwhelming obligation of a school district, but somewhere along the way, we forgot about the kids and families these rules effect. There is nothing black
Enough of the Bullshit, Teach My Kid to Read. Please.
Starting the day with a PPT for Kid2, the brilliant analytical problem solver who can’t read all that well. Go figure, we’ve been saying this since second frickin’ grade. I am so tired of this. Tired of playing nice and kissing appropriate ass in hopes that somebody will step up and do the right thing. PPT stands for Planning and Placement Team: the puppeteers that decide, together with the student
School Open House Does Not Mean Open Mouth
Four kids, three schools (one’s in college so that ship has sailed). We’re down to three open houses this year: elementary, middle and high school. Two down, one to go. I’m trying to become that coveted trust agent in my immediate network of friends and neighbors, ie the other parents at my kids’ schools. I swear I’m trying, but it’s really, really hard. I’m trying to befriend everyone as I