tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285353362748898720.post8895794605249169059..comments2024-03-28T06:53:24.022-05:00Comments on a blog about school: A parent asks a question (part six)Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12919030671050831251noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285353362748898720.post-44087495655369231052012-01-31T22:55:58.821-06:002012-01-31T22:55:58.821-06:00Wendy & FedUpMom -- I agree. What I don't...Wendy & FedUpMom -- I agree. What I don't understand is why the school system thinks parents will go along with these policies when they're imposed in this way.<br /><br /><a href="http://ablogaboutschool.blogspot.com/2009/10/what-follows-is-text-of-letter-i-am.html" rel="nofollow">PBIS</a> is a great example. The district made absolutely zero effort to see if parents (or teachers, for that matter) wanted this dumb system imposed on their kids. The result is that a lot of parents are dismissive of it. One dad told me, "We openly mock PBIS is our house." Is that the dynamic the district were shooting for? Can they be surprised?Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07559356125770114400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285353362748898720.post-49572701540269902102012-01-31T22:37:42.704-06:002012-01-31T22:37:42.704-06:00Billy -- as one reader wrote to me, "Parents ...Billy -- as one reader wrote to me, "Parents are important partners in education, unless you have a question--then you have to make a FOIA request!"Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07559356125770114400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285353362748898720.post-57522050471594777212012-01-31T19:19:28.445-06:002012-01-31T19:19:28.445-06:00I think you've been more than polite here and ...I think you've been more than polite here and that what you're asking for is completely reasonable. Let me just say that first. <br /><br />The only explanation I can come up with for as to why they're dodging your questions is that perhaps they don't want to release the data on suspensions and behavioral incidents for fear of alarming parents about bad behavior in the schools. <br /><br />But that in itself is sort of silly because behavior that constitutes a suspend-able offense varies so much from school to school. At a lot of schools, dropping the F-bomb in class could get you suspended. At my school you have to do something WAY worse than that to get suspended - like, say, threatening a teacher or another student. So, let's say suspensions numbers are creeping up…what does that really mean?<br /><br />I guess the other possibility is that they're just being patently difficult…I try to think better of my fellow educators than that, though….I hope that isn't what's going on here.TeacHerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08641784616684869834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285353362748898720.post-79295841632804532312012-01-31T10:24:39.138-06:002012-01-31T10:24:39.138-06:00Oh geez. They are pulling that "estimated cos...Oh geez. They are pulling that "estimated cost" thing on you too? Murley pulled that on me when I was trying to get him to tell me Longfellow bus ridership and cost.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05115362830792436351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285353362748898720.post-64146244145495993192012-01-31T10:23:26.697-06:002012-01-31T10:23:26.697-06:00"estimated cost"? She expects you to pa..."estimated cost"? She expects you to pay to look at information in a system that you have already paid for with your taxes?FedUpMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00951858601020687242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285353362748898720.post-12093360882057934642012-01-31T08:50:51.115-06:002012-01-31T08:50:51.115-06:00Good Lord! I can not believe their response to su...Good Lord! I can not believe their response to such a simple question! Well, I can believe it. Especially love the "we can include how much this request will cost" part. WTH? It continually amazes me how schools speak about parental involvement yet at the first real question they throw up the roadblocks and the attitude. How dare you question us and the decisions we are making that impact your children on a daily basis. I have never been able to get over this aspect of school and how as parents we are suddenly supposed to just accept with no questions asked about how they treat our kids for 7 hours a day. Can't wait to see how this plays out.Wendynoreply@blogger.com