10-14-2009, 01:10 PM
The education system here is SOOOO out of balance. Furlough days are foolish and detrimental to the kids. Teachers are already some of the lowest paid I have ever seen. Last year one school advertised for a baker with a starting salary higher than the starting teacher salaries. The priorities here are all wrong.
1. Raise the state tax to cover state costs, period. That is what the state tax is for. If we balance the budget and can lower it again, so be it.
2. Go back to a traditional school year with summer school available to those who need to catch up to advance to the next grade.
3. STOP social promotion to keep numbers of students in the classroom lower. If a child fails, he repeats.
4. Require parents to COME TO SCHOOL AND PICK UP THEIR CHILD every time a referral is written. Parental pressure to behave would increase 100 fold. If leaving work to get your child is a problem, I bet those parents will take some sternness into the household influencing those students to behave. That would instill some values and loyalties all around.
5. Pay teachers salaries that reflect professionalism.
6. Expect teachers to stay after school for meetings... no more "no student" days for meetings.
7. Extend the school day for students to run from 8 am to 3:30 PM five days a week.
Okay, that is my rant. Sorry if it offends anyone. I am not sure how my teacher husband would feel about this but I think he would concur....
Pam
I want to be the kind of woman that, when my feet
hit the floor each morning, the devil says
"Oh Crap, She's up!"
1. Raise the state tax to cover state costs, period. That is what the state tax is for. If we balance the budget and can lower it again, so be it.
2. Go back to a traditional school year with summer school available to those who need to catch up to advance to the next grade.
3. STOP social promotion to keep numbers of students in the classroom lower. If a child fails, he repeats.
4. Require parents to COME TO SCHOOL AND PICK UP THEIR CHILD every time a referral is written. Parental pressure to behave would increase 100 fold. If leaving work to get your child is a problem, I bet those parents will take some sternness into the household influencing those students to behave. That would instill some values and loyalties all around.
5. Pay teachers salaries that reflect professionalism.
6. Expect teachers to stay after school for meetings... no more "no student" days for meetings.
7. Extend the school day for students to run from 8 am to 3:30 PM five days a week.
Okay, that is my rant. Sorry if it offends anyone. I am not sure how my teacher husband would feel about this but I think he would concur....
Pam
I want to be the kind of woman that, when my feet
hit the floor each morning, the devil says
"Oh Crap, She's up!"
I want to be the kind of woman that, when my feet
hit the floor each morning, the devil says
"Oh Crap, She's up!"
hit the floor each morning, the devil says
"Oh Crap, She's up!"