tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961215159419443702.post5069931404403445503..comments2023-05-05T03:15:17.710-05:00Comments on D181 Parents for Accountability and Transparency: UPDATE on Sprinkler Incident at HMS -- Disappointing Effort by Administration to Inform the Entire D181 CommunityUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961215159419443702.post-57059497725237497272015-01-11T16:34:55.176-06:002015-01-11T16:34:55.176-06:00I completely agree with the above statement in tha...I completely agree with the above statement in that parents are always blamed for their children's academic struggles. Why? We are not in charge of creating the curriculum, assessments and homework, D181 is. Our schools have no safeguards to catch children who are falling through their cracks. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961215159419443702.post-45039874126838264242015-01-10T13:20:37.542-06:002015-01-10T13:20:37.542-06:00I think everything is one sided. Parents are blame...I think everything is one sided. Parents are blamed for everything. They don't address issues with staff members making fun of students in front of their peers, disciplining kids inappropriately in public so that other kids tell their parents and friends. Some things are meant to be done to set an example but it needs to be done the right way, in a selas way. Maybe everyone needs to do a little self reflection. Recess monitors tend to stand around talking to each other mostly. Selas and parent education seem to be the way to allow Kurt Schneider to bring more of his outside contacts into the district and promote his inclusive message. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961215159419443702.post-33347805133296540062015-01-10T10:09:16.252-06:002015-01-10T10:09:16.252-06:00I find it fascinating that the message about SELAS...I find it fascinating that the message about SELAS was far longer and more detailed than that about the sprinkler leak. That comparison aside, I also find it interesting (and ridiculous) that the administration is now advising us how to be better parents and providing us with opportunities for "self-reflection." REALLY D181? Where are they coming up with this stuff and is this really what our admin. is spending its time on these days? Who is responsible for the content as, last I checked, there are a number of admin. employees who are not even parents themselves. I get that they probably view this as a community service of some sort and, sure, we can all use tips about how to improve our parenting, but is this really the role of our school district and is this how they should be spending their time given all of the issues we are facing and how behind we are on areas such as common core, foreign languages and science? Our kids are already spending a lot of time on SELAS in the classroom, and, yes, anti-bullying and kindness messages are important, but when is enough enough? In my opinion this post is indicative of a desire in the administration to deflect from the real and more important issue at hand - decreased academic performance and learning by our students. It is merely busywork.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961215159419443702.post-38706454455526546332015-01-09T18:22:39.463-06:002015-01-09T18:22:39.463-06:00Same director of communications. What did you exp...Same director of communications. What did you expect!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com