ATTENTION PARENTS: ARE YOU AWARE OF THE FACT THAT YOU MAY OPT OUT OF "STAR RENAISSANCE" TESTS?

DID YOU KNOW THAT YOUR CHILDREN ARE BEING TESTED IN KINDERGARTEN?
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THAT?
WHAT IS THE VALUE IN THAT?
WHAT DOES IT DO TO PREPARE YOUR CHILD FOR FIRST GRADE?
YOU MUST BEGIN TO QUESTION SUCH THINGS. NEW MANDATED TESTING IS COMING, BUT THIS IS NOT PART OF IT. THIS SMACKS OF CHILD ABUSE. WHY STRESS OUT OUR CHILDREN AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE? OTHER DISTRICTS ARE NOT DOING THIS.

IS THIS ANOTHER WAY TO SEGREGATE THE CHILDREN BASED ON INFORMATION THAT THEY HAVE NOT EVEN BEEN TAUGHT? CHILDREN WHO DID NOT GO TO PRE-SCHOOL ARE BEING SHAFTED. SOME OF THESE KINDERGARTEN CHILDREN WERE DENIED PRESCHOOL. THINK ABOUT IT. STAR RENAISSANCE TESTING IN QUARLES SCHOOL SHOULD STOP. THE TEACHERS MUST BE GIVEN A CHANCE TO TEACH THEM SOMETHING FIRST. IS THIS TESTING DESIGNED TO TEST TEACHERS? THAT IS CRAP. THERE ARE MANY OTHER METHODS FOR DOING THAT.

PARENTS: BE AWARE OF THE FACT THAT YOU MAY OPT OUT OF STAR RENAISSANCE TESTING WITHOUT ANY PENALTY WHATSOEVER. TESTING OF CHILDREN PRIOR TO 3RD GRADE IS PURELY A DISTRICT INITIATIVE. IT IS A QUESTIONABLE DISTRICT INITIATIVE. THIS TESTING IS NOT MANDATORY. IT IS AN ILL PLANNED EXPERIMENT. WE ARE IN THE PETRY DISH AGAIN.

                                "HOW ARE THE CHILDREN?"

Calling All Student Filmmakers...!

President Obama has an assignment for you.

He would like to see your work in The White House.

Click the link below and find detailed instructions on how to
participate in the first ever White House Film Festival.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/filmfestival?utm_source=email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=email265-graphic&utm_campaign=filmfest

In the Absence of Equity...

Is there conflict of interest?

Recently, the President of our Parent Advisory Council questioned the lack of equity on Dwight Morrow High School Campus.

She asked the Board of Education again why

there is little or no equity on the campus.

She pointed out the fact that some Board Members

have been there long enough to understand how

the question should be answered.

There was silence.

Two Board members have been forbidden from voting

on any and all personnel issues. Our Board President

took credit for eliciting this Advisory Decision from

the School Ethics Commission. He said  that a parent 

had asked a question about "conflict of interest" during 

the Candidates forum.

5 Members of our Board of Education have children

who attend our Vocational & Technical Program

at the high school. 

Why is it not a conflict of interest for these same 5 Board Members

to vote on issues concerning the Vocational & Technical Program?

On Thursday, November 21, the Board voted unanimously to approve

5 field trips spending nearly $6,000.00 for students in the Vocational 

and Technical Program. No trips were presented or approved from 

students in our Comprehensive High School.

The little ones from Quarles were charged 11 bucks a head 

and they will be traveling to Paramus, NJ on a bus we own. 

So the district could not pay the $11 admission for the 55 pre-schoolers?

Oh, the price of gas, so exorbitant.

Field Trip List from the November 21, 2013 Agenda 

Equity is a Half Eaten Pie...!

And there are no more plates or chairs at the table...

Where do we begin...?

I have not posted in a long while. I have been accused of only publishing negative stories and "gotcha" articles and information.

I stopped publishing. Writer's block set in and I started to question myself. That is over

                                                      How are the children?