Getting WAY out of my comfort zone and going to the PTO/site council meeting for Lea's school.
Parents and teachers are not getting the voice they need - time to be more involved and hopefully help to.....
MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
I'm happy she has had terrific teachers, but when did it become all learn and no play.......she's in school for 7 hours, 7 HOURS a day.....with about 20 minutes of free time outside.
Her class would take a classroom bathroom break and then return to class - a small break for the kids and teacher.
Her class would take a classroom bathroom break and then return to class - a small break for the kids and teacher.
Lea tells me on Monday: #1: they are no longer allowed to use the restroom - they must go before school and during those 20 minutes for lunch/recess.......according to the administration. Teachers, parents and kids DO NOT AGREE.
Apparently time for the class bathroom break was a gross (excuse the pun. :)) misuse of school time.
#2: They have no other items to play with at recess except the play structure and about 600 square feet of grass and cement.........................how BORING is that!? And the only other recess is being removed from the school day. They only get the 20 minutes at lunch time.
If you want to be more productive with the kids during the day, give them a break - she's in 2nd grade and will be in school until she graduates from college - let's not ruin her love for school in 2nd grade. I bet a break would improve their test scores=$$ for the school. Figure it out people!!!! People who are in charge and think they can do whatever they want without help from the teachers and parents.........so get involved and make school what it's supposed to be for: Teaching and learning, not politics and money.
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Oh gosh, good luck with your battle! I'm feeling the need to get involved too. And on many of the same issues. What's up with not giving kids a decent amount of time for recess? They can't handle all the mental stuff without a little bit of physical outlet. And in Jaron's school he is probably only getting about 15 minutes to eat lunch. My kid doesn't scarf food that fast. So in addition to no real break, he's starving too. So great. Good luck!!
AMEN!! We're seriously thinking of leaving the district next school year....sigh...I always thought I would just send my kids to school and they would come home happy and I would feed them cookies and milk...that sure was a nice fantasy :)
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