We cannot believe the silence from the
Syracuse City School District Board of Education!!!
Syracuse City School District Board of Education!!!
Even after being called out publicly at the last Board of Education meeting AND hearing from several teachers regarding the conditions under which they are desperately trying to maintain order, not to mention teach, the board remains silent. Do they really care so little? Are they just hoping that all of this will die down and go away? Are they so swayed by the district administration that they believe this is much ado about nothing?
The time has come to start writing letters - to the board, to the superintendent, to your state senators and assembly people, to the newspaper, to the mayor, to your common council rep. Make your voice heard loud and clear.
In your letters,
- Demand concrete plans for dealing with chronic disruptive and /or violent behavioral issues
- Demand that those plans maintain the child's right to an education while not infringing on the rights of ALL OF THEIR CLASSMATES.
- Demand a zero tolerance policy for violence in school FOR ALL CHILDREN AND BUILDING PERSONNEL.
- Demand an educational climate where undesirable behaviors are dealt with swiftly and appropriately.
- Demand that the district be held accountable for living up to what they espouse in the newly adopted Interim Code of Conduct, specifically:
"The Syracuse City School District Board of Education ("Board")
is committed to providing a safe, civil and orderly school environment
where students may receive and district personnel may deliver quality
educational services without disruption or interference."
is committed to providing a safe, civil and orderly school environment
where students may receive and district personnel may deliver quality
educational services without disruption or interference."
Do not let the holiday break silence us. As we've seen with inBloom and the Common Core, people are starting to listen to parents and teachers. Let's keep up the pressure.
I AGREE!!!!! Nothing…..nothing…nothing….from anyone except teachers, responders on Syracuse.com and PS…. I know that Dave Cecile will be starting his term on BOE in January - maybe, just maybe we will hear something. Is their job just to listen, not speak, at BOE meetings and then vote to agree with anything Contreras wants? You are absolutely right…we MUST rally all stakeholders in January to write, call, show up at meetings! The state is beginning to listen to parents and teachers with regard to Common Core (a task force has been convened to work out "problems")
ReplyDeletewe've got to solve our school district problems…..let's call for meetings of staff and parents during the first weeks of January…..we need to work together to solve these challenges…..NO FEAR, PEOPLE……..Don't be afraid…there's strength in numbers, remember…….to 2014…………...
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Danforth Middle recieved 2 school/hall monitors today. Some things are improving.
ReplyDeleteYou got a new VP also from downstate brand new to the distort. Is that really going to make a difference along with your new hall monitors?
DeleteWhat I find disappointing is there was this big uproar and now it's all over. THere will never be change downtown if people become complacent. Where is the media, they do nothing and I'm beginning to wonder if they have been told by people at the Broad Academy to stifle. The BOE is useless they are her puppets and they will never say anything. If the silence continues her reign of terror will continue.
ReplyDeletehttp://video.wcny.org/video/2365162842/ WCNY 24 InSight report on discipline within SCSD
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