Visiting your local government is a good way to stay involved and stay updated with all the local issues. The reason people go to these local meetings is to get their voices heard and to try to change issues that they don’t agree with. The government meeting that I attended was at Julia Morgan Elementary School for Lodi Unified School District; the meeting was held on February 16, 2016. There were some minute topics being discussed about the school district but the main topics of the meeting were about authorizing the transfer of one-time funds for outstanding mandate claims to the special reserve fund for Capital outlay, Communications, and Reports. While attending this meeting I learned a lot about what was going on in Lodi. When the meeting …show more content…
The board members had two high school students, one of them was from McNair High School and the other one was from Lodi High School. The board members had both students tell them what’s going on in there high schools. They both presented their school report. The two high school students talked about the issues they had in their school. After the students gave their report, the president of California School Employees Association expressed her gratitude by thanking the principal of Julia Morgan School to allow the board meeting to be held in Stockton. After she thanked the principal she asked for the signatures for the Children’s Education and Health Care Protection …show more content…
The first report was done by a lady named Mrs. Lampkin from Joe Serna Jr. Charter School. She began to speak to the board members on what’s happening at the charter school. She was speaking about after school involvement and about what the schools goals are for next year. There were no comments after she finished. After Mrs.Lampkin’s presentation, a woman named Ms.Kotowski presented and gave her report. Ms.Kotowski’s report was about the Every Student Act (ESSA). She talked about necessities for ESSA and she addressed how students that spoke a different language like Spanish, have a harder time learning English; this is due to disadvantages such as having parents that do not fully speak English. For example, she explained that when a child needs help with their homework they go and ask their parents for help, if the parents do not even understand English themselves, how are they going to help their children learn English? Then she brought up the idea of translating the homework so that the parents can better understand and help the children with their homework. After she finished speaking there was no comments or
Susan Potter was hired by Lightville Community School District as the new middle school principal. Her employment began a year before the school opened which gave Ms. Potter the opportunity to oversee construction, hire staff, and determine extra-curricular programs. She also determined curriculum and instructional practices. Ms. Potter was a visionary leader; her goal, as an administrator, was to unite her new team and involve the parents of her students. She formed a committee and asked them to develop the schools vision, mission, and values. While she intended to be a member of the committee, she did not want to chair the committee. She did provide a brief overview of how the group
Is the response that the Mexican community had expected by the Lemon Grove school board? Explain.
At times, I noticed that the mayor would have probably been more attentive hearing from irate citizens than listen to Armenta trying to get clarifications to C-5. Unexciting as the council meeting agenda items might have been, it was still fascinating to see local government at work in such an orderly, proper fashion. We may disagree on particular ordinances or agenda items, but we will do so in an appropriate way that does not disrupt the city at large, and even though the topics of discussion were mostly mundane, students should still at one point or another witness their local governments at work. Doing so leads to a greater understanding for how day-to-day city improvements take affect and how important it can be to voice your opinion and be a leader within your community.
By having school board meetings, it helps to see what the school’s needs. This is very important for the reason that this may be the only time that a concern parent or person voice might be heard. From this meeting, it was learned that the school board members are willing to help people that have concerns. An example, of this, was when the concern Pre-K parent was worried that she heard that Pre-K has been just a daycare. However, someone from the board mentioned to her that she would personally go with the parent the next day and show her how Pre-K is running during the day. This made the parent so happy because her concerns were being met. I have learned that school board members look out for the students and that they are the number one source that community members should go to if they have a concern or a suggestion to better their children’s
As I researched the last three years of articles about the district, one big theme emerged, which was the passage of bond issues. The articles highlighted the time leading up to the vote, and the passage and implementation of the bond issues as well. These articles give insight to Owasso and the community involvement and support of the school district.
The Oregon, High, and School Legal Firm (OHSLF) and Maya Irvin-Vitela offer this letter brief in response to the recent issues that have arisen at Backhouse High School.
An article from the Los Angeles Times showed that the majority of Californians give California schools “a grade of C or below” and half think that the quality of schools will continue to decline (Watanabe). While the economic downturn affected the public school system in a negative way, it was not the sole root of its problems. It just simply exacerbated existing issues. Because of widespread discontent with the public school system, many different solutions to reform the mainstream public school system have been brought up in public discourse.... ...
On September 22, 2014, Wissahickon School District held a school board meeting to be updated on daily events or decisions in the community. The President, Charles McIntyre, led the meeting that started with roll call, the Pledge of Allegiance, and the welcoming of guests. The people on board stated they would go off the agenda because Tina Viletto from the I.U. just arrived from a day trip to Harrisburg to attend hearings on the state education system. She informed us that basic education funding was the problem; in response to the situation, the state government passed the cigarette tax in Philadelphia. She also described the funding factors that make up the education spending formula.
There is real momentum in Winona Area Public Schools and a powerful sense of possibility. In 2014, the School Board set a bold vision for the district: In 5 years, all WAPS students will learn in buildings that embody 21st-century standards of excellence. The School Board and administration has articulated a set of guiding principles that the district in turn used to develop a plan with specific recommendations for renovating and replacing all of its school buildings, starting in the 2015-16 school year. 21st CENTURY TEACHING AND LEARNING To be successful in preparing students for success in college, career and life, students must have the right mix of knowledge and skills to be competitive with peers from other educational settings,
The members of the board detailed school-sponsored events that they have attended since the board last met and applauded other members of the board for their work in such programs. The audit for the 2014-2015 school year was discussed in full detail and a group of teachers presented a program designed to help low-achieving students reach their full potential. Lastly, the board discussed the approval of the Human Resources Report, bills, the FOIA Report, Payroll, Food Service Agreement with Boy’s and Girl’s Club, and the BHS Dance Team Trip. All of these were unanimously approved.
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On Monday,October 14, 2013 at 7:00 P.M., I attended the Bradford Area School District school board meeting at Floyd C. Fretz Middle School in the large group instruction room. This meeting was important for the teachers, students, and the schools in the district. It provided information that correlated to the material in class and a perspective on what situations as a future teacher I may experience.
This situation was no longer allowed. While over ten percent of the total adolescent education systems contain emergent bilinguals, a whopping sixty percent of those students are educated in only English (Bale). Maria Estela Brisk, a Boston College Education professor, believes, “schools have wasted much energy in the search for a "perfect" model and the best way to learn English” when they could just focus on providing “quality education” to every student in the system (1). Teachers’ main priority should consist of effectively teaching their students to prepare them for the future, but currently there is a lack of certified bilingual education teachers.