I've gotta tell you, the turnout at yesterday's FORD principl's interview was HUGHELY disappointing. There were plenty of seats and not many parents, actually not many of ANYbody.
The kids were all told several times about the upcoming interviews and instructed to tell their parents. That sure gives the impression of OPENESS and the desire to engage the student's parents. REALLY NOW....?
AND WHAT WORLD DO THESE LPS ADMINISTRATORS LIVE IN?
I understand that children were not allowed to watch the interviews and I saw no arrangements for childcare off in another room. Since no kids were in school there were plenty of empty, available rooms child care could have been made available so perhaps the audience could have been larger and perhaps more reflective of the community served by the school.
However by subtling discouraging parental participation and engagement with a carefully constructed campaign of passive-aggressive condescendtions, one can give the appearance of soliciting input while at the same time controlling the types of input. Having spent about TEN years on ROCK AVE. I can tell you there are not many NANNIES in the HIGHLANDS. Most people are stuck watching their own kids.
HOW YA GONNA SPEND TIME ALONE WATCHING INTERVIEWS WHEN YA GOT KIDS TO WATCH?
They'd better pick the most qualified people that can get the mcas results up at Marshall. The current scores are humiliating.
ReplyDeleteFunny you talk about MCAS scores because FORD'S scores were better than HARRINGTON'S yet HARRINGTON was a LEVEL 1 school and it was repeated over and over how FORD was a LEVEL 3. Mayve all that is needed is to get these schools pencil whipped into shape.
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