Comments on: Welcome to my Blog! /2014/10/welcome-to-my-blog/ Thu, 02 Sep 2021 18:34:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 By: Gary Neal /2014/10/welcome-to-my-blog/#comment-711 Mon, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/2014/10/16/welcome-to-my-blog/#comment-711 Dr. Baker, congratulations for the distinction of being one of the top 30 districts in the nation of National Board Certified Teachers!
Also, enjoyed the video of, “walking in the shoes.”

Keep up the great work, Gary

]]> By: Greg Baker /2014/10/welcome-to-my-blog/#comment-721 Mon, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/2014/10/16/welcome-to-my-blog/#comment-721 In reply to Gary Neal.

Thanks, Gary! We are so proud of our staff. ·¬ارس°تس is an amazing place to learn, live and work! Thank you for the comment about the video, too. I’m learning so much “walking in the shoes” of our students and staff.

]]> By: Thomas Wagner /2014/10/welcome-to-my-blog/#comment-1811 Mon, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/2014/10/16/welcome-to-my-blog/#comment-1811 The proposal for the 2016-2017 start times re.: Elementary schools 7:45 am -2:15 pm are obviously the result of a person(s)’s thought process sitting behind a desk, crunching numbers and having absolutely no idea as to what the needs of a child age 5-6 are in regards to healthy sleep patterns. Having to be at school at 8:25 am (current schedule) is difficult enough. Setting the start time 45 minutes earlier is ridiculous. I strongly suggest to put the emphasis on the working parent situation (both parents in many cases, writer of this comment included) and the pressure due to economic reasoning applied to this sort of theory aside for a moment, and ask this question: What is in the best interest of our children (our country’s future)? In addition to the lack of staffing in our schools we now decide to slowly suggest school times that have previously only been known to factory workers and people working in graveyard shifts (no disrespect to these hard working folks!) It is embarrassing how fundamentally off course our school system is compared to other countries. One elementary teacher/25 children (approx.), age 5-6. Good Luck! Oh right, and lousy pay, another incentive to make a career in education so very tempting. It’s all about numbers and statistics while our children ARE ALL left behind opposite the motto of “no child left behind”. There is just not enough room to express the insanity of what disaster our schools are steering to if we are not courageous enough to look at other, working school systems around the world, and start making improvements before the effects of our inadequacies to implement efficient schedules and curriculums are irreversible.

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