So as it turns out, close to 90 percent of JC residents decided they wanted to have a hand in who gets elected to the school board. Let us hope that level of response translates into actual turnout for school board elections! Time will tell.
On my way out of the polling station the other day, I ran into a parent who is heavily involved with the parent-teacher council at one school of about 1100 kids and she was telling me how attendance numbers at the parent meetings had been climbing--and now they were at 40!! I-n-c-r-e-d-i-b-l-e. I've been reading lots of books and articles lately on the state of education in the urban environment, and trust me, even the 'experts' don't have an answer. Some say there is too much political maneuvering, others say there is not enough, all say there isn't enough money, and of course in the meantime, Johnny can't read. One thing is for sure, though: Without parents and other responsible citizens getting waist-deep in the affairs of this city's educational decision-making, JC's school district may just wind up being a ward of the state yet again.
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Hey! Naadu - how do you find out about board meetings?? And how does one get elected to the Board??
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