Sunday, July 11, 2004
Monrovia SchoolLink Preview for Wednesday, July 14
It looks as if Item 9.3 might be of some interest: vision and goals for the district. And Sharon Weiser writes about the dress code.
~ Brad Haugaard brad@sacklunch.net
The board meeting is this Wednesday at 7 p.m.
Item 4.2 ~ Public hearing for items not on the agenda. Your moment in the spotlight. Get up and say whatever you please.
Item 5.1 ~ The board is going to accept a bunch of gifts for the local schools. Hmmm. You know what's a little odd? It's that so many of these gifts are going to Mayflower School. Maybe it's just that the gifts to Mayflower all got delivered recently, but it seems entirely likely to me that Mayflower is doing a bit of serious hustling. Well, good for Mayflower.
Item 7.7 ~ The board will hire Larry Brown Construction Company for $352,966 to do asphalt paving and repair at Mayflower Elementary School, Monroe Elementary School, Plymouth Elementary School, Wild Rose Elementary School, and Santa Fe Middle School.
Item 7.8 ~ The board will hire somebody for some amount of money to do some "Group C" irrigation and landscaping work at some sites. Isn't it nice to have these items where the details are really nailed down tight!
Item 8.4 ~ The board will approve health benefits for employees for the 2004-05 school year.
Item 8.5 ~ Ratify the tentative agreement with all the employee associations.
Item 9.2 ~ Nominate legislators Carol Liu and Bob Margett for some outstanding legislator awards.
Item 9.3 ~ Now this one might be rather interesting: "The board will accept for review and discussion the first draft of the Board of Education Vision and Goals for the District."
A LETTER ~ I should have run this earlier. My fault. It is from Sharon Weiser: "I hope Clare does not cave in from pressure from others about her position on enforcing the dress code. When I wrote my opinion about this topic and referred to Santa Fe, I knew that Clifton and MHS would be the same. It truly is not a big deal IF you get the staff to support the dress code from the first day and those students that teachers send to the office are appropriately dealt with. I used to call parents to bring a change, or even better, give a kid a "loaner" PE shirt. The shirt was laundered and said "LOANER" on it. The kid got their clothing item back when they brought the loaner back that had been laundered. The kids HATED wearing it. I also called the parent to notify them of the problem. I also noted in my discipline screen violations so that if they continued violating the code, bigger steps were taken. If teachers, when out on campus see a student who is not their student, with inappropriate clothing on, send them to me, it was taken care of. The key is to get both parents and staff on board. Students should be sent for not just "too much skin showing", but T-shirts with vulgar pictures or language. One way to help this one without giving a loaner out is to have them turn the shirt inside out. Another way to help enforce the code is for teachers to stand at the door at the beginning of the period and watch the kids as they enter the room. Not only does it catch the blatant ones, but it gives the teachers a chance to acknowledge each student by greeting them by name and perhaps saying something positive to them. Research has shown that many kids go through the entire school day without one teacher calling them by name or saying something reaffirming to them. Kids need to be noticed and acknowledged. Off my soap box until the next time!"
The Monrovia School Link is also available on line at www.monroviaschoollink.com
It looks as if Item 9.3 might be of some interest: vision and goals for the district. And Sharon Weiser writes about the dress code.
~ Brad Haugaard brad@sacklunch.net
The board meeting is this Wednesday at 7 p.m.
Item 4.2 ~ Public hearing for items not on the agenda. Your moment in the spotlight. Get up and say whatever you please.
Item 5.1 ~ The board is going to accept a bunch of gifts for the local schools. Hmmm. You know what's a little odd? It's that so many of these gifts are going to Mayflower School. Maybe it's just that the gifts to Mayflower all got delivered recently, but it seems entirely likely to me that Mayflower is doing a bit of serious hustling. Well, good for Mayflower.
Item 7.7 ~ The board will hire Larry Brown Construction Company for $352,966 to do asphalt paving and repair at Mayflower Elementary School, Monroe Elementary School, Plymouth Elementary School, Wild Rose Elementary School, and Santa Fe Middle School.
Item 7.8 ~ The board will hire somebody for some amount of money to do some "Group C" irrigation and landscaping work at some sites. Isn't it nice to have these items where the details are really nailed down tight!
Item 8.4 ~ The board will approve health benefits for employees for the 2004-05 school year.
Item 8.5 ~ Ratify the tentative agreement with all the employee associations.
Item 9.2 ~ Nominate legislators Carol Liu and Bob Margett for some outstanding legislator awards.
Item 9.3 ~ Now this one might be rather interesting: "The board will accept for review and discussion the first draft of the Board of Education Vision and Goals for the District."
A LETTER ~ I should have run this earlier. My fault. It is from Sharon Weiser: "I hope Clare does not cave in from pressure from others about her position on enforcing the dress code. When I wrote my opinion about this topic and referred to Santa Fe, I knew that Clifton and MHS would be the same. It truly is not a big deal IF you get the staff to support the dress code from the first day and those students that teachers send to the office are appropriately dealt with. I used to call parents to bring a change, or even better, give a kid a "loaner" PE shirt. The shirt was laundered and said "LOANER" on it. The kid got their clothing item back when they brought the loaner back that had been laundered. The kids HATED wearing it. I also called the parent to notify them of the problem. I also noted in my discipline screen violations so that if they continued violating the code, bigger steps were taken. If teachers, when out on campus see a student who is not their student, with inappropriate clothing on, send them to me, it was taken care of. The key is to get both parents and staff on board. Students should be sent for not just "too much skin showing", but T-shirts with vulgar pictures or language. One way to help this one without giving a loaner out is to have them turn the shirt inside out. Another way to help enforce the code is for teachers to stand at the door at the beginning of the period and watch the kids as they enter the room. Not only does it catch the blatant ones, but it gives the teachers a chance to acknowledge each student by greeting them by name and perhaps saying something positive to them. Research has shown that many kids go through the entire school day without one teacher calling them by name or saying something reaffirming to them. Kids need to be noticed and acknowledged. Off my soap box until the next time!"
The Monrovia School Link is also available on line at www.monroviaschoollink.com
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