Broken Record Sayings & IEP Meeting Conversation Stoppers

I would like to pull together from my readers ~ the broken record sayings you hear at your IEP meetings. Contact me with your broken record sayings you want to toss in the recycle bin! 
If you attend IEP Meetings ~ this 'newsie' article is 
nothing new to you! 
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Shhh! School ADVISORY FORUMS~Why are they soo QUIET? "Parent Involvment"

School Advisory Forums aka SAF ~ Why are they sooo QUIET? "Parent Involvment"


How can we have PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT today when the BASIC PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT LINKAGE between our Children's Home School and the Area of the County they live in and the different PARENT LED Advisory Councils are NOT Working Together for the Common Goal of providing "WHO" these Parents Are at our Individual Schools?


When a parent asks, "Who is my SAF Chair person?" at their school and administration or the principal doesn't give that parent an answer, because they say they don't know or they will find out and get back the them about it. After several emails coming from the parent asking again and again sometimes 2 and 3 times and never being provided with the SAF persons name and contact information. Still the parent that WANTS TO GET INVOLVED or IS ALREADY  INVOLVED is many times not being provided with any contact information on "Who is the SAF person at my school?" 


WHAT IS THE BIG SECRET about this SAF STUFF??


At individual schools Parents are not always notified of upcoming school happenings, like the PTA/PTO, SAC, SAF meetings. Parents have to almost get lucky they saw something or many times it's another parent they hear things from. Notification of the different Area meetings and the different Programs and District meetings are not usually talked about or encouraged to get involved in from our neighborhood schools. Why is that?  For the most part parents are being provided minimal time to receive upcoming meeting times & location information. 


What is needed is some form of WHAT'S GOING ON in our District to allow parents a way to pick and choose from all the meetings. Maybe this is already in place, via many different avenues and the media. At our Child's schools do ALL parents have access to information, so they can at least be provided the ability to Choose to attend upcoming, meetings, trainings and fun events. 


Where is our one stop shop for Information via a Public Schools NEWS channel for Parents? I know we have BEACON TV...but do ALL Parents know what it is? ...or have access to it? If not, then how else are we providing information to parents? 


Parents today are feeling more and more that our schools are off limits to Parents. Drop em off at the door and parents don't cross the line......during the day our Children belong to the 'educational system"......Parent Involvement ends there.....they bring them to school and can't go on school grounds anymore.


How can there ever be parent involvement when the entire school system doesn't welcome us? The FEW of us that are still out there everyday trying to create and do right by all of us.....are FED UP! I'm FED UP with the Nonsense that goes on so often around here!


I WANT US ALL TO TAKE OUR SCHOOLS BACK! 
GET INVOLVED IN EDUCATION & STAY INVOLVED!
Our Future Generation Depend on Us to Get Involved Today!


 It's about our COMMUNITY 
~ Our Schools ARE THE COMMUNITY! 

New Broward Superintendent plans staff changes ~ Sun-Sentinel

http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/educationblog/2011/09/new_broward_superintendent_pla_1.html

New Broward superintendent plans staff 

changes

By Cara FitzpatrickSeptember 22, 2011 02:54 PM

Broward County's new school superintendent isn't even on the

job yet, but he's already got big plans for the district.  In an 
e-mail to the School Board this week, Robert Runcie, who's still
negotiating a contract with the district, outlined some key staffing 
changes he'd like to make ASAP, including the addition of two
new administrative positions.

click here to read entire article.

• Plan for my Listening Tour - I am asking all Board members to assist me by
providing a list of constituents and organizations important to our mission. I will also
meet with teachers, principals, students and parents during this process.

• Reach out to my neighboring superintendents in Miami-Dade, Palm Beach and Collier.

The City Club of Chicago presents Robert W. Runcie June 26th, 2007

The City Club of Chicago presents ~ 
Robert W. Runcie
32:24 minutes - 4 years ago
The City Club of Chicago presents Inside Chicago featuring, Robert W. Runcie, Chief Information Officer, Chicago Public Schools. The speech was delivered on Tuesday, June 26th, 2007. This program was produced by Chicago Access Network Television (CAN TV).

Congratulations Mr. Runcie and WELCOME to Broward Public Schools, Fort Lauderdale, FLORIDA!


I am looking forward to Advocating with Robert W. Runcie for our Kiddo's!