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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  We will not be staying, though it makes us sad to go.  We very much wanted to be part of a neighborhood school that we could get involved in and commit to improving. But to be honest, it's just a huge bummer to have to fight so hard to get information out of the place, and feel like they're so uninterested in involving parents.  Another parent we know describes her experience with the administration as Kafkaesque.

The refusal to engage in electronic communication in this day and age is just plain weird to me. Even if only half the parents use email, why NOT try to communicate with those who would use it? A crumpled piece of paper in my kid's backpack is as likely as not going to get lost between school and our house.

After considerable pressure from some of us, our son's teacher finally sent her first email out last week with dates for field trips and other information about what they're doing in class.  I don't understand why we should have had to pressure her into doing that?  We *want* to volunteer for stuff and support what she's doing with them during the day.  Wouldn't that make her job easier?  [And as it turned out, every parent in our class, both Spanish-speaking and English-speaking, has email. ][/quote]

The refusal of electronic information also exists for us in Alex City. And yes, I am also aware of the stat about lower incomes using mobile technology, etc and have shared that a few times with the school admin. They are pretty surprised but I am not sure why. They see the families coming to pick their kids and checking their iphones, etc.

I feel it comes down more to the admin being scared to use technology themselves.  [/quote]

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