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[quote=Anonymous]I see your point BUT I am a teacher, and I am required to send a quick update each week. I try to send out some photos, reminders for the parents, and general updates. It's quick, nothing fancy, and my admin does not need to see it. You make a good point about bilingual. I don't have that at my school. It means so much to parents and makes for stronger home-school connections.

Producing a weekly classroom newsletter takes at least 30-45 minutes. That's the total amount some teachers per week for planning.

If the school is bilingual, double that amount of time, because it needs to be translated. Then the principal or asst principal has to review the newsletter, and suggest edits and make sure no images of children without signed photo releases are included -- so add another 15 minute of his/her time and another 10-15 to the teacher to produce it.

If you assign this task to some office assistant or administrator, multiply the time commitment time however many classrooms there are.

Then you need to figure out how to distribute it -- given that some parents want email, some want text msg and still others need info on paper.

And if your teacher is young or inexperienced, they are even less able to squeeze this sort of thing in.[/quote][/quote]

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