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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How do we push for changes?  So much time and focus is spent on things like portrait of a graduate but so little focus on the things I send them to school to learn - writing and math!  I’ve asked the teacher about things like spelling words and it doesn’t seem like they have much say in it.  Who does?  The principal?  School Board?[/quote]

Teacher here. Changes need to come from School Board, Gatehouse and State. Teachers agree with parents that a lot if change needs to happen. 
Things that should change:
[b]Daily SS/Science Block
Daily Word Study and Grammar Blocks[/b]
Cohesive LA/Reading instruction paced out for teachers. 
Subject Based AAP offerings [/quote]

What changes do you want to the items in bold?

ES Teacher[/quote]

I want a daily separate SS/Science block. Right now we get 40 mins daily shared. It is hard to fit everything in. I would like a daily Word Study/Grammar Block. Some years we have this and others we don’t. [/quote]

DP.  I thought this schedule was from the state, not from the county.  Am I wrong?

I am a parent and I strongly disapprove of the way that science and social studies are condensed and only given half time.  [/quote]

It is, but I think it is labeled as LA instruction. So that includes reading, writing and word study. The county should prioritize this. I believe the state also says SS/Science doesn’t need to be every day. [/quote]

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