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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]First world problems.  Have any of you met with the Principal (wasn't a small turnout at the PTA meeting reported on DCUM)?  Or do you just like to complain?[/quote]

I'm not sure it's reasonable to think that she would have time to meet with very many individual parents.

Communications is another problem. She doesn't respond to emails.  She probably gets a ton of emails.  Maybe she can't answer them all quickly.  She could at least have staff acknowledge emails. Instead, parents send even more emails trying to get a response.

The PTA meeting where she was scheduled to talk was on Yom Kippur of all days. After a lot of parents complained, she cancelled at the last minute. I was at another PTA meeting she attended but there was no opportunity to talk with her one-on-one.

I'm not a fan, but I don't fault her for not having personal conversations with parents.  It's a big job and there are a lot of parents.  I do fault her for her bad decisions and poor communication.  There wouldn't be so many comments on this site unless a lot of parents were unhappy. It is hard to make that many people that upset in such a short period of time.[/quote]

The PTA meeting was not a good format to have the dialog needed on various subjects.  The PTA has other business it needed to conduct and time was limited to ask questions of the principal.  As you said, there also was not time for a one-on-one conversation about subjects that might have been too delicate (i.e.. school climate) to talk about in front of the group.

Perhaps the principal could carve out time for 8:15am parent coffee sessions to discuss a particular community concern once per month?  When the guidance office has meetings such as these and it is shortly after the buses finish dropping off students, parents can park in the bus loop spots.  The morning meetings are normally more highly attended than the evening PTA meetings I guess because it is easier for some parents to attend before work vs. after school conflicts with evening meetings.

Topics could include:

1) Traffic / reason why more problematic this year, limited options to resolve, is more funding needed for a traffic study or a redesign of lots to improve safety, if so, how can parents speak up to the Board of Education and work with Mrs. Heckert to get the funding needed.

2) Child safety / personal body safety lessons, new technology in the school, Student and Employee Code of Conduct, see something say something (how to report a concern), community services available for the prevention of suicide and treatment of trauma

3) Athletics / hazing, performance enhancing drugs, attendance rule, see something say something (how to report a concern), services personal trainer can provide

4) Illegal substances / what is the trending drug of choice, how parents can work with the school, what a parent should do if child has a substance abuse issue, what happens if a child is caught with drugs at school[/quote]

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