I wasn’t a fan of Tysse to begin with, but now that I know her stance on cell phones I definitely won’t vote for her. Cell phones are such a distraction in class and our kids are not learning how to interact with their peers when they are staring at their phones at lunch.

I would rather not have a patchwork of different practices by different teachers (and it doesn’t seem fair to add phone police to the already difficult job of a teacher). It’s much better to be clear and consistent across the school. I don’t see why it would be a problem to have an area for each grade where they leave their phones all day. If some students have to add two minutes to the beginning and end of the day, it’s not a big deal and seems well worth it to try to address a serious problem. As for parents having to be able to reach their kids every second of the school day, these poor kids could benefit from some independence.

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Anonymous wrote:Everyone but Lori Silverman. I’ve watched so many meetings and I end up smacking my head every time she talks.

Really like MK Hughes and Anne Sherwood.

What makes you smack your head about Lori Silverman?

I don’t know how old her kids are but she seems woefully out of her depth when the conversation involves high school policies, sports, or academics. She doesn’t have the background or experience to provide value but it doesn’t stop her from having strong opinions.

So in order to have a strong opinion about sports or high policies you have to have experience and background? What are her strong opinions?

I know, for one thing, she’s passionate about keeping class sizes small across the board. That’s one of the things that I appreciate most about her. Our small class sizes make us unique!

Anonymous wrote:I will not be voting Tysse based on experiences with her not being respectful to others in certain situations.

Do you have specific examples? Have you spoken to Tysse about these concerns?

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Anonymous wrote:Everyone but Lori Silverman. I’ve watched so many meetings and I end up smacking my head every time she talks.

Really like MK Hughes and Anne Sherwood.

What makes you smack your head about Lori Silverman?

I don’t know how old her kids are but she seems woefully out of her depth when the conversation involves high school policies, sports, or academics. She doesn’t have the background or experience to provide value but it doesn’t stop her from having strong opinions.

I will not be voting Tysse based on experiences with her not being respectful to others in certain situations.

Anonymous wrote:Everyone but Lori Silverman. I’ve watched so many meetings and I end up smacking my head every time she talks.

Really like MK Hughes and Anne Sherwood.

What makes you smack your head about Lori Silverman?

That should be 5! Not 7. That was a typo

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Anonymous wrote:The only incumbent I have concerns with is Tysse. Lovely person, but has really fought against getting cell phone use under control in the high school. Apparently she believes kids need access to their phones more frequently and parents ought to be able to reach their kids during the school day.

I am of the mind they should be taken away the entire day and not allowed to be used at all, even during lunch and "Mustang Block."

If she is running on that, please vote for her. Leave it to the teachers how we handle cell phone use in our classroom. I do not approve of the current system, where we are mandated to take the kid’s phone and put it in a designated pocket. We do not need the same policy for a kid coming over from the middle school and a senior. Leave classroom behavior management to the teachers. -HS teacher.

But there are so many teachers who don't take them away during class. Kids use them to cheat ALL THE TIME. No one is paying attention when they keep getting snapchat notifications in their pocket all during class. They really should be required to be checked in at the beginning of the day and received back. at the end of the day (the same way middle schoolers check their computers in and out, frankly). And if a teacher sees one, it's confiscated.

That’s not logistically possible at the high school. You can’t have students check them in at the beginning of the day and out at the end of the day. They don’t start and end the day in the same place and the building is 7 floors.