School performance, experiences, and solutions.

[Matt J]

If you can pass the GED in Florida then you can pass the community college entrance exam.

 

[Jdarg]

Since this is a general discussion on the school system. Strange to me that they stopped meetings in south Walton due to lack of attendance by the public. At the budget hearing tonight, which I consider one of the most important meetings since it affects just about everyone in the county, only two members of the public showed up. Me and Tim. Now I usually am at these particular meetings. And there was no press present. Thank goodness Tim came or I would not have had anyone to talk too.

So if we are using attendance by the public as a barometer, does that mean we can now cancel all future meetings in DeFuniak Springs? And if so, just where the heck is it that we should be meeting in the future?

I talked to Mark Davis about publicizing some of the "hot topics" instead of the complete school board meeting agendas, which are line after line of housekeeping-type duties. I would submit it to the SWHS Seahawk News and SoWal.com every week, and maybe the school board could e-mail to the abridged agenda to each school and those schools with a parent e-mail system could send it out.

Most parents are not going to look at the school district website or the Sun website to find the meeting agendas. Maybe we could try giving people a "heads up" on upcoming topics, and discussions.

 

[reedtsu]

I totally agree. I would guess that some parents may not realize these meetings are open for them to attend. The "heads up" in all school newsletters is a great idea. I know that when our son started school years ago we didn't give much thought to school board meetings. This was before Lisa was a teacher. Perhaps if we'd ever had a serious problem we would have investigated further. Still, I know there were some issues and had we known via the school newsletter we would have attended.

I know that the drive to Defuniak is a deterrent for those in the South end. I mean, I think meetings should be on a rotating basis so that each area gets equal meetings regardless of attendance. That just seems fair for everyone.

I talked to Mark about publicizing some of the "hot topics" instead of the complete school board meeting agendas, which are line after line of housekeeping-type duties. I would submit it to the SWHS Seahawk News and SoWal.com every week, and maybe the school board could e-mail to the abridged agenda to each school and those schools with a parent e-mail system could send it out.

Most parents are not going to look at the school district website or the Sun website to find the meeting agendas. Maybe we could try giving people a "heads up" on upcoming topics, and discussions.