Proposed HB 543 to Rate Parents

This bill would require that school districts inform parents of its expectations regarding parental responsiveness to teacher requests for communication, such as accurate contact, emergency and medical information and oversight of their child’s school attendance, completion of homework and preparation for tests. They can use existing guides or checklists or new formats to communicate but would require parents to acknowledge, in writing, the receipt of that information.

So your kid would never use his cell phone in class…

If someone is calling you, and you really need to answer it. Try to look bored. Lean your head towards and sort of hand the phone, so that you look like you’re leaning your head against your hand because you are tired or bored.Also ask a question so the teacher knows you’re “listening”. Also look to someone who is looking at you and pretend to have a conversation with them. You should be wearing a hood when you do this though.

Should restaurants store high chairs in restrooms?

After reading all of the Trip Advisor reviews, I see mention of lettuce-only salads, confusion between lunch size and dinner size prices and portions [I suspect I got a lunch size and was charged for a dinner] and value for the dollar. No one else mentions the high chairs. Am I the only person who thinks storing dining chairs [albeit for babies] in restrooms is just an unclean practice?

RE: SB6 Dear Members of the Education Policies Council, Please Read This

Dear Members of the Education Policies Council, I am a tax payer in Florida -since I graduated from college in 1974. I am a parent in Florida- since my first child in 1978. I am a teacher in Florida- since 1980. I am a teacher at a Title One school- continuously since 1997. I am [...]

Florida Teacher Merit Pay

Usually, I write My Word columns as a teacher, but it has recently come to my attention that teachers think only of themselves and not of their students. So I have decided to write as a parent. I have two kids in the Florida school system, and I have been pleased with their education at [...]

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