To the Sebastopol Union School District:
RE DRAMA PROGRAM:
- The SUD Drama Program is unique among West County schools and is a great way to differentiate and promote our schools.
- Because plays are presented publicly, Drama reaches out to our broader community and incoming middle schoolers.
- There are fantastic academic and life benefits to the Drama Program, including Language Arts, public speaking, confidence building, and a unique way to teach students who don't learn as well in a more traditional classroom environment.
OVERALL COMMUNICATION & COMMITMENT
- There is a great sense of disappointment among parents at the programs which continue to be cut and not replaced, including overnight field trips, band instructors and Rainbow House.
- We also are very frustrated at the lack of transparency and communication from the District administration. It feels as though decisions are being made in a vacuum and communicated at the last minute when it's very difficult to create change. Curious why discussion at Town Hall meeting and survey results have not been shared with entire school community.
- We would like to see a shift to more transparent and complete communication, and to a more collaborative decision making process so that we can support important programs. We are creating a parent-teacher coalition to organize ourselves into a unified voice that can give input on which academic and enrichment programs are important for our community, and to support those programs with fundraising and volunteering
PARENT COALITION
- We're looking forward to creating a structure for this Parent-Teacher organization that can attract other members and encourage more involvement.
No comments:
Post a Comment