The Madville Times loves local control in education, but what good is local control if the locals don't get involved?
KJAM reports yesterday that the Madison HS Parent Advisory Committee may fold after just two years of existence. The committee and its meetings are "open to every parent of an MHS student" [KJAM], but nobody has been coming to recent meetings.
The next meeting is Monday, October 15, 7 p.m. in the MHS board room (in the front door, just to the left). If folks don't come, the school is likely to axe the committee.
Discussion on this blog and around town indicate people have plenty of opinions about affairs at MHS -- trimester scheduling, the need for more fine arts education, even homecoming activities -- and principal Sharon Knowlton* sounds like she's eager to listen. If you have kids in the high school and opinions about their education, make them heard! Get to the meeting!
Of course, the Madville Times recognizes that 80% of families are busy working at least two jobs in order to make ends meet in South Dakota's low-wage business wonderland. If people really are too busy to attend, maybe the Parent Advisory Committee could go online. Plenty of people tune in here to air their views about how the school should run; perhaps Principal Knowlton can set up a blog, post once a week on various school issues, and solicit opinions and conversation that way. (The Madville Times will even promote it!) It's not as good as meeting face-to-face, but conversation in any form among citizens is a good thing. Time to put all that technology to work, MHS!
*By the way, good call on homecoming decorum and the Friday games, Mrs. K!
KJAM reports yesterday that the Madison HS Parent Advisory Committee may fold after just two years of existence. The committee and its meetings are "open to every parent of an MHS student" [KJAM], but nobody has been coming to recent meetings.
The next meeting is Monday, October 15, 7 p.m. in the MHS board room (in the front door, just to the left). If folks don't come, the school is likely to axe the committee.
Discussion on this blog and around town indicate people have plenty of opinions about affairs at MHS -- trimester scheduling, the need for more fine arts education, even homecoming activities -- and principal Sharon Knowlton* sounds like she's eager to listen. If you have kids in the high school and opinions about their education, make them heard! Get to the meeting!
Of course, the Madville Times recognizes that 80% of families are busy working at least two jobs in order to make ends meet in South Dakota's low-wage business wonderland. If people really are too busy to attend, maybe the Parent Advisory Committee could go online. Plenty of people tune in here to air their views about how the school should run; perhaps Principal Knowlton can set up a blog, post once a week on various school issues, and solicit opinions and conversation that way. (The Madville Times will even promote it!) It's not as good as meeting face-to-face, but conversation in any form among citizens is a good thing. Time to put all that technology to work, MHS!
*By the way, good call on homecoming decorum and the Friday games, Mrs. K!
Can you elaborate on that "good call" Mrs. K made? I have only heard that she has lots of students upset with her, especially after they made a huge endeavor to end initiation. What made her cancel their activities?
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From what I hear (third-hand at best -- I welcome comments from those closer to the details), it was just a simple matter of kids doing what they were told not to and then running up against the hard reality of consequences for their actions. Maybe folks with other perspectives will share them at the Parent Advisory Cmte meeting on the 15th....
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