Current Issues
Learn about Current and Emerging Issues
Learn the details about the information to share with your community, your fellow board members, and your district personnel.
Communicating with your community is a large part of your job. Do not let anyone tell you to forward community comments, suggestions, or complaints to your district administrative staff. Most community members will reach out because they have already tried to be heard by the district staff and did not receive a resolution.
Help your Students know their Rights and know the facts.
Some parents, community members and police are calling for cameras in the classroom: https://www.lawofficer.com/ohio-mayor-craig-shubert-threatens-school-board-arrest-curriculum-child-pornography/. Unless the school has a personal policy against having cameras on campus, legally it is acceptable to install them. School officials can also confirm with the school's lawyer. Although many people cite privacy issues when it comes to security camera installation, it is not technically illegal to do so in the classroom. If classroom cameras are rejected by your district, you can suggest that live streamed and recorded audio recordings can be completed.
See the links below plus these articles on the failure of Head Start:
https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/08/is-head-start-a-failure/494942/
Should school teachers ever be given a guaranteed job for life? This is also known as a “continuing contract” or teacher “tenure”.
The preponderance of evidence does not support masking adults or children. Below are some resources of expert testimonies and research proving that masks are not only unnecessary to stop the spread of a virus but that they are indeed dangerous.
Below are a couple of resources to use when working to put Students First!
The Federal Government has been involved in public education since 1787, when the Northwest Ordinance gave land so that education institutions could be created. As the nation grew, so did the amount of money given to fund education.
The document below is a brief historic overview.
Below are a couple of resources to use when working to put Students First!
Below are a couple of resources to use when working to put Students First!