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Assembly can build better school boards

Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted: October 14th, 2008 by R. Lee Wrights
Author: John Rice, Gary Price and Phil Jacobs

“This year, the Clayton County School System made history by becoming just the second school system in the nation to lose its accreditation in nearly 40 years. The last time that happened was 1969, with a school system in Duval County, Fla. As disheartening as it was, however, the story doesn’t end with Clayton County. Mark Elgart, who oversees the organization that accredits more than 90 percent of the school systems in Georgia, says that in the past decade, at least one-fifth of the school boards in Georgia have had problems.” (10/14/08)

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One Response to “Assembly can build better school boards”

  1. James Searcy Says:
    October 14th, 2008 at 7:16 pm

    I believe other school systems in the U.S. are suffering from upheavals in leadership and other aspects of maintaining accreditation via the regional agencies that is contracted with our government.
    Assembly might well be key to help build better school systems with the below considerations in mind:

    (1) Restore requirements to have all households that have children attending school pay some form of school tax. This would restore a more fair system than the current one (at least in Clayton County) that conveniently use the fast and sure method of taking it from home-owners.
    (2) Diversify methods by which parents can communicate with the superintendent and the school board (video, audio and written correspondence).
    (3) Make school activities a 6 day ritual with Satudays being central to parents spending time on-site with their children, and communicating with teachers.
    (4) Incorporate adult education in the schools that would help equip them to understand how they can better communicate with their children on their education goals.

    One of the main problems with the school system in Clayton County (and I believe other areas also) is the divide in communications between the stakeholders and school administration (and Schoool Board). This major discrepancy must be fixed before true positive change can occur.

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