Custody Issues and School

This week marked the beginning of school for students in my county. We held registration on Monday and began classes on Wednesday. Our registration lasts for three hours. During this time, children are given information sheets for their parents to complete. It is completely disheartening to see how many custody issues there are among the families of the students. When looking over paperwork, I noticed that several children lived in a home with someone other than their parents. In other cases, parents began informing us of situations in which one parent could not see or pick up the child from … Continue reading

Concerns of Public Education: X = Xtended Families

Wow! Again it is very hard to find a word to use that begins with the letter “X”. Therefore, I have once more chosen to use a word that begins with the sound of the word “X”. For my concerns of public education I have chosen xtended (extended) families. Often public education and teachers remain in the old days. We tend to live in the idea that children live with their parents. The word parents, to us, means those who conceived, mom and dad. However, this is no longer true in many cases. We must begin to adjust our thoughts … Continue reading