Twice a year Steller holds an All Community Meeting. These meetings are to conduct important business relating to the education of students at our school. They are also often a time to get to know one another. All Community Meetings are just that – meetings for the entire school community. Attendance of students, parents and staff are what make these meetings worth our participation.<\/p>\n
On January 12th the 2nd All Community Meeting of the year was held. There was very light attendance of students. Parents made up the bulk of the group. I am wondering what happened to the All Community Meetings of 5 years ago when my daughter was a 7th grader? Teachers gave students a night off of homework to encourage their participation. Most all of the staff would attend and they would take up 2 complete rows in the room. To kick off the meeting, staff would introduce themselves and parents who hadn’t been in yet to meet their student’s teachers could put a face with a name.<\/p>\n
I’m wondering what it would take to get all of Steller’s staff, at least one adult from each student’s family and most all of the students to these 2 meetings a year? Is it really asking too much to request we all participate in 2 meetings a year?<\/p>\n
I’m hoping that by raising awareness, we can increase participation. Perhaps there was a communication breakdown for this meeting. In any case, I urge each member of the Steller community to examine his\/her reasons for not attending and consider making this event a priority for your family. More voices, representative of the school community, can only serve to make us richer in our dialogue and decision making.<\/p>\n
Submitted by Cheryl Childers, Steller parent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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