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...Ithaca may not be the average place to take high school physics, or to parent: physicist Carl Sagan sent his children through the district that shares its small city with enormous Cornell University. That doesn't mean every family in town has a computer in the home. Ithaca has discussed opening its computer labs to parents and the community after hours. "We need to make sure we're not just reaching a fraction of the population," LaPier says. And parents do express concerns about their child's privacy, as well as access to inappropriate material online. But they're coming...
...INVOLVED When parents inquire about the possibility of a change in dress code, the school board typically sends a survey to its families. If two-thirds of the parents surveyed respond positively, administrators, teachers, parents and students work together to come up with a code or uniform, along with incentives, compliance measures and means for providing free uniforms to needy families. A dress policy, says Van Der Laan, must be "parent driven." Only then is a new policy likely to succeed...
WHAT REALLY HAPPENS IN SCHOOL A Guide to Your Child's Emotional, Social, and Intellectual Development, Grades K-5 (Hyperion) "You can't just take it for granted that your child will have the same kind of learning experiences at school that you did," writes parenting expert Ann LaForge. Her book is a commonsense road map to modern elementary schools for parents. LaForge interviewed teachers, principals, school psychologists and other experts to develop her profiles of classrooms in each grade. She urges every parent to make a commitment to stay involved in his or her child's education, whether...
Students, teachers and parents need to be aware of what emergency plans are in place in their school, but responding to crises, as well as installing sophisticated security devices, is only part of a good school-safety program. Here are other things you as a parent should look for to assure that your child is as safe and free from fear as possible...
...again," says Phil Weaver, chairman of the school's counseling department. If teachers spot a kid who's having trouble, they immediately talk to a counselor who can set up a family conference, and Teague meets weekly with the school counselors to keep informed of potential problems. A strong parent-teacher-student association makes sure kids and families are aware of all the resources available within the school. Notes Stephanie Cashwell, who has sent five children to Grimsley: "There are a lot of good listeners." While most other schools in the county received telephone bomb threats after the Littleton shooting...