I'm sorry but I am going to rant a little bit (maybe a lot). I try to steer away from complaining on my blog. But I am going to indulge myself and vent for a moment. You have all been warned.
Disclaimer:
I love Cedar. I would not want to live anywhere else.
That said, there is always room for improvement.
First, I am truly dissapointed in the actions of some middle school teachers and one principal in the Iron County school district. Cedar will start a charter school in a few days. In Utah, charter schools are public schools and they are free. Apparently some teachers are so threatened by this new charter school that they decided to visit middle school students enrolled at the charter school at their homes. Some of these teachers arrived on the doorsteps of said students, asked to speak with the students. Not the parents, of course. As a stranger they asked to speak to a minor and then proceeded to launch into a persuasive speech on how they should reconsider attending the charter school. How do I know this isn't a rumor? One of the charter school's board members had this happen to their own child. I'm sorry but it is just inappropriate to confront a minor as a stranger without the parent present.
To compound matters one of the elementary principals refuses to release parent signed school records release forms to the charter shool. That is more than inappropriate it is illegal.
And seriously, this is not a war. There are charter schools all over this state and country. They offer educational choices. Last time I checked our country is all about giving us a choice. I believe and know that we have fantastic teachers in all our elementary schools. I also believe that allowing parents and children a choice in their education should be and is a fundamental right. I am embarrassed for these self-appointed education vigil antes. They give their peers a bad name.
Secondly on a much more shallow level. I really wish Cedar had more shopping choices. I hate that I have two - maybe three choices of places to buy my son school shoes (he's very picky about his shoes and he already wears a hard to find size 7).
One of those choices has only one table full of shoes. The other choice has a wall full of $70 shoes. EEEK! The truth is I used to opt for the cheap Wal-Mart and Payless Shoes but they wore out before he grew out of them, and my son grows fast! So, every time I shoe shop for him or myself I whine and complain and wish that for just a moment Cedar was a little less small town.
So, tomorrow I am off to St. George, in search of shoes.
2 comments:
I know you love your old ugly dessert (that's what my mom always told us growing up), even though I don't understand it.
The charter school thing is so foreign to me. Here, you have to go in the school with all kinds of photo I.D., deeds to land and utility bills to register your kids; if you want to do to a different school, you have to buy a different house (and then go in with the new deed and utility bill, etc.) It seems so strange that you can pick a school.
I totally agree with you, though; adults have no business going to minors' homes and chatting with them without their parents' consent. That's just good common sense, isn't it?
Good luck with your shoe shopping. I just took my four last week to do that same thing. It was a frazzled 45 minutes in Stride Rite, let me tell you!
I'm sure the school board is very threatened with the charter school. Anything different seems to get a lot of peoples blood to start pumping a little faster. Hopefully after school has been in session for a while it will all calm down.
Unfortunatly Cedar City does not seem to support very many businesses, hopefully soon that as well will change and our choices will expand.
Also I tagged you. Go to my blog, copy, paste and change your answers.
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