How many parents of public school students could pass a pop quiz on the latest reforms of the system?
Would any of them know where to seek help for their child if they can’t get it at their school? (Answer: the new local Office of Parent engagement).Would they know that the regions, heralded just a few years ago as a major reform, have been disbanded and that the system now has district superintendents once again (Goodbye Region 1, hello again District 10) and that those superintendents serve more as resources to principals rather than as supervisors?
Our guess is that many parents haven’t yet been clued in to any of this. We hope the Department of Education makes a priority of filling parents in, but we’re not holding our breath. That’s why we compiled a basic guide to the changes in our special Back-to-School special section in this issue. And we will continue to provide school news and information you can use. If there are school issues you think we should be covering, let us know!
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