Sunday, June 14, 2009
School Board Summer Conference
I have just returned from the Georgia School Boards Association's Annual Summer Conference in Savannah. The sessions were very good about Board of Education policy development, about laws which were passed by the last session of the General Assemby that affect school system operations, and about raising the rigor and relevance of instruction. One of the speakers, George Thompson, from the Schlecty Group, was in Columbus just a week ago presenting to our teachers on how to ensure that the work assigned to students is relevant to their worlds. The sessions were motivating and inspirational. It is good to be back on this side of Georgia. Savannah should be spelled H-O-T! I am thankful for air conditioning!
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Having a standardized policy on cell phone usage within the county is a long overdue step. The school board is right to be concerned with students missing instruction when issued out-of-school suspension. However, there must be fair, firm, and increasing consequences for the policy to effective. The school board must also understand that a student who is using his/her cell phone during class (usually texting) is missing instruction and when these phones have to be confiscated, this causes yet another distruption to instruction. This policy must be passed & enforced.
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