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Newsjock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 08:47 AM Original message |
School district may require parents to volunteer 30 hours per year |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
1. Students do better when: |
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Wickerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 09:00 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. +1 |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 09:05 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. +1000 |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 09:33 AM Response to Reply #1 |
15. What are you going on about? |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
3. Great idea..... |
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earthside (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 09:17 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Spoken like a true elitist. |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 12:49 PM Response to Reply #7 |
47. I am speaking of.... |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 09:19 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. What?!?!? |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 09:51 AM Response to Reply #3 |
30. Good teachers know how to handle volunteers just fine. |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
4. that is called slavery... |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 11:49 AM Response to Reply #4 |
38. No, it's involuntary servitude. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 12:46 PM Response to Reply #4 |
46. *facepalm* (nt) |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
6. Thirty hours is a lot of hours. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 09:22 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. 30 is a lot. 5 hours would do it. if it is participation with children. public school |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 09:30 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Yeah, I think there's a difference between PTA-type work and classroom volunteering. |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 09:34 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Both are very important. |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 09:44 AM Response to Reply #16 |
24. Totally agree. |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 09:49 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Love that! |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 09:51 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. All you have to do is ask... |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 09:56 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Sweet--they have magnets! |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
9. we had that in a private school kids went to. i think it was 9 hours, each parent though. |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 09:31 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. 9 hours is far more reasonable |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 09:50 AM Response to Reply #9 |
28. Operative word = "private." |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 10:16 AM Response to Reply #28 |
33. i understand. hence.... my clarification it is private, lol. making the choice to use the |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
10. Volunteer?? or what? |
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jtrockville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 11:15 AM Response to Reply #10 |
34. Right on. Can't call it volunteering if it's not voluntary. |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
12. Our local schools have the highest parental volunteer hours in the state... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 09:35 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. i am really nto believing the 30 hour. with all the kids and one or two adult per kid???? |
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coffeenap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
18. I wish that the parents who are able would indeed do this. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 09:37 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. now you are making me feel guilty. lol. i have gotta tell you, after 12 years |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 09:43 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. You have to take a break from time to time. |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
19. Let's make a deal. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
21. Mandatory volunteering... |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 12:12 PM Response to Reply #21 |
43. and honestly, my parents NEVER volunteered and I was at the top of the class..I didn't want them ro |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 01:18 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. well, if these women are simply "clucking", i bet they are pretty useless. chip on your shoulder? |
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JBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
22. That's step 1. Step 2 will allow richer parents to simply write a check. |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 09:46 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Many of them do and quite honestly, the schools need it right now. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
27. Bwahahahaha! Like THAT has a legal snowball's chance! |
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d_r (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
32. we are required to have 18 hours a year |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
35. There's a word for that. Illegal. |
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MicaelS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
36. The stupidity of school boards never ceases to amaze me.... |
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Tailormyst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
37. That would be tough unless the hours were flexible |
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yodoobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
39. And what if we don't? |
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Sabriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 11:59 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Bingo! That's what I thought |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 12:10 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. I'll homeschool if all CA publc schools require this. No thanks. |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
41. Uh, no thanks. Then it's not "voluntary" anymore, is it? |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 12:45 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. It's all about the mandateering. (nt) |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
44. 54% are language learners. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 02:23 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. Clean, probably. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
50. I don't think you can call it volunteering if you're forced to do it |
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