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conulyAnd I got talking to him and his father, who said they had been hoping for pre-k at Ana's school, but as that looked doubtful they had gone ahead and enrolled him in the Montessori school. And I knew how I felt, but I hadn't realized quite how vehement I was until the words dropped out of my mouth that I cannot stand the administration at Ana's school, he'd be better off with Eva's. (Of course, I used their names there.)
Apparently I'm not the first person to tell him the administration there sucks. So I'm tidying up today, and here is a perfect example.
Both schools have uniform policies. As the year goes on, both schools have increasing numbers of students showing up without uniform because, honestly, who can be bothered? It's June already! And so both schools sent home a notice about it, except in Eva's school we read the notice because they only send home a few things and their notes are edited.
Eva's notice said simply that this school is a uniform school, and that "if your family has trouble getting a uniform, please contact the office". That is, if you're dirt poor, they'll do their best to help you out, at least, I assume that's what they mean.
Now, I have Ana's notice in hand (from February, actually, but I didn't read it then), so I can quote it very accurately. Sigh....
It has been brought to my attention that students are not always adhering to the "school dress code". Effective September 2013, all students are required to wear dark blue sweaters only. Please make sure that their sweaters are plain dark blue, and that they do not have various colors, words, pictures, etc. on them. What is happening is that students are now wearing sweaters that contain only "some blue coloring" and that do not represent school clothing.
Rules are enforced to prevent disparity and confusion. Every child/family is treated equitably, and the rules apply to everyone. We may not always like and/or agree with the rules; however, learning to follow them is an important "lesson in life". It is not done to be punitive, but rather to teach "self-control" and "responsibility". When everyone is held to the SAME standard, then there is no room for confusion and feelings of inequity.
Thank you, in advance, for adhering to our full school dress code; i.e. "dark blue bottom", "light blue top", and "plain dark blue sweater". Each may or may not contain our "school's logo". Soon, the PTA is going to sell our "school logo" which may be affixed to the "school clothing".
Pompous twit. On top of the truly ludicrous use of quote marks, I just now noticed they also double space after periods, but HTML strips that so just imagine it.
Also, given that this note wasn't sent home in Spanish and I happen to know that not every parent there is a native English speaker, it seems to me that the entire note could have been more clearly and concisely written with simpler language. They urgently need an editor there to forcibly remove the quote button from their keyboards and pry their fingers away from the thesaurus.
Apparently I'm not the first person to tell him the administration there sucks. So I'm tidying up today, and here is a perfect example.
Both schools have uniform policies. As the year goes on, both schools have increasing numbers of students showing up without uniform because, honestly, who can be bothered? It's June already! And so both schools sent home a notice about it, except in Eva's school we read the notice because they only send home a few things and their notes are edited.
Eva's notice said simply that this school is a uniform school, and that "if your family has trouble getting a uniform, please contact the office". That is, if you're dirt poor, they'll do their best to help you out, at least, I assume that's what they mean.
Now, I have Ana's notice in hand (from February, actually, but I didn't read it then), so I can quote it very accurately. Sigh....
It has been brought to my attention that students are not always adhering to the "school dress code". Effective September 2013, all students are required to wear dark blue sweaters only. Please make sure that their sweaters are plain dark blue, and that they do not have various colors, words, pictures, etc. on them. What is happening is that students are now wearing sweaters that contain only "some blue coloring" and that do not represent school clothing.
Rules are enforced to prevent disparity and confusion. Every child/family is treated equitably, and the rules apply to everyone. We may not always like and/or agree with the rules; however, learning to follow them is an important "lesson in life". It is not done to be punitive, but rather to teach "self-control" and "responsibility". When everyone is held to the SAME standard, then there is no room for confusion and feelings of inequity.
Thank you, in advance, for adhering to our full school dress code; i.e. "dark blue bottom", "light blue top", and "plain dark blue sweater". Each may or may not contain our "school's logo". Soon, the PTA is going to sell our "school logo" which may be affixed to the "school clothing".
Pompous twit. On top of the truly ludicrous use of quote marks, I just now noticed they also double space after periods, but HTML strips that so just imagine it.
Also, given that this note wasn't sent home in Spanish and I happen to know that not every parent there is a native English speaker, it seems to me that the entire note could have been more clearly and concisely written with simpler language. They urgently need an editor there to forcibly remove the quote button from their keyboards and pry their fingers away from the thesaurus.
