People are surprised by this why? People have been trying for years, in vain unfortunately, to make it known how things are done here.
Thinking before you speak or do something. It's about knowing that every day, the choices we make can and will affect our lives. It's about being accountable for our choices in life. We have the right to make our decisions every day, and every day is a new day. But will the school committee make good decisions and the superintendent Cyndy Taymore?
Yes, PBC must get rid of PDR and RVC, along with Taymore. One might be tempted to consider them chancres on Melrose government, but for the fact that they are not painless.
The Washington Post article on MPS and CT is nuts!
Watch this week’s MPS meeting.
Read the Melrose Patch article.
Talk to the parents at Lincoln and every other school about the bullying.
Look at the conditions of the buildings.
How about Principal turnover?
IEP violations and overcrowding weren’t mentioned.
What is the story behind the story about how this article came about?
Maybe Kelly Ann Conway provided “alternative facts”
Where is the transparency? Minimal communication to few parents about the changes. Yes,the edict eliminating honors breeds incompetence and these kids are being set up for failure.
Can someone please post whatever information is available about the plan to eliminate the honors level classes at MHS? or share a link to the information? I watch school committee meetings and follow along pretty closely and have not heard anything about these changes. There is nothing in the Melrose Weekly News or on Melrose Patch either.
So instead of there being three levels (AP, honors, and everyone else) the district plans to offer only two levels, AP and everyone else? If the district has to eliminate a level, rational thought would suggest it would be the AP level that goes.
But I thought the purpose of the override was to provide funding to offer more programs or expanded services to improve our schools. Feeling completely duped!
Keep on electing these idiots on the school committee and this stuff will only get worse- wake up people.
It's about being accountable..What has to happen for someone to read into this major problem in Melrose. The reality is parents are working all day long, raising families.The days of single earner households that can support a family and the 9 to 5 job is over.Repeatedly mistreating Melrose citizens speaking during public comment period (you can witness this on MMTV school committee reruns for yourself).
Did I miss anything?How come we putting up with it?
But I thought the purpose of the override was to provide funding to offer more programs or expanded services to improve our schools. Feeling completely duped!
There were other Superintendents who gave their retirement notice the same time as CT and they already have replacement
Good evening to you all, after reading this post I am not surprised that school administrative teachers are asking students, 'do the parents post on the message board?' The truth of the whole thing is, it is none of their business. Apparently the message board is doing the job it's supposed to be doing. That's the freedom of speech. Because when you get down to it, going to a melrose school committee meeting, participating, or speaking at the meeting, if they don't like what you're saying. or talking about you'll never get to talk for five minutes. A real concern here is, why are they asking the students, they play a lot of games here, getting back at students and parents. My message to the school administration and the school committee and our superintendent; if you folks aren't retaliating against other folks that file these complaints, people probably wouldn't go to the message board, but I guess we're at the point, that the message board is having an impact. Because the truth is being spoken, and maybe that is starting to bother the administration folks, our superintendent and probably making our mayor a lot more nervous now. There concern should be, what is the next scandal that is going to happen, if it isn't a scandal, or do we have more corruption coming our way? Maybe the one thing that you should keep in mind is, social media will sure as hell not shut it down. So you need to all grow up, and realize that a lot of the bull that has been going on for sometime now, needs to end. how many more teachers are going to leave? Because this isn't about teaching in Melrose, this has to do more with what our superintendent want and some folks on the school committee. Let's add one more thing to this; How many IEP's were on a compliance? Basically in simple language, how many children were missing the services that they deserve and that they should have with their IEP. You folks should be worried about all of us in the community because we're all talking. Not only the folks with children in the school system but also folks with children that are long gone out of the school system. My message to mayor and superintendent; start doing your jobs, teach our children and look forward to comments.
That's the freedom of speech.