Advertisement. Advertise with us

CCS Parents Pack Meeting,

Decrying ‘Climate Of Fear’

With more than 100 parents at the CCS board meeting this evening, parent Kim Jastremski decried a "climate of fear" at the elementary school surrounding implementation of the Common Core curriculum. Teachers are reluctant about "speaking the truth to the board," she said. She has organized a meeting on the topic, "Reclaiming Public Education," 3 p.m this Sunday at 22 Main. However, she said, the PTA withdrew its sponsorship after receiving a call from the school administration.
With more than 100 parents at the CCS board meeting this evening, parent Kim Jastremski decried a “climate of fear” at the elementary school surrounding implementation of the Common Core curriculum locally. Teachers are reluctant about “speaking the truth to the board,” she said. She has organized a meeting on the topic, “Reclaiming Public Education,” 3 p.m this Sunday at 22 Main. However, she said, the PTA withdrew its sponsorship after receiving a call from the school administration.  Other parents raised concerns about the process that led to the hiring of Executive Principal Lynn Strang, who is charged with successful implementation of the Common Core. And still others questioned whether youngsters are being pressured into taking the test when their parents prefer they would not.  (Jim Kevlin/allotsego.com)

Posted

Tags

Related Articles

Principal Departs At CCS

Principal Departs At CCS Meccariello Sixth Over Past 8 Years By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com On appointing Anne Meccariello high school principal on March 10, 2020, CCS Superintendent of Schools Bill Crankshaw praised “her sense of loyalty to the district.” It didn’t pan out. She resigned Feb. 26, just short of a year. April 1, Meccariello will become superintendent of schools in the Campbell-Savona Central School District in the Finger Lakes, 25 miles northwest of Corning. “From the moment I saw the superintendent of schools position posted for Campbell-Savona, I knew I was very interested in becoming a…

‘COMMON CORE’ FOES PACK 2 LOCAL FORUMS

‘COMMON CORE’ FOES PACK 2 LOCAL FORUMS Parents Warn School Board About Atmosphere Of Fear COOPERSTOWN – Last year, only six families with nine children in all declined to take the state’s Common Core exams in the Cooperstown Central School District. But if the Cooperstown Central School District had mostly avoided protests about the testing-focused regimen, that abruptly and dramatically changed in the past few days. On Wednesday, March 4, more than 100 parents and teachers packed the school board meeting in the junior/high school library, where parent Kim Jastremski warned of a “climate of fear” in Cooperstown Elementary, with teachers “afraid to…