Eric, This issue is huge for this county, and we did not have sufficient time to deal with it at Thursdays CW CAC meeting. We should make the time. Last year...
Leo, The numbers are disheartening.... The numbers are shocking..... We need more numbers... We need full statistics... I don't care if I never
see another...
A couple of thoughts on the question of Board accountability. And then an idea for a Next Step. The Superintendent and the Board are by design in an impossible...
A concerned parent in the Arundel feeder system has a valid concern regarding the 9th grade data. Any feedback for him? I believe this type of information will...
Hi Steve, I am very interested in a book club, and I agree with most of what you have said. I do have two concerns. First is whether or not Engelmann's Direct...
I am interested in the book club idea -- I myself have so much to learn. Hanne Denney Special Education Department Chair Southern Middle School ...
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I am interested too, and I'd like to add a book on differentiated instruction to the mix. Martha O'Hehir The Orff Echo, Editorial Board Point Pleasant...
Melissa can you forward following message to our CAC membership and to our elementary school CAC reps to pass on to their parents. This really is a big ...
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Hi Mary - I gave my general thoughts on accountability on a post I wrote yesterday. But you asked about an elected board and I want to respond. As you know,...
Did the CAC take a survey to see if this is the general consensus of the middle school CACs or parents overall? I was speaking to other parents today who feel...
Hi Martha, I agree that a parent forum would have been very useful and wonder why the Board of Education did not give us that opportunity before making this...
Rebecca- Thanks for providing additional research to the discussion. Last year, most of us knew about and welcomed a change to the middle school schedule that...
Yes unlike the School Board and Superintendent, I did ask for comment back from the parents, at the school of the CAC that I chair - SPMS. I cannot tell if...
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CAC representatives- An important function of the CAC is to weigh in on redistricting proposals. So, if you are interested in the Gambrills-Area Elementary...
Hi Karen - I think you¹re right that I overstate what¹s possible, when I say we should aspire to have every child learn to mastery  every lesson, every...
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the AACAC group. File : /High School...
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CAC representatives, Please see the report that was presented today to the Board. Thank you to those that were able to attend either at 10am or at 2pm. Eric...
Compliments of BOE member Melendez. The Parenting Center at AACC, in partnership with Anne Arundel County Public Schools (AACPS), is offering parents of middle...
I wanted to send a note of thanks to Eric Sullivan for his work on the middle school schedule, an issue that came to the fore very quickly and that required an...
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BTW, I attended the first class this evening and found it very worthwhile. Julie Sweeney In a message dated 3/5/2008 11:33:21 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, ...
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All, A few observations.... First of all, I have enjoyed the past two years but as I move out of the
vice chair role I am feeling a lot more liberated to start...
Hi Julie and all, I had to leave early yesterday to pick up my 5th grader and so missed the q and a. Is there a video recording or tv time that will rerun...
Concerned parents: Several emails from the CAC Yahoo group have addressed Mr. Peterson. Back in December, I spoke to the Board about Macarthur Middle School...
Mr. Peterson is a controversial player on the Board and should step down because he truly feels that the CAC and all community members who are paying for our...
Below is a link to a press release by the school system. Dr. Maxwell claims that there are no other places to cut expenses other than teaching positions. I...
From my perspective as a CAC parent, the Board of Education meeting was very productive and here's why: * the BOE was re-engaged with middle school reform...
Correct me if I'm wrong, but not one cut to the bureaucracy on Riva Road. Isn't that one of the issues the County Executive has raised -- that AACPS hasn't...
Kim, Your experience is similar to ours, we just live in a different part of the county. Our "for sale" sign is going up, and its not worth hoping that AACPS...
Fifty positions are being cut from Riva Road. Teresa Tudor Administrator Office of School & Family Partnerships Anne Arundel County Public Schools (410)...
