AA School Schedule

Aug 16 17:21 UTC 1993

Information about Fall 1993 school schedules.

response 2 of 20:

Aug 16 18:55 UTC 1993

I don't think anything has been published about it yet.  However, I could
care less when school starts and Ends, because the school year will breeze
right past me and feel like two weeks passing.

response 4 of 20:

Aug 17 16:37 UTC 1993

Since we just moved, I went over to the kids new school yesterday to enroll
them.  I asked about the starting date, if it was still Sept 1 like was 
mentioned in June.  The secretary said that they hadn't received the letter
informing them of this year's schedule yet, but they were proceeding on the
assumpion that it is.

I remember hearing that the teachers' contract was up for renewal this year,
which is probably why we haven't heard anything definate.  This might not be
good for us (parents and students) with all the stuff going on in Lansing.
The teachers will, of course, want more $$ and improved benefits and the school
board won't know what they will have available to bargin with.

response 6 of 20:

Aug 18 18:51 UTC 1993

I had not called the board/school to ask them previously, seeing no reason
why several hundred parents had to each call individually to obtain the
information that should be distributed automatically (and early) to all.
However, since no one appears to know for sure here, I called, and the
data for Tappen middle school are:
  
Start Wednesday, 1 Sept. at 8:00 a.m., for half day to 11:10 a.m. Full
days thereafter. 
  
I did not ask about any other details, presuming that we *will* receive
them in advance by mail or otherwise.

response 8 of 20:

Aug 26 12:09 UTC 1993

Heard on the radio last night that Washtenaw Intermediate Schools had settled
their contract and the teachers had already radified it.  Called the school
admin to ask about school schedules as we still haven't received a letter
about it, was transfered to the school Damon and Staci will attend.  They were
surprised as we should have.  When I told her our name she said that she now
understood, since we just moved and had only registered the kids 10 days ago
they were still working on fitting the new registers into the class scheds.
Damon is no problem as he is going into 4th grade and they all attend 1/2 day
in the morning on Wednesday the 1st.  Staci is going into 1st grade and they
will only be attending 1/2 days until after Labor Day.  However, some will be
attending mornings on Thursday and Friday while some will be attending
afternoons.  The principal had those files as she was working on them at the
time, but was out of the school for a bit.  The secretary put down that Staci
will attend afternoons for those days (said that the principal will go along
with it as most parents ask for mornings) so that is what we should plan on
unless we hear otherwise.  Class listings will be posted on the front windows
of the school next week so we can see which teachers they will have and what
classrooms they will be in (as if we can find them without help, not knowing
the layout of this school).

response 10 of 20:

Aug 26 23:10 UTC 1993

An advisory is a report about conditions, etc., like a weather 
report or a weather advisory.

response 12 of 20:

Aug 27 04:22 UTC 1993

Another thing that Mr. Sipp said in his letter was that the advisory
class will meet when the students "arrive next Tuesday, September 1,
1993". (Alice noticed this - I hadn't.) Looks like an "advisory" is
needed. 

response 14 of 20:

Sep 2 02:51 UTC 1993

Vittoria started school today, and came home sorry that it wasn't a full
day of school. She is bursting with excitement and enthusiasm. She
reported that *no one*, not Advisory, not teachers, mentioned "detention".
There must have been a change of emphasis, with the new principals. The
"D" word was mentioned once, Tuesday evening at a PTSO meeting, by 
one student, who gave a short presentation. No one booed. I wondered
about the Middle School concept (my elementary school was grades 1 to
8), but change itself is stimulating, and the whole atmosphere is more
advanced than it was at Pattengill. The facilities and equipment too. 

response 16 of 20:

Sep 2 16:48 UTC 1993

Staci loves her class, I just wish that we could pronounce the teacher's
name properly without a language dictionary (I *think* it's spelled
Krzyzowski).

Damon came home all upset because Abbot 3rd graders got more work with
cursive writing than Burn Park 3rd graders did, so he is behind in something
again (he started 3rd grade at a mid 2nd grade reading level and managed
to not only catch up with the rest of his class, but to pass a lot of them
as well.  His CAT scores last April put him at 4.3 grade level in reading
when class level at that time of year should have been 3.8.  (And to
continue the brag, his math scores were at 98% equal to 8.4 grade level.)
Needless to say we are very proud of him, but understand his feeling of
"I've just worked my tail off to get caught up and you have to move on me
and put me behind again so I'll have to work harder than the others again
to catch up.)  We are giving him a lot of "you can do it, it won't be all
that hard" talks.  He really protested going in this morning and caused a
big scene and wouldn't walk with Staci and me.  He had calmed down a bit
by the time we caught up to him in the hall of school and accepted a big
hug and "I love you and only want to help you".  He came home for lunch all
excited, saying that he loved this school and could hardly wait to finish
eating so that he could rush back (another reason why he was huffy this
morning, he didn't want to come home for lunch he wanted to stay, but Staci
only goes in the morning this week and it is too new for her to handle walking
home alone, they'll stay for lunch starting next week so that I have time to
get things done, like unpack and find things, I HATE moving).  We'll see how
it goes tomorrow.

response 18 of 20:

Sep 3 02:07 UTC 1993

   Well, I'm glad to hear that about Tappan detention.  I actually heard it
mentioned at the Tappan bike racks when I was there after school today, but I
didn't catch the context, so I don't know whether the students in question had
gotten detention or not.

response 20 of 20:

Sep 4 02:32 UTC 1993

Ms. Brannon?  I never had her as a teacher, but she was the newspaper advisor
(newspaper was, at the time, an after school club) and I was involved in that.
She was the best teacher type I ever had there.  I will probably soon see what
she does with late students in actual classes, because I am now helping her
teach the Newspaper class.