TKC BREAKING NEWS!!! KCPS BACKS OFF EARLY RELEASE AFTER PUSH BACK FROM PARENTS AND TKC BLOG COMMUNITY!!!
Some of the best and brightest of our blog community caused a major shift in Kansas City policy by way of our lovable brand of online advocacy.
To wit . . .
CREDIT TO TKC TIPSTERS FOR PUSHING BACK AGAINST SKETCHY "EARLY RELEASE" PLANS FROM THE KCPS THAT HAVE BEEN DUMPED FOR NOW!!!
Remember that our blog community BROKE THIS STORY and word of massive push back led by some of the very best local parents who sent the news our way.
And now . . .
Here's the note from the KCPS honcho taking back the move:
Early Release
To all KCPS Stakeholders:
After careful consideration and thoughtful deliberation regarding our decision to implement early release on Wednesdays, we do not believe it is in our school system’s families best interest to move forward for the 2018-2019 school year.
Kansas City Public Schools has received a tremendous amount of feedback through our various 2-way communication outlets. Stakeholders have spoken through our website, on social media and email. Overwhelmingly, the feedback supported increased professional development time, but many felt it would cause an unmanageable hardship on families, administrators and staff. As a team, we take pride in listening and responding to all voices.
When I accepted this position, I vowed to not place our families in harm’s way. While early release would not create hardships for all of our families, more stakeholders than we are comfortable have expressed concern of an additional burden to find childcare on those days. That added stress is not something our administration wants to place on our families. While we still believe our educators need an increased amount of professional development to move our system forward, we need to make sure, when implemented, there is stability for the students we serve.
Finally, I’d like to thank the Board of Directors for trusting us with the authority and flexibility to make these decisions. We will continue this dialogue with staff, parents and students with the goal of finding solutions for increased professional development time for our educators, while protecting the interest of our families at the same time.
Yours in education,
Dr. Mark T. Bedell
Kansas City Public Schools
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The policy was moronic.
ReplyDeleteWhy put students at that kind of risk? And totally inconvenience the families. The bright side here is that Dr. Bedell was smart enough to quickly reverse course. He deserved credit for listening to the parents. Other board members were not as receptive!
Actually, this shows that the policy wasn't well thought out!
DeleteIf you want to give credit to somebody, give credit to the parents! Thanks to Tony for sharing this story also
I credit millions and millions from Missouri taxpayers that have supported almost a decade without accreditation for KC Public Schools.
DeleteBaby mommas threw a fit because they would have to quit hoeing in the afternoon to pick up they kids and make dinner for them, we can’t have that now can we.
ReplyDeleteNuff Siad! Weez gittin da edookation we deserrve.
ReplyDeleteYeah your blog community of Kansas racists and geezers was the driving force. Right. Got it.
ReplyDeleteDon't hurt yourself slapping yourself on the back.
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ReplyDeleteDemocrat greedy Teachers union weasels looking to scam yet MORE time off.
7:18 but hurt dummocuck
ReplyDelete7:18 reads this blog more than anybody. And he's commenting on a Friday night. So sad that he's probably the biggest fan of this blog and doesn't even know it.
ReplyDeleteI love hearing how much people don't read TKC but can name you no less than 5 items off the front page.
As for Bedell, he's a smart guy to back down.
This was a horrible idea.
ReplyDeleteGlad it's gone. If teacher's need "planning time" maybe they should get to school early and help out like most of the responsible parents do.
Bedell didn't know that KCPS is only here to babysit kids, not educate them. He'd be smart to go somewhere else where they actually care if their kids know anything over free childcare.
ReplyDeletewait wait wait - you mean the kids is gonna hafta stays in schools so theys can learn? And teachers ain’t gonna git no free pass ?
ReplyDelete"More stakeholders than we are comfortable have expressed concern of an additional burden to find childcare on those days."
ReplyDeleteThe street provides the childcare for the parents now so why should it be any different with extra time off. The extra time would provide the kids more time to develop their street creed.
Hell, the schools feed them two meals a day, wash their clothes, keep off the streets 8 hours a day now. Add dinner and cots and keep the future welfare abusers 24 / 7.
ReplyDeleteThe NKC District has early release one day a week - for a whole 30 minutes.
ReplyDeleteWow.....that gives the teachers valuable "planning time", right? The district has a program called "Power School" where teachers are supposed to input student test scores and homework turned in. Half the time, this information is missing from student records. Too bad they don't spend time doing their damn jobs. Planning time, indeed. Waste of time, more like it.
I think this policy was intended to sell to the teachers that they were getting a pay raise by having the students three hours less per week at the same pay. You know them teachers ain't reel smart.
ReplyDeleteHave the teachers come in 1.5 hours early one day a week to get their precious professional development time. It wouldn’t hurt them to work a whole 8 hour day once a week.
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