Re: School Board Problems
We are allowed to miss as much as we want. We go to 2 regionals and nationals. We perform presentations, and travel out of town, during school, all the time. We have 11 students that will miss as much as 10 days of school and some (myself included) miss as much as 14 days, all school excused. How do we do it?
1) Students are not allowed to travel if they have a D or F on grade checks. The administration, board, other teachers, and parents love this.
2) We have taken, all expenses paid, the superintendent, 2 principles, and a boeard member to nationals over the past 4 years.
3) We have perfromed school board presentations and robot demos.
4) We have helped start 8 FLL teams,in our district, over the past year.
5) We have included other classes/clubs in the school in the operations of the team.
6) We do not ask for any money from the district. We are 100% self sufficient and "FREE" to them. We are all the good of a team and none of the negative.
Heck, this year our district gave us $2,500 and the board is going to pay for the superintendent and a vice principal to attend nationals. We also have a robotics class now.
It has taken 6 years to achieve this level of support. But if you are professional in everything you do, you will get there. If you need anything else, let me know and I will be glad to help.
Shawn
Teacher/ Team 60
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