We are all sick and tired of words like "standards" and "core" here in parentland. Teaching and education is as broken as many of the other social issues we are battling. It is frustrating in every way but something is happening and I hope it is a push in the right direction. This year's new PTO group is kicking it up a notch and working more with teachers who are feeling the crunch as well. I am lucky that my children are going to a very nice school that made it past the last threat to close last year but might not make it out of the one to be cut this summer. But we will fight and hope and rally.
The PTO joined forces with the science teacher and a local science center and presented a night of fun for the kids. A free dinner and book fair pulled in the masses which was topped by an exciting show of liquid nitrogen, safety equipment and the magic of science. I was as thrilled as the kids...even before they froze a rubber ball in boiling nitrogen and smashed the ball and blew our minds!
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