DEAR EDITOR:
Gilroy Unified School District needs to do a better job of
competing with the highest performing schools in the area.
DEAR EDITOR:
Gilroy Unified School District needs to do a better job of competing with the highest performing schools in the area. We are working hard to improve our standing in that regard. We will not rest until we are the best performing district in this area.
Many schools, in fact most high-performing schools, have full Internet access to all weekly homework assignments, so that if kids are sick they can keep up with the work from home. Also, parents can check if their children are not telling them the full amount of homework assigned. It’s a great system.
E-mail is the best way to communicate after business hours. It works best for most families now. GUSD needs FULL implementation of e-mail by ALL certificated staff in my opinion. I have voiced that personal opinion previously. I strongly support that as a formal policy and a work requirement. I’m sending this letter to the editor via e-mail. It’s the modern world, and GUSD needs to be part of it.
It’s time to end excuses and feet dragging. While you mention the issue of training, there is ample opportunity this summer for teachers who need it to take computer training at Gavilan College and become proficient in the 21st century technology. It’s basic literacy in the information age, and being illiterate is NOT a good example to be setting for our children. It’s frankly, an excuse, and an embarrassingly bad one. It shows an unwillingness to learn something new. A bad sign in a teacher. It reflects poorly on our district.
At one time the telephone was new technology. Would we be so understanding if a teacher refused to learn the telephone to communicate with parents? I doubt it.
As for multiple e-mail accounts … I have them. I don’t get to tell my boss, “Sorry, I already have e-mail at home, please, I can’t be bothered with your system.” I’d be shown the door. And rightly so.
If GUSD is going to compete at a high level, this whining and excuse making has to end. I don’t care to hear it. It shows weakness and laziness. These traits will not lead to success. I do not accept excuses.
I was once told at my son’s 5th grade student conference, “Your son is doing great, but he hasn’t turned in his social studies homework in four months …” I had never received a phone call. Not one.
Some teachers are NOT communicating well and are making excuses for laziness in parental communication. I seek to end that trend. I want GUSD to compete at the highest levels. The excuse makers need to stop saying what can’t be done and start doing what needs to be done.
I know it’s hard for some. Life is hard. Get with the program, or make room for someone that can do the job.
This is strictly one man’s opinion.
Dave McRae, Gilroy
Submitted Friday, march 28 to ed****@****ic.com
