Premis:
I believe the school culture at
Evidence:
Dirty
More tagging
Students eating in halls and classrooms
Littering
Loitering in halls
Disrespectful of adults
Know that avoidance sometimes works
Lack of respect toward adults
Teachers don’t feel safe
Lack of white paper in copy rooms
Lack of board pens, paper towels, Kleenex, printer paper, etc.
Lack of Security
No program for nonacademic kids (kids failing all subjects)
Administrative assistants change location – hard to locate
How do you know if a student made it to the health office, dean, counselor – how to follow up?
How to get individual books from book room
Students must have an admit to come to class, but attendance clerk can’t listen to all messages before school.
Cause:
Cutbacks and adjustments made at the beginning of this year
New policy of acceptance of students at
Work to rule by teachers
Concern: We need to look at the changes made this year and the effects they are having and consciously accept the direction the school is going or consciously make changes to reverse this new direction.
Possible Outcome of
Acceptance or not addressing issues:
Teachers no longer trying to help whole school – just working within their classroom/department. (ie individual tardy policies, eating policies, dress codes, etc.)
Staff leaving for other locations/careers
Open for discussion:
Do others agree? Overall, yes. One SLT member voiced discent.
Other examples of changes? Added to the list.
Ways to remediate?