Take Back Perry Schools
Introduction
We are a group of concerned parents, educators, teachers, students and taxpayers that are committed to taking back control of the Metropolitan School District of Perry Township from a divided school board. This division started from the actions of four individual board members with personal agendas and whose actions have put our schools in a downward spiral. Their ongoing disregard for board by-laws and state laws, as well as the flippant waste of taxpayer's dollars must be opposed in an effort to Take Back Perry Schools.Correction on Heermann Post
A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post about Connie Heermann and the challenges surrounding her use of “The Freedom Writers Diary” in her classroom. Connie saw the post and called me awhile back but I didn’t realize we had missed the voice-mail message on my phone until recently and just had the chance to call her back and speak with her.
In two areas on my previous post I presented information that was in fact erroneous or interpreted wrong by me while reading other news article coverage. Connie said some of the facts have been a challenge to get out with a variety of sources, but I wanted to take a minute to clarify things I stated on my post that were wrong.
Connie Heermann, being suspended for her use of the “The Freedom Writers Diary” and disregard for the school board’s request for her to request her students to return the books to her.
Connie in fact did NOT disregard the request to have the books returned to her, many of her students disregarded her request for them to return the books to her after the principal asked Connie to get the books back from the students. The principal had been asked by central administration to have the books returned.
The challenge I have in this situation is her disregard for policy and procedures and not working within the confines of the system she’s agreed to work in and support.
According to Connie there actually is no written policy and procedure on how to get books approved for use in the classroom. She shared with me a couple of names who she said were also unaware of any polices as such. I’d like to try and confirm this by seeing a copy what was potentially broken or disregarded by Connie in her efforts.
If there are any Perry Township teachers or administrators that have a copy of the policy and procedures for getting a book or curriculum approved for classroom use, please let me know.
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