tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107550755163115303.post3410425787558693541..comments2024-03-27T11:28:13.401-06:00Comments on Education Matters: The palletsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107550755163115303.post-4204607235516542092010-08-31T23:08:50.641-06:002010-08-31T23:08:50.641-06:00Sometimes our curriculum is "driven" by ...Sometimes our curriculum is "driven" by the publishers!!! However, our latest concern is textbooks with a fabulous online component; however, there are only 30 licenses per teacher...and those licenses can't be shared among 7 classes of students!!!!Rebekah Hardwicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107550755163115303.post-12056334563103668522010-08-29T18:42:35.349-06:002010-08-29T18:42:35.349-06:00Last Spring I wrote about attendance problems at m...Last Spring I wrote about attendance problems at my school. Somebody from the district wrote me and said I should talk to my attendance team. I wrote them back and said; um we don't have an attendance team.<br /><br />I have no idea after five years at my school who our textbook coordinator is but I will attempt to find out tomorrow. <br /><br />I think not one dime should be spent unless it is a necessity, I don't know if this is a book keeper error, the fault of an over zealous text book coordinator or if somebody at the district level just messed up. I don't. <br /><br />It is however wasteful and is probably costing the district hundreds of thousands of dollars. An elementary school teacher friend of mine told me they are only providing three teachers editions math investigation books for the five teachers in her group to share, well maybe if we wouldn't have wasted money here we could provide necessities there.<br /><br />Respectful discourse, see we can do it…ChrisGuerrierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04200461704984560238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107550755163115303.post-67797869315531011682010-08-29T18:24:21.760-06:002010-08-29T18:24:21.760-06:00OK Chris, I will try not to be negative about this...OK Chris, I will try not to be negative about this, so I will simply suggest you ask your principal who at your school actually places your school's order for the books? I believe you will find that someone at your school, probably either the textbook coordinator or bookkeeper, sends in the order for, or at least confirms the number of, books needed at your school to the Textbook department. If your school has a large number of unopened boxes or new and unused books that are being returned to the textbook warehouse, it just may not be the "district's" fault as you seem to imply.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com