Friday, November 12, 2010

New Thread: Ask A Board Member:

Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Part of the Problem with NY School Taxes...":

Good to see the President of the PCT on this site. I wonder why we have not seen any members of our BOE responding on this site. All of them must of been on here a few times at least. Maybe we could start a separate topic on this sight such as ; Ask a Board member or Questions for the PCT. Just an idea

Monthly Bullying Comittee Meeting Nov. 16th- Please Join Us

REMINDER

THE POB PARENTS CONCERNED ABOUT BULLYING COMMITTEE WILL BE HAVING THEIR MONTHLY MEETING ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2010 AT ST. PIUS CHURCH (MADONNA HALL) AT 7;30 PM.

AS A FOLLOW-UP TO OUR BULLYING FORUM, WE WILL BE DISCUSSING THE ONGOING ISSUES RELATING TO BULLYING IN OUR TOWN.


SOME OF THE TOPICS THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED:


* THE BOARD OF EDUCATION'S GOAL FOR 2010-2011-"SCHOOL CLIMATE" WHICH INCLUDES THE CREATION OF "DASA" TASK FORCE.
* FOLLOW-UP ON THE COMMITTEE'S "RECOMMENDED ACTION ITEM LIST".
* SUMMARY OF BOARD OF ED'S MEETING AS IT RELATES TO BULLYING FROM OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
* SUMMARY BY OUR COMMITTEE OF THE SPECIAL PRESENTATION GIVEN ON NOV 2nd AT MATTLIN ON "SCHOOL CLIMATE" BY CHARLIE ABOURJILIE WHO IS AN AWARD WINNING TEACHER/EDUCATOR. THIS WAS A SPECIAL ONE-HOUR PRESENTATION THAT PARENTS COULD ATTEND THAT SUMMARIZED THE TRAINING THAT THE TEACHERS RECEIVED EARLIER IN THE DAY.

IN ADDITION, ONE OF OUR COMMITTEE'S GOALS IS TO BE A SUPPORT GROUP FOR ANYONE WITH BULLYING ISSUES.

EVERYONE IN THE COMMITTEE EITHER HAS HAD A CHILD WHO HAS BEEN A VICTIM OF BULLYING, KNOWS SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN BULLIED, OR HAS BEEN BULLIED THEMSELVES. WE UNFORTUNATELY KNOW WHAT YOU MAY BE GOING THROUGH.

IF YOU FEEL YOU NEED SOME GUIDANCE AND HELP OR EVEN JUST TO TELL YOUR STORY, WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU IN ANY WAY WE CAN.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOU JOINING US AT OUR MEETING.


POB PARENTS CONCERNED ABOUT BULLYING COMMITTEE