FYI, at the BOE meeting on Thurs., March 6, the parent who wrote the recent article in the local paper (regarding H.S. & M.S. Parent- Teacher conferences) asked the BOE to consider making the request for M.S. & H.S. parent teacher conferences a part of negotiations. The BOE's response was that they already had a lengthy list of  requests which they had on the table. The BOE also stated that they would research by asking for data from nearby districts who had such conferences. They would look into what was done, how it was done, frequency, positive effects, and if stopped reason for doing so

As mentioned in the recent "President's Pen", the Long Island Presidents Council provides information on how to contact legislators on the elimination of the GEA.

Please visit http://educationis.org/ for more information.

The Board of Regents met on Feb. 10th and were poised to vote on some course corrections. The vote was held on Feb 11th with regard to the rollout of Common Core, state tests and APPR.  You can read the press release and the proposed changes here.  http://www.oms.nysed.gov/press/regents-adjust-common-core-implementation.html

The Governor did not agree with the Regents.  You can read his brief comments here. http://www.governor.ny.gov/press/02102014-governor-cuomo-statement

At Feb. 11th's vote by the Regents, as the pressure from the Governor mounted, the Regents pulled their “course corrections”