It’s no exaggeration at all to say that for many who claim to be part of a “school reform” movement, the goal really is to get rid of traditional public schools.
If that sounds like an unreasonable conclusion to you, cast your eyes toward New Orleans where the last traditional public schools were just closed for good.
After many years at Onteora, it's time for me to retire. I would like to thank the children, families and my colleagues for teaching me a few key lessons:
MHFT has reached the following Tentative Agreements for the 2014 - 2015 school year.
Here is the link to the PDF of the 6/1/14 JCAC Meeting Report.
AFT-Maryland Representative Angela Ardis will be visiting the following locations to answer questions and find out what is going on in your department. Please stop by and find out what’s going on with BCFPE and where you fit in!
Drum Castle
June 10, 2014, 11am-2 pm, 3rd Floor Media Room
Thank you to the OTA for generously contributing raffle prizes at the Onteora Middle School Science Fair, last November. All students who attended the fair were eligible to win. Prizes included balancing birds, gyroscopes, buzzing magnets, grow snow, and Mentos geyser tubes. The students worked hard to create original and interesting science fair experiments about a wide variety of topics. ~ Alyssa Babcock
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NYSUT BLOG: Friday, April 11, 2014
100 Days into NYSUT's Future
The Woodstock Primary School held its annual science fair on March 28, 2014. Each grade level created a designated type of project. Kindergarten created scientific collections; first grade made scientific displays; second grade constructed scientific models; and third grade conducted scientific experiments. The projects filled the cafeteria and the gymnasium, giving our school the feel of a science museum. This year we had more than 200 students contribute a project to the evening fair, nearly the entire school population! The projects were very impressive, from jelly bean collections
