The Librotraficante Cultural Caucus: School Board Races

 

10 Ways Your School Board Rules Your Daily Existence

 

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Do you know the name of your governor?

Do you know the name of your mayor?

Do you know the name of your school board member? Well, you should. This publicly elected official probably impacts your day more than the other 2 politicians.

  

10 Ways that School Board Members Rule Your Daily Existence

(And perhaps the entire future of your child.)

 

Created by Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante and

Librotraficante La Profe aka Claudia Macias

 

1.     Your school board decides if you go to court because your child is late or absent too often. Some school boards have decided to give parents tickets if their child has excessive tardies or absences or both.  In Texas, one young lady went to jail for too many absences.

2.     Your school board decides if your child will get spanked. Several states allow spanking in public schools. So some school boards can implement corporal punishment. Regardless of the punishment, studies show that schools punish African American and Latino males more often and more severely for the same infraction than White males.

 

3.     Your school board decides if students will eat Pink Slime for lunch. According to an ABC News report by JimAvila, “Pink slime” is beef trimmings. Once only used in dog food and cooking oil, the trimmings are now sprayed with ammonia so they are safe to eat and added to most ground beef as a cheaper filler.”  Yummy. Here are the delicious details. Who would have thought we would come think of greasy pizza and fries as the era of healthy lunches?

 

4.     Your school board decides if your kid gest picked up by the school bus. They also decide how far away you need to live to get picked up. That could be 2 miles, 3 miles, even 5 miles. It’s up to them.

 

5.     Your school board decides which school your child can even attend.  They devise the neighborhood borders for school zones. That’s why you can’t attend theschool down the block.

 

6.     Your school board decides if there is a pre-kindergarten program. Your school board also devises the standards and methods to determine if you are poor enough (income), disabled enough (have a disability), homeless enough, or speak little enough English to qualify for the program.

 

7.     Your school board decides if your child’s favorite teacher gets a raise.

 

8.     Your school board decides how great teachers are rewarded. Your school board decides how bad teachers are rewarded.

 

9.     Your school board decides of your child’s gifts or talents counts towards being identified for the Gifted and Talented program. That’s assuming if they voted for a Gifted and Talented program for your school.

 

10. You school board decides if your history is against the law. In 2012, the Tucson Unified School District prohibited Mexican American Studies. Actually, this can’t happen in most other states because this was the only K-12th Grade Mexican American Studies in the nation. If you would like to have your children study their history and have the opportunity to learn more about U.S. History in a more comprehensive manner from all points of view . . . get involved. Today.

 

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