goodrich agreement

[treehugger]

Don't always agree with Huguenot, but do on this one.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Can't take anyone's argument seriously if they use the word 'stakeholder'!

[Huguenot]

I didn't know how else to put it... 'people who have an vested interest in the outcome', it's not in a thesaurus.

Sometimes these words just have to do :(

[peterstorm1985]

I have even more difficulty with 'team solution', and I don't actually know what is meant by 'talk up school', but I think that somewhere amongst all that jargon is an argument that I agree with.

[345player]

Shouldn't bringing up and educating children be a shared process between home and school? If schools don't engage with parents they disengage and become resentful. If parents don't engage with schools they feel like they're banging their heads against a brick wall. Does this do our youngsters any good? Not so much. It is upto schools to lead the way in this partnership as they are the professional base at which all your kids come together. Having a three way agreement is in no way about setting standards for parenting but a suggestion of ways in which they can provide support for each other (and support sometimes looks a bit like challenge). I find it interesting that on the one hand some of these threads go on about a waste of resources. Why don't you think about the waste of energy you've expended going on about it and how you could have used it positively to help your kids!

[Mick Mac]

Huguenot Wrote:

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> I'm pleased to come from a family with three

> generations of teachers on both sides of the

> state/private divide. We lived, ate and breathed

> education.

>

> It wasn't the leaflet that raised my eyebrows, and

> that's why I didn't mention it.

>

> I can assure you from a well informed position

> that the inability for some parents to recognise

> that education is a three way contract between the

> child, the parents and the school is one of the

> biggest problems facing our education system.

I can assure you Huguenot that many people put an awful lot into supporting Goodrich School. I have been absolutley amazed by the time and effort some people are willing to put into organisation, fund raising and general school support at Goodrich.

I think these people deserve, 1) the school as a whole and 2) the Head specifically to be at least as dedicated as the parents in responding to the needs of local people, with the aim of providing a school that meets their expectations on all matters of teaching and communication.

[Huguenot]

We're in total agreement Mick Mac