Has bullying really become a bigger problem or have our children become wimps who don’t know how to stand up for themselves? I’ve told my son he will never get in trouble with me for standing up to a bully, even if he gets suspended for fighting back. Zero-tolerance policies are really zero-intelligence policies.
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At a time when many states can barely afford to educate their own legal residents children, we can’t afford to be educating children who are here illegally. Liberals are always complainin
My son was recently diagnosed with an eye condition called convergence insufficiency. TJ’s eyes do not work well together for the length of time required for schoolwork. As he struggles to aim both eyes at the page, the print tends to move, blur or go double. It is not surprising that TJ sometimes struggles in class.
This is a condition that my wife and I had never heard of before. As far as I know, there are not too many optometrists who are qualified to diagnose it and most don’t even try. Just because a child’s eyes are 20/20 doesn’t mean they are working well together and able to focus correctly.
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AJ Whittenberg Elementary School of Engineering is giving people the opportunity to be a permanent part of their new campus. They are asking family, friends and businesses to buy a brick paver for their patio area as a lasting gift to the school. This is a benefit for the PTA.
I thought long and hard about what I wanted to put on our family’s brick. Here’s what I want our paver to say:
MAY GOD BLESS THIS
ENDEAVOR PSALM 127
THE TROMMETTERS
I’m of two minds about this. I don’t want to see funding for charter schools cut, but I doubt much of the money does go to charter schools since the teacher’s unions control where money goes. Unions don’t like charter schools.
