In the meantime I would like to request that all parents of Flagler Schools students (and teachers as well) please plan on attending the Tuesday, July 24th, 2007 school board meeting at 6pm at the Government Services building in Bunnell. Whether you are for or against the uniform policy, if you are a parent of a Flagler Schools student, or a teacher, I would ask that you please attend that meeting to help request that the school board turn the decision about uniforms over to the parents through a parent survey and vote.
The school board's process up to this point has been severely lacking in public - and specifically parent - input on this matter. They voted on the issue before hearing from parents and staff about it at the town hall meeting. Even at the town hall meeting, about half of the input the board listened to in favor of their uniform policy was from people who are not Flagler Schools parents or staff, people whose lives it will not affect in any way.
Most districts that have started using uniforms have done so only after a parent survey/vote, and I don't believe that the parents of Flagler county should be denied our right to decide what we want for our children in this case.
Representatives of the ACLU will be at the school board meeting again on July 24th to assist Flagler Schools parents in getting back our rights to determine what is best for our kids. It is time to stop playing politics with our kids' education. Please come out to the meeting to show your support for a parent survey, whether you support uniforms or not. Tell the board we want to decide what is right for our kids ourselves.
Tuesday, July 24th, 2007
6pm - 8pm
Board Room, Government Services Building, Bunnell
6pm - 8pm
Board Room, Government Services Building, Bunnell
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