A SCHOOL ON THE BRINK

A few weeks ago I was at an event to kick start Homecoming. Since it is a shared campus all the schools in the building were present in the
auditorium.

At the beginning of the ceremony, the mistress of ceremony(mc) publicly acknowledged the respective administrative body of each school. When the names of a given school administration were called the
student body was strangely quiet. They were even a few "boos" scattered here and there.

I was both mortified and embarrassed! The students have clearly made known how they feel about their administrators. Can it further be elaborated that this was how they felt about their school........teachers included! I could not help but to think.......Have the adults in that given school failed to connect with the students?Is this a school on the brink?

I was deeply troubled. If this is the current reality, can it be said that those students have a school? Is there learning taking place in the classrooms? What good is it if the
students don't feel "good" about their school? What are they really trying to tell us?
Are we listening? What can we do about it?

The students have stopped cheering.

Who will champion their cause? Let's get the students cheering again!

Have a great week.

Petreno