Congratulations!

Congratulations, everyone!  We have survived the first quarter!  No one outside the schools understands how hard you work to make it look easy....how you are still adjusting to the new Common Core while administering new assessments and managing it all in a new data system. Kudos!

However, at my first State Teacher Team meeting, Dr. Atkinson shared some statistics that highlight just how few people really know what you do every day.

• In NC, 80% of adults over the age of 25 do NOT have a child in the public schools...they only know what they read in the media.  If we want the community to support our schools, we need to tell our story!  Speak up!
• In the last election, LESS THAN 20% of teachers voted!  If we would like to see change in education, we need to change...VOTE!  SPEAK UP!

 And remember to share our 3R's....Raises!  Resources ! Respect!