Bring back the parties. Doesn't even need to be holiday...how about a fall, winter and Valentines party. Kids need to have fun at school and they provide the opportunity for parents to be in the school.
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Amanda Ward
9 years ago
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Some of my best childhood memories was are school parties and it was always something nice to look forward to at school. My oldest daughter is sad that she will no longer get to celebrate holidays and my youngest will not even get to have the joy of it. Please bring back holiday parties it is unfair to the children.
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Jessica Rhodes
9 years ago
Bring back school parties!
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Kirsten Kotlarchik
9 years ago
Bring back the parties
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Judy Witasik
9 years ago
What is the purpose of taking away holiday celebrations from young children? They already spend the majority of their time being memorization factories. How do you feel after sitting in a conference all day? Give the kids their parties back you bunch of Ebenezers.
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Jennifer
9 years ago
Let the parties come back, my kindergarten is very disappointed they can't celebrate like mom and dad use to!
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David lisner
9 years ago
Its unfair to punish kids because some parents dont belive in holidays.. Its for fun. Kids are only kids once
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Anonymous
9 years ago
I'd love to see holiday parties come back to school!
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Terry sandberg
9 years ago
Great memories of those school holiday parties.
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Gina Ostenburg
9 years ago
Our school board should be ashamed of themselves. Let's take away the precious few truly fun things about school because it may offend a vague someone. With such a huge portion of our population on free and reduced lunches why take away an opportunity for something extra and fun? Shameful.
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Grace Hadley
9 years ago
School holiday parties may be the only parties some children will see. Let's not take it away.
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Melanie Pennington
9 years ago
Bring back school partys
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Marcella Pinne
9 years ago
Bring back the parties! The kids deserve it!
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Chasity Elliott
9 years ago
I have been a room parent for almost 15 yrs. As my girls are different in ages. I or any other parent at Cortland, has never turned away a child. We as parents made sure (Even at our cost out of our pockets ). Made sure our classes had a good party. The teachers has always helped as well.
This was stupid to take a way something that has been a tradition, even as I was in grade school.
Thank you.
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Kim Foster
9 years ago
Please reconsider
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Jennifer Corbin
9 years ago
Bring back class parties!
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Sirena Ruiz
9 years ago
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Any holiday that students want to celebrate should be celebrated in school, too. Many students' parents do not have the time to do so at home. It would be very comforting for a lot of students to be able to proudly celebrate their culture's holidays.
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K rife
9 years ago
Bring back the parties
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Christina
9 years ago
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The decision to take our parties away was stupid. I wrote a letter and got no response. As parents we don't turn away kids that can't afford to participate. That was a cop out. Maybe we should vote to lower the Superintendent salary andcwith the money we are paying a sub could have funded the parties..smh.
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Kimberly Hall-Cohn
9 years ago
Mother of a District 428 Kindergartener who attends Malta Elementary, Malta IL.
Bring back the parties. Doesn't even need to be holiday...how about a fall, winter and Valentines party. Kids need to have fun at school and they provide the opportunity for parents to be in the school.
Some of my best childhood memories was are school parties and it was always something nice to look forward to at school. My oldest daughter is sad that she will no longer get to celebrate holidays and my youngest will not even get to have the joy of it. Please bring back holiday parties it is unfair to the children.
Bring back school parties!
Bring back the parties
What is the purpose of taking away holiday celebrations from young children? They already spend the majority of their time being memorization factories. How do you feel after sitting in a conference all day? Give the kids their parties back you bunch of Ebenezers.
Let the parties come back, my kindergarten is very disappointed they can't celebrate like mom and dad use to!
Its unfair to punish kids because some parents dont belive in holidays.. Its for fun. Kids are only kids once
I'd love to see holiday parties come back to school!
Great memories of those school holiday parties.
Our school board should be ashamed of themselves. Let's take away the precious few truly fun things about school because it may offend a vague someone. With such a huge portion of our population on free and reduced lunches why take away an opportunity for something extra and fun? Shameful.
School holiday parties may be the only parties some children will see. Let's not take it away.
Bring back school partys
Bring back the parties! The kids deserve it!
I have been a room parent for almost 15 yrs. As my girls are different in ages. I or any other parent at Cortland, has never turned away a child. We as parents made sure (Even at our cost out of our pockets ). Made sure our classes had a good party. The teachers has always helped as well. This was stupid to take a way something that has been a tradition, even as I was in grade school. Thank you.
Please reconsider
Bring back class parties!
Any holiday that students want to celebrate should be celebrated in school, too. Many students' parents do not have the time to do so at home. It would be very comforting for a lot of students to be able to proudly celebrate their culture's holidays.
Bring back the parties
The decision to take our parties away was stupid. I wrote a letter and got no response. As parents we don't turn away kids that can't afford to participate. That was a cop out. Maybe we should vote to lower the Superintendent salary andcwith the money we are paying a sub could have funded the parties..smh.
Mother of a District 428 Kindergartener who attends Malta Elementary, Malta IL.