S.T.E.M. isn't the reason for their decisions. The "little" amount of students you are referring to worked hard to be accepted into the Academy. It's not "pass a multiple choice test and you're in" thing. There are students that are in college classes which the parents have to pay for, not the school district. Students take the PSSA's so that the school knows what kind of curriculum and to what level of comprehension each student has reached. Why should the students with higher scores have to sit in classes that have they have already exceeded in and vice versa -- you wouldn't want a student that doesn't understand a certain area and level of study to sit in a class and be expected to understand AND pass their classes.
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Paula Lyons
10 years ago
Sacrificing kid's education. How sad.
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Tyler James Dice
10 years ago
I think we should return normal school days. In the end, I can only see this hurting the school.
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Melissa
10 years ago
Teach children, reduce pay, stop giving away food, stop throwing away food, buy more books, only offer English to non speaking English students, teach by the book not the pssa
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Jessica Cusatis
10 years ago
Please go back to Normal Days
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Candice Segilia
10 years ago
Think about the education not about saving money.. I thought education was important .... guess not
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Judi Winner
10 years ago
My grandchildren deserve a full education schedule, that's why their parents pay taxes. I think its time to cut the wages of the crazy, half-minded administrators who are trying to steal the children's education.
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Patricia McManaway Piazza
10 years ago
They need to make this change it is unfair to the children of Hazelton
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Murry Dungone
10 years ago
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Maybe some of the administrators should be eliminated or take a big pay CUT rather than the kids giving up precious education time. The weird part is no one mentioned this budget deficit until we were millions of dollars in the hole. Tax families rather than the elderly homeowners.
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shawn delmonico
10 years ago
do we pay you for five days a week what agreat job work winter month summer off now only four days week then make tax pays for every thing but don't say anything how about cut your wages in half there a way to save money none of you are worth the money you get
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Lorin Shepherd
10 years ago
Why should our kids suffer through the shortcomings of government issues.:?
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Gina Callavini
10 years ago
Our children deserve a quality education and they should not be the ones to suffer over frivolous spending by the district!
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Cassidy Hunsinger
10 years ago
This is crazy!
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Agnes Deroa
10 years ago
Return to five days a week
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Amanda
10 years ago
Return to normal school days. Education is extremely important to these kids.
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JoAnn Barron
10 years ago
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Parents pay school taxes and now, because of salaries and inappropriate spending you want us to have to pay for daycare, or worse leave our children unattended and at risk. You need to take into consideration how this affects PARENTS as well as the children.
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Richard Ivory
10 years ago
This is not a very good idea it changes alot of people's lives!!!!
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Stephanie Yanochko
10 years ago
I value my education and 4 day weeks are not benefiting anyone.
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Dana Thomas
10 years ago
Kids need to learn. And taking a day way is actually bad the kids get 3 months as it is learning is starting to be an option rather then a need and in tired of it
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S.T.E.M. isn't the reason for their decisions. The "little" amount of students you are referring to worked hard to be accepted into the Academy. It's not "pass a multiple choice test and you're in" thing. There are students that are in college classes which the parents have to pay for, not the school district. Students take the PSSA's so that the school knows what kind of curriculum and to what level of comprehension each student has reached. Why should the students with higher scores have to sit in classes that have they have already exceeded in and vice versa -- you wouldn't want a student that doesn't understand a certain area and level of study to sit in a class and be expected to understand AND pass their classes.
Sacrificing kid's education. How sad.
I think we should return normal school days. In the end, I can only see this hurting the school.
Teach children, reduce pay, stop giving away food, stop throwing away food, buy more books, only offer English to non speaking English students, teach by the book not the pssa
Please go back to Normal Days
Think about the education not about saving money.. I thought education was important .... guess not
My grandchildren deserve a full education schedule, that's why their parents pay taxes. I think its time to cut the wages of the crazy, half-minded administrators who are trying to steal the children's education.
They need to make this change it is unfair to the children of Hazelton
Maybe some of the administrators should be eliminated or take a big pay CUT rather than the kids giving up precious education time. The weird part is no one mentioned this budget deficit until we were millions of dollars in the hole. Tax families rather than the elderly homeowners.
do we pay you for five days a week what agreat job work winter month summer off now only four days week then make tax pays for every thing but don't say anything how about cut your wages in half there a way to save money none of you are worth the money you get
Why should our kids suffer through the shortcomings of government issues.:?
Our children deserve a quality education and they should not be the ones to suffer over frivolous spending by the district!
This is crazy!
Return to five days a week
Return to normal school days. Education is extremely important to these kids.
Parents pay school taxes and now, because of salaries and inappropriate spending you want us to have to pay for daycare, or worse leave our children unattended and at risk. You need to take into consideration how this affects PARENTS as well as the children.
This is not a very good idea it changes alot of people's lives!!!!
I value my education and 4 day weeks are not benefiting anyone.
Kids need to learn. And taking a day way is actually bad the kids get 3 months as it is learning is starting to be an option rather then a need and in tired of it