Health Care in Sioux Falls Schools Part 2 – Parental Consent Form

Health Care in Sioux Falls Schools Part 2   Parental Consent Form I want to share with you the parental consent form for your child to be seen in the Falls Community Health Clinic located in your child’s school. A couple of things of note.     Services provided at Falls Community Health—School-Based Health Clinic will include:…

Pressure on Utah Governor’s Office is Relentless

Utah school board denies guv’s Common Core request http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/56254239-78/standards-board-common-core.html.csp Utah has been on the frontlines of the battle against Common Core. I want to share this story from the Salt Lake City Tribune, dated Friday May 3rd. ‘Christine Kearl, the governor’s education advisor,…She said the Governor’s Office hears daily complaints about the Common Core.’ ‘…

Health Care Clinics in Sioux Falls Schools

  Need a Nurse? No problem! Leave the Classroom and Go to the Clinic http://ksoo.com/need-a-nurse-no-problem-leave-the-classroom-and-go-to-the-clinic/ When this first hit the news that the school district was adding clinics to the schools – I had never heard of Common Core or Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan’s philosophy about the role he believes schools are to play…

Senator Chuck Grassley’s Letter to the Appropriations Committee

Last week on Facebook we asked you to contact Senators Thune and Johnson with regards to co-signing Senator Chuck Grassley’s letter to the Appropriations Committee. In this letter he outlined the reasons the Common Core Standards, in relation to federal funding are illegal and is requesting that they prohibit future funding for the Common Core…

"Children for Sale"

What is Common Core? To be honest, I had no idea. I looked it up online. I read that they were standards for each grade that would be consistent across a number of states. They were described as higher standards, internationally benchmarked, state-led, and inclusive of parent and teacher in-put. It didn’t sound like a…