These are some of the reasons we are homeschooling our two boys. It really bugs me too that we have to take off time just to pick up a report card in person. I can understand a parent teacher conference. And elementary kids are not the ones forging parents signatures. If any one is it would be High Schoolers. I tried it one time. I was busted.

I also noticed that Meadowlake Elem. had their move in night last Thursday from 3pm to 5pm. It did say move in NIGHT on the sign. Then later that evening I passed Griggs Elem. And they were having there move in night at night. 5:30pm to 7:30 pm.

Some of us do not have flexible hours and that makes it very hard to take time off. When we do it should by used for Honor roll assemblies and conferences.

well what job do you have that lets you leave work for an hour???..please tell us!!!! we want that job!!!!!

You must not be familiar with the requirements of the MCPSS. Teachers must indeed use STI. Its the datacenter of the school. Have you ever received a report card, in any fashion? Have you ever received a progress report? Have you ever had a school employee call you? All that originates in STI. There may indeed be a delay in the teachers posting, and there is typically a delay in the teacher posting to STI and the internet version showing it, but teachers MUST post in STI. No questions!

About Burns making you come to the school to pick up the report card: this happens typically for one of two reasons. 1) There is an abnormal rate of student forgeries, or report cards that don’t actually make it home, or 2) the school is using the report card pickup as a parent/teacher conference vehicle, in accordance with NCLB and/or the school’s APE, where they need 100% of students to have X number of parent/teacher conferences. But, if you can’t find an hour to come to school, you need a new job!

You must not be familiar with Burns. While it is required, there is no system oversight to follow up on compliance.  They never post.  Also, since we are talking about report cards, at one point last year they refused to send report cards home, requiring parents to abandon or jeopardize their jobs to get this information.  Even after calling and making a personal request, they refused to send the report card home with the child.

Teachers have to post grades to STI.  That is how report cards are printed.

How can anyone expect Cranford Burns to post an emergency when they won’t even post grades or homework assignments on the STI site?  Is this another example of money being spent on technology that will never be used?