I met with another group of Tacomans last night....Good conversation.
Like everybody, these folks want good schools for all the students of Tacoma, in all the neighborhoods of the city. They also understand that teachers and school staffs are essential to the delivery of quality education. Education bureaucracy does not teach. Forums and panels do not teach. People teach, and they do better at teaching when they have effective and trusting relationships to those they're teaching.
That's why one of my primary goals as a board member will be to create opportunities for school staffs to have some more contact--outside of school time--with the families of their schools' neighborhoods. When people work together, that is, undertake tasks together, things get done and relationships get stronger. And better relationships allow for the undertaking of even more work together.
I'm not saying that one Saturday morning work party at the school is going to raise this year's MSP scores at a school. But a consistent commitment to working together--expressed in actual work undertaken--will stimulate involvement and engagement, and these will help academic performance for more kids.
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