The Public School System wants the Parents Teachers Association of every school to get involved in terms of knowing how the Board of Education uses the money it gets from the Legislature.<\/p>\n
At the last PSS board meeting, board member Herman Guerrero said that involving the parents represented by the Parents Teachers Association president at every school would shorten the process of educating the Legislature on how PSS plans to use the money lawmakers allot the system.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt seems like that it\u2019s always an educating process every year that we go through the exercise of telling the [Legislature] how we plan to use the money. By getting the PTA involved, the Legislature will have a clearer picture on what the actual needs of the schools are,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are certain individuals out there that don\u2019t like us and just creates problems for us. So I believe when we make the initial budget request, let\u2019s make sure we engage the parents,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Guerrero suggested that in the future, a letter of certification signed by the parents will help PSS justify the system\u2019s immediate need.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt would be nice to see a letter of endorsement or a certification from PTA that they have at least reviewed the budget that we presented to them, where they have provided input,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis way, when the Legislature comes back to us, we can show them the letter that supported the needs of the school by the community as represented by the parents of the students,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Board member Florine Hofschnieder shared Guerrero\u2019s view of involving the parents because, aside from giving the parents voices, the parents will go through what the board experiences when they present the budget to the Legislature. <\/p>\n
Guerrero said that in budget hearings, inviting the PTA president to join alongside management and the school principals is an ideal situation.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe always have management and principals and it is an excellent idea to invite the PTA president of every school and be there so if they want to speak, they can to support their interests and the PSS budget,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
\u201cI am tired of hearing from the Legislature that we gave you the 25 percent but that is just the minimum and that doesn\u2019t mean it ends there. They need to move away from that mentality\u2026 We need to invest in our students and we are still at the bottom of per pupil expenditures, even though we are moving up with our teachers\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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