No School on Saturday

As of Saturday, January 22, 2011

School on Saturday is more than just an inconvenience for parents. Many parents value the time they have to instruct their children in religious, moral and common-sense productivity. We hand our children over to the school for full days during the week for academic instruction.

Many years ago when I was a student in Moore County, we started school after Labor Day and ended in early June. We had snow days and made them up.

Some years, makeup days went into the summer break. Saturday makeups were tried in the late ’70s and proved to be nonproductive. So here we are, repeating history.

My child has music lessons and other activities that are of great value. That is not an inconvenience — it is imposing on how I choose to instruct my child on Saturday. What business do you have cramming what you term an inconvenience down the throats of good parents and citizens of this county?

There is a way to do this without using Saturday. We elect the local school board to set policy, and the feds and the state need to let them do the job.

Teachers, may God bless you all. They cut your pay and tell you to take furloughs and now force you to work on Saturday.

By the way, why wasn’t there more public knowledge of the board meeting in September when this decision was made? The board should have a public hearing on this issue now while it is current.

Saturday and Sunday need to be eliminated permanently as an option for makeup days. Can you truly make up a day lost due to an act of God? Or do you just take another day from family?

Write your legislators. I will.

Sam Myrick

Biscoe

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commonsense77 2 years, 4 months ago

Can we please quit whining about Saturday school? The duly elected school board and their employees picked Saturday as a day for makeup, make it an election issue next year if you want but quit blamming state and Federal regulations.

The first make up Saturday was good for many parents who had the kids at home three days and needed the time to run errands. This writer had three days to instruct their child in morals, religion and common-sense.

I assert that if the legislature allowed the school year to stretch further into June and outlawed Saturday and Sunday school these same people would be whining about how the summer break was being cut into reducing the time they could work with their child on outdoor pursuits that build character.

I am constantly amazed at how parents in this community can't/don't teach their children simple life lessons. This parent could have taught their child to adapt, a skill that would have been invaluable for the child's future success!

Sam 2 years, 4 months ago

I invite you to quit whining about the "whining".

native 2 years, 4 months ago

I suggest we send our children 6 days a week every week...We need to play catchup with the balance of the world....

runorbike 2 years, 4 months ago

Really? Saturday has come and gone and this is still an issue with some foks? Time to let go......

ricksarno 2 years, 4 months ago

The kids went to school until 12:00. How much can really be accomplished? No one wanted to be there, so all they really did was make up time which, I guess, was the point.

gardengirl 2 years, 4 months ago

shame on you.

gardengirl 2 years, 4 months ago

If only this much attention and energy was paid to and spent on the youth of our community. Call me delusional, but wouldn't it make more sense to invest in the kids by attending the monthly school board meetings and actually be informed as to what decisions are made on behalf of the law and in the best interests of the youth? How about more productively utilizing one's time by volunteering in the schools as opposed to criticizing the educators in your community's schools. I take tremendous offense to the flippant comments made by those of you who have little, if anything, to do with bettering the education system. I want the most exceptional institutions in the world. I want our schools to each be filled with the most current, state-of-the-art technology, full of kids who utilize every possible resource available in and out of the school, parents and community members sharing their gifts with those who may not be so fortunate, etc. Please stop insulting the educators of this community - those of us who chose this profession are trying to set an example for our students that commitment, dedication, and making the best of circumstances are priceless traits that life lessons require.