Hub City Times

Top Menu

  • Contact Us
  • E-Editions
  • Subscribe

Main Menu

  • Home
  • News
    • Around the County
    • Arts & Ent
    • Education
    • Government
    • Local
    • Police / Sheriff Calls
  • Covid 19
  • Opinion
  • Sports
    • Sports News
    • High School Sports Scores
    • Wisconsin Rapids Rafters
  • Coming Events
  • Business
  • Obits
  • Classifieds
  • Military Photos
  • Contact Us
  • E-Editions
  • Subscribe

logo

Hub City Times

  • Home
  • News
    • Around the County
    • Arts & Ent
    • Education
    • Government
    • Local
    • Police / Sheriff Calls
  • Covid 19
  • Opinion
  • Sports
    • Sports News
    • High School Sports Scores
    • Wisconsin Rapids Rafters
  • Coming Events
  • Business
  • Obits
  • Classifieds
  • Military Photos
Opinion
Home›Opinion›Letter to the editor: When did we vote away our parental rights

Letter to the editor: When did we vote away our parental rights

By Hub City Times
April 7, 2015
879
0
Share:

Parents should play a key role in their children’s education. I have acted under this belief for the last eight years and have had great experiences sending my first three children to public school in Marshfield.

Imagine my distress when I got a phone message just one day before school started this year unapologetically informing me that policy did not allow half-day kindergarten—even though I had already done it three times—so my child would be enrolled full day.

When I indicated that I intended to do half-days anyway, the conversation skipped right over the individual needs of my child and my valuable input as a parent, and I was threatened with truancy charges if I did not send her full day.

I could hardly believe it. These children are only 5 years old. State law, while mandating kindergarten, does not even require a child to attend school until they are 6. As a parent I know what is best for my child. Why would my insight be ignored?

I ended up getting a medical excuse to send her only half days. It seems a little ridiculous to need a doctor’s note to go home and take a nap when you are only 5, but there you go.

The school board has the power to clarify this issue for our district, but the process is arduous, and most of them are uninterested in fighting the battle. Call them, and let them know that a parent’s input should be just as valuable as that of their administrators and that common sense should prevail in this instance and all others.

Parents, these are our children and our schools. Take action. Speak up. Get involved. Let the school board know you should get to be involved. It is the best way to make your child’s education better.

Lisa Lonsdale

Marshfield, WI

TagseducationFeaturedletter to the editoropinion
Previous Article

Children’s Festival to provide educational experiences in ...

Next Article

The vet’s office: Rabbits, ferrets, and reptiles, ...

0
Shares
  • 0
  • +
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

Related articles More from author

  • Local

    BBBS Wood County merges with Central Wisconsin

    January 19, 2018
    By Hub City Times
  • Figi's Corporate Office
    FeaturedLocalOpinion

    Letter to the Editor: Figi children address closure

    January 10, 2019
    By Hub City Times
  • marshfield police department black and white squad wrap chief rick gramza
    Local

    Out-of-town man flees police, tased

    March 18, 2016
    By Hub City Times
  • Ivy Sorenson’s first teaching position was at Sunshine School in 1928.
    History

    It’s elementary: Teachers of the one-room school

    October 31, 2017
    By Hub City Times
  • spencer rockets logo
    Sports

    Spencer softball clinches Cloverbelt East title with doubleheader sweep of Neillsville

    May 20, 2015
    By Hub City Times
  • Local

    Street dance to benefit future Spencer K-9 unit

    August 28, 2018
    By Hub City Times

Leave a reply Cancel reply

You must be logged in to post a comment.

About Us


Hub City Times is published by Multi Media Channels LLC, N2919 County Road QQ Waupaca, WI 54981.

Timeline

  • January 23, 2021

    MACCI turns 75: Part III Changing names

  • January 21, 2021

    DNR confirms CWD in Wood County, renews baiting and feeding bans

  • January 20, 2021

    City seeks candidates for ethics board

  • January 19, 2021

    Marshfield Clinic scheduling COVID vaccinations to those 65 and older

  • January 19, 2021

    Wood County deputy and K-9 partner recognized

Find us on Facebook

Copyright © 2020 Multi Media Channels, All Rights Reserved. Designed by MMC Team Awesome
×