Staff Meeting with the School Board

Yesterday was a working day for teachers and support staff even though it was a holiday for students.

All praise be to Allah SWT, teachers met with the President and Vice-President of the School Board in groups so that they have more time to share their feedback. I joined the elementary grades teachers in the meeting. After the meetings, I randomly asked several teachers the kind of issues raised in the meetings and here are some of them:

- purchase a used school bus to provide free transportation for students to go on field trips
- organize in-house staff development training for teachers and staff
- update on construction of school building
- implement programs to provide character building opportunities for students so they do not focus only on academic achievement
- timely order of textbooks and workbooks so that teachers do no have to wait three weeks after school opens to issue them to students

I sincerely appreciate the School Board for taking the initiative and time to collect feedback from teachers and staff. Allah SWT willing I hope that some of the teachers' suggestions can be implemented by the next school year.