STOP the "Blanket" No Teacher Request Policy AND ask for a School Board REVOTE!

In the 2016/2017 School year the SCSD2 school board voted to change the traditional "Teacher Request" policy to a "blanket" 'No Teacher Request' policy that prohibits parents from voicing their input on what teacher their child receives the following year. This new "blanket" policy includes children with IEP's, special needs, and children from trauma backgrounds. The new policy silences the requests of the parents or guardians from being able to advocate for a teacher or classroom environment that may best emotionally, socially, and educationally help their child be successful. The new policy actually suppresses parental input into their child's education and communicates to the parent/guardian that the school system knows their child better than they do. Many parents received a letter informing them that this policy change was coming, but the wording of the letter led many to believe this was a state mandated change ( which it was not) and many felt it could not be challenged ( which it can). Surrounding school districts have refused to go down this "silencing" road and oppose the idea of a policy that would take away the voice of their school's biggest asset, the parent.