They want their principal back. They want their IB program and the students in it left alone. And they don't want to be told that the New Education System techniques aren't being used at Harvard Elementary when their children and the school's teachers say it is. More than 160 people...
They want their principal back. They want their IB program and the students in it left alone. And they don't want to be told that the New Education System techniques aren't being used at Harvard Elementary when their children and the school's teachers say it is.
Earlier this week, Harvard Principal Shelby Calabrese was put on administrative leave. The school was rated a B for the last year — down from an A the year before — in HISD's own rating system employed it has said using Texas Education System methodology. . "Although Harvard is not an NES school, teachers are required to implement the broad NES strategy. Not because they choose to but because they must in order to receive favorable observations. The IB curriculum nurtures and develops young students as caring, active participants in a lifelong journey of learning," she said.
Jacob Margolin, another parent, started by saying that obviously he would not support the bond"until we have an elected and accountable school board. It basic Finance 1010. You don't give money to people who are unaccountable unless you want that money to be squandered.
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