Stop the plan for extended school hours in Haverhill, MA
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Dear Dr. Buchanan and Haverhill School Council,
We are opposed to the proposed plan for extended hours at Consentino and Whittier middle schools. We feel the additional school hours will deeply cut into after school activities, sports, and family time. Given the later hour the children will be returning home, this will also limit their time for outdoor play which promotes exercise and allows for fresh air. It was indicated at the last meeting that the schools will continue to assign homework in addition to a nearly 8 hour school day. We believe this will be exhausting to the children and put families under added stress. Although education is very important to us, we want our children to live a balanced life and not become over burdened with school. Furthermore, parents are concerned that the open enrollment policy to the other middle schools will not be an option due to limited space, and that transportation will be a hardship for many. We understand this plan is being proposed as a means to raise past MCAS scores. However, since many Haverhill students make top grades, we feel this is an unfair solution. We urge you to reconsider the proposal for the extended hours and research other options to help the children in need of support. Thank you for your consideration.
We are opposed to the proposed plan for extended hours at Consentino and Whittier middle schools. We feel the additional school hours will deeply cut into after school activities, sports, and family time. Given the later hour the children will be returning home, this will also limit their time for outdoor play which promotes exercise and allows for fresh air. It was indicated at the last meeting that the schools will continue to assign homework in addition to a nearly 8 hour school day. We believe this will be exhausting to the children and put families under added stress. Although education is very important to us, we want our children to live a balanced life and not become over burdened with school. Furthermore, parents are concerned that the open enrollment policy to the other middle schools will not be an option due to limited space, and that transportation will be a hardship for many. We understand this plan is being proposed as a means to raise past MCAS scores. However, since many Haverhill students make top grades, we feel this is an unfair solution. We urge you to reconsider the proposal for the extended hours and research other options to help the children in need of support. Thank you for your consideration.
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150 signatures
Goal: 1,000
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30 December 2015
27 December 2015
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Gary B
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School your child attends or may attend in the future
Consentino
Please consider what you are asking not of us as adults but from our children. As stated numerous times in this petition those of us who really care about our children's education are spend
19 December 2015
18 December 2015
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Julie D
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School your child attends or may attend in the future
Silverhill
quality not quantity
9 December 2015
7 December 2015
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Ellen F
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School your child attends or may attend in the future
Tilton
It is way to long of a day the time to be kids too.
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16 September 2015
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Cori P
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School your child attends or may attend in the future
Consentino Middle School
This is unfair to all the children who are doing great in school and on their MCAS tests. Please find another solution. This also will be a problem is we rely on our older chi
13 September 2015
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Erin S
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As one who attended Whittier Middle School not too long ago I remember what it was like trying to juggle classroom work, homework and my afterschool activities. Extending the school day would virtually cripple an already overloaded student body! Give thes
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Tracy Petty
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Superintendent of Haverhill Schools and Haverhill School Council
Superintendent of Haverhill Schools and Haverhill School Council
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