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OWASSO – Mother and father serving to to steer Father or mother Voice Oklahoma (PVO) organizations thanked the Oklahoma State Board of Training for approving a settlement that will increase funding for constitution faculties.
In a press launch despatched to The Metropolis Sentinel, CapitolBeatOK.com, and different information organizations, Leaders at PVO mentioned the board’s resolution to help constitution faculties is a win for folks in search of extra selections in schooling.
“Too typically, our system of public schooling fails to supply mother and father selections, just isn’t attentive to their wants and ignores their preferences fully,” mentioned Jennifer Johnson, a PVO advocate from Owasso. “One vibrant spot in that system has been constitution faculties, which provide mother and father and college students better choices in curricula and format. We’re thrilled to see the Board of Training vote to supply these faculties with extra sources and help.”
Dana Walsh, additionally with PVO, mentioned she noticed the Board’s March 26 resolution as half of a bigger development in the direction of optimistic reform.
“For a very long time, we’ve had an schooling institution that seen itself as the one recreation on the town, and the perspective has been ‘my manner or the freeway,’” mentioned Walsh.
“That served their pursuits and backside line, but it surely wasn’t a system that labored for folks or college students. Now that’s altering. We’ve a governor who’s listening to oldsters and a board that’s listening to oldsters. We would like selections; we wish enter; we wish a seat on the desk. This resolution by the board is one other signal that the period of particular pursuits ruling public schooling is over.”
For extra data on Father or mother Voice Oklahoma, go to parentvoiceok.org.
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