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Monthly Archives: March 2009

Can’t get a high school tour? Call the school board!

Last week’s “Neighborhood Conversation about Schools” put on by the Highland Park Neighborhood Association was attended by school board members Willa Powell, Malik Evans and Tom Brennan.  When a parent said she had been told by a city high school that she could not tour the school or have her child shadow a student there, [...]

High School Parents — Please Drop In!!!

There are a number of questions on the forum that we need your help answering!  For example:  What happens if your child wants to transfer to a different school after 8th grade?  How is In-School Suspension working out at different high schools?  What’s up with the Wilson reconfiguration? Please stop by the forum and share your [...]

Summer’s coming … eventually!

The snow has barely melted (and we probably haven’t seen the last of it) but it’s not too early to start thinking about what your child will be doing this summer – and certainly not about what they’ll be doing over April break.
This week’s postings on the Flower City Parents Network forum include spring [...]

Help the Flower City Parents Network Grow!

Word is spreading and the Flower City Parents Network has seen a steady flow of new members.  But we’d like to see more, and we need your help. The information on the forum is only as good as the people posting there.  We’d like to see every school and every area of the city represented.  [...]

The Flower City Parents Network: One Week Old!

When the Flower City Parents Network opened its virtual doors last week, we had no idea if anyone would come through them.  A week later, more than three dozen parents have joined and we have more than 100 posts (and counting) on our forum.  But the information on the site is only as good as [...]