MOE PTA - Jacksonville, FL

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	Volunteers Needed Volunteer Opportunities
Duval County Public Schools requires all volunteers to complete an online volunteer application.
Keep the Lights on All Year What Is It? MOE supports the pop top drive to help pay Ronald McDonald House's electric bill. Collections: Save your aluminum soda can pop tops and place them in a plastic bag Location: MOE Multi-purpose Room Collection Location: Your child can turn these into their teacher or the school's front office. Collection Time frames: All year

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Contact Information:

Mr. Charles Derexson,

President of Florida PTA

www.floridapta.org

LET'S GET REAL ABOUT EDUCATING OUR CHILDREN

This week's fiasco over the FCAT Writing scores has left many shaking their heads in disbelief. Questions remain: Did our school districts receive fair notice of the grading changes? Were our teacher's prepared? Were parents and students informed of the aggressive changes to the state's standards? Was there a phase-in process for students? Did our Governor, Legislators and Board of Education, think, or care, about the roller coaster of emotions our children are now experiencing? Who is to blame?

Florida PTA is not looking to place blame on any one in particular. We believe the entire system needs to be readjusted and appropriate steps need to be made to provide our state's students a first-class, high quality public education.

Mandarin Oaks
Calendar

Play Days:
May 21 - 25

Early Dismissal:
May 23

Reading

Celebration:
May 25

Memorial Day:
No School

May 28th

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