Fix Our Failed Roanoke City Public Schools

https://www.wdbj7.com/2024/08/22/parents-are-frustrated-with-roanoke-city-public-schools-bus-issues-after-first-week-school-is-coming-an-end/

How often do parents get the excuse of "late enrollments" causing bus route issues? As if Roanoke City Public Schools is the only district that has late enrollments and have to deal with this.

Parents frustrated with Roanoke City Public Schools bus issues after first week of school As the first week of school comes to an end, some Roanoke parents are venting frustrations.

Keep voicing your concerns on social media. The public is listening, even if Roanoke City schools are not.

On the Struggle Bus: Roanoke Families Face First-Day Transportation Troubles Roanoke families faced significant transportation issues on the first day of school, with late buses and unreliable app updates causing confusion and concern.

How are parents feeling about the start of a new school year with a new bus company and new app? I fear it's going to be more of the same chaos at least. My oldest student was showing in the app for at least the past week. All "rides" for the month of August were showing as scheduled. My daughter was not showing but they ride the same bus so maybe it eliminates redundancy. Over the weekend both kids disappeared from the app and have not returned. The day before school is not the time to be calling various departments and companies trying to make sure our kids have transportation. Not feeling great about tomorrow morning. Thoughts? Experiences?

Please sign this petition started by another concerned parent regarding the changes coming in the 2024 to 2025 school year. If Zum is so much better than Durham why are these changes necessary? I fear more of the same or worse to come.

https://www.change.org/p/stop-rcps-from-pushing-back-school-times?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1iY8JRAIC5xmR0wGN4AzVvIlsVLY11L-gK-ozo_Y_8sOW0uzsPjy7vp_c_aem_Ab3sS2vW-Tyf2C6JT-y1axUs_8XpY3B6tcCcCEI1qtDKDi3_fa5LGLbPtiNmdSYmT4BBsEKlI2Zx9G2xuq3MK5tp

Sign the Petition Stop RCPS from pushing back school times.

Some more reading for those interested.

Panel rules White violated ethics rules The county school board found that Interim Superintendent Verletta White violated ethics rules regarding financial disclosure of consulting fees, Baltimore County Public Schools announced on Friday afternoon, Feb. 23.

Appears Dr. White couldn't get a job in MD and that's how she ended up in VA.

State school superintendent explains Verletta White decision The state superintendent of schools is breaking her silence, explaining why she twice rejected Verletta White as Baltimore County's choice for permanent superintendent.

For anyone wondering what will happen to the child that made the threat against Crystal Spring Elementary school today, you don't have to. Based on what has occurred and is occurring at Grandin Court Elementary school our great superintendent will slap the wrist, figuratively of course, and send the kid back to the school. Our children are NOT her priority. It's not a priority to get them there on time, safely; and it's not a priority to keep children who make threats out of the schools they threaten. It doesn't matter if the threats were unfounded or the student doesn't have the means to carry out the threat. No one knows when it goes from unfounded or when a child does obtain the means until it's real.

Speaking at school board meetings is so ineffective, parents' time is better spent watching paint dry. The school board wants you to think you are welcome and they care about what you have to say, but really they just sit there and nod along knowingly and approvingly while you speak ignoring and forgetting everything you say as soon as you say it because nothing is going to change the decisions they have already made. The superintendent made that blatantly clear today with her statement about the 5th grader returning to Grandin Court Elementary. She double downed on her decision rather than heeding the concern, outrage, and fear of parents, students, and teachers.

This is the worst leadership this district has had since I have had students enter kindergarten. Thankfully, most of the school board members' terms are over this year and most aren't eligible for another term. Let's hope for better. Let's hope for a complete change in leadership from the very top, down. And let's hope there isn't tragedy in our district before there's change.

Stop using our children as pawns.

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We're still willing to help organize parents to show up to school board meetings as united and with the same message: this is a Roanoke City Public School failure and not a Durham issue! This needs to be corrected now! We are done with the excuses.

Please join our group of the same name and let us know interest in setting up another planning meeting before the next school board meeting.

Please join the recently created group of the same name so we can have conversation and discussion to organize ourselves to be more effective in creating change within the district regarding important issues. The bus issue is just one! Test scores in the 30th percentile for the state should be a tied first!

https://m.facebook.com/groups/319010323945037/?ref=share&mibextid=NSMWBT

Bumping this for new followers. Please let us know if you intend to attend so we can finalize a location.