Fremont schools cancel parent conferences due to budget cuts

11-20-2009

By Linh Tat/Oakland Tribune

Usually about 2½ months into the school year, parents make plans to meet with their child's teacher and discuss how the student is progressing. But because of budget cuts, no formal parent conference days were scheduled in Fremont this year. Instead, by the end of today, many parents will have received only their child's report card. The elimination of the one-to-one face time has put some parents at odds with teachers or the school district, but others say they understand the constraints educators are under and feel for their plight. Meanwhile, both school district officials and the teachers union maintain that parents whose kids are struggling will continue to hear from teachers — by phone or e-mail, at the very least, if not in person. (more...)

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