jamil

Posted on 10/28/09

Get off your high horse. I have been the first to call CPS many times.
The response for help for children in need in this state is deplorable.
We treat our homeless/abused animals better than we do the children in
this state. I know I am a mandated reporter and I have done what is right
more times than I care to talk about. I have testified in court cases,
reported hungry children, given gift cards anonymously to parents so they
can feed their children. I know my duty. There is something very
sinister sounding about this new duty though that the district has
decided might be a good idea. Behind the smoke screens that are set up --
we are simply have been assigned another spying duty by this state. I
connect with my parents on a daily/weekly basis, mix with them at social
events at the school -- however I will not go into the private homes and
assume the role of "Big Brother" because that is what it will end up
being in this state.

On 10/28/09, hmm wrote:
> I agree that yes, we are not social workers, nor qualified to
> do "home visits" HOWEVER, if (worst case scenerio) you were to go to a
> student's home and see deplorable conditions, you are MANDATED to
> report it. If you don't, you CAN go to jail.
>
> I don't care if the state is/isn't well staffed to take care of these
> problems. The point is YOU, as a mandated reporter, ARE REQUIRED to
> report it. Not only that but you mean to tell me you would ignore the
> conditions that the student was living in only because in your OPINION
> you feel nothing can be done?!?!?!??!
>
>
> On 10/28/09, janmil wrote:
>> I can see a whole host of problems that would arise if I went to go
>> into some of the homes of my students. We are not trained social
>> workers and there is a severe, severe shortage of CPS workers. We
>> should not be investigating conditions in the home. Our job is to
>> teach. There is no one to turn to if there are shortages of food in
>> the home. There are no food banks and food stamps are not plentiful
>> in this state that is on the verge of bankruptcy. We cannot fix
>> the problems we might find and I am finding plenty of problems
>> presented to me just in the classroom. I think this is another
>> form of "Big Brother". Would we be required to report illegal
>> aliens?There are neighborhoods that I would be afraid to go into.
>>
>> On 10/27/09, JEB wrote:
>>> I live in the Vail school district. My neighbor told me last
>>> year that teachers make home visits at the start of the school
>>> year. As a parent, he was very supportive of this.
>>>
>>> On 10/27/09, hmm wrote:
>>>> I haven't heard any of this but it sounds like this rumor is
>>>> limited to just the district in Tucson? If it's true, the
>>>> district better keep in mind the safety of their teachers and
>>>> if anything happens "on the job" so to speak, THEY will be
>>>> the ones responsible.
>>>>
>>>> It concerns me, though, that one of your complaints is having
>>>> to report unsuitable conditions. This shouldn't be a
>>>> complaint but rather an opportunity to do what others won't
>>>> do. Aren't kids supposed to be #1 in our hearts?
>>>>
>>>> On 10/27/09, jamil wrote:
>>>>> I just heard a rumor from a teacher down in Tucson. She
>>>>> told me that the school district wants to start a process
>>>>> by which the teacher visits the home of her each of her
>>>>> students to get to know the parents better. I have very
>>>>> uncomfortable feelings about this. Number one is "Big
>>>>> Brother" intrusion into the very private homes of my
>>>>> parents--Number two is that I would have to report
>>>>> unsuitable surroundings in the home to a very understaffed
>>>>> Child Protective Agency -- Number three is the tons of
>>>>> extra paperwork and time that this process would eat up --
>>>>> Number 4 is the fact that I would be venturing into some
>>>>> very unsavory neighborhoods where I am an unwelcome
>>>>> presence. Please tell me that this rumor is only rumor. I
>>>>> thought that Arizona could not come up with any more wacky
>>>>> solutions to the poor educational standing but this so
>>>>> called solution might take the cake.

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