Teachers turn tables on disinterested students !!

[Daanyeer]

Source: Denver Post
March 7, 2008 Author: Howard Pankratz

Teachers at the Jefferson County Open School turned the tables on their students today, locking classroom doors and going outside and playing music and cards.

The faculty of the school at 7655 W. 10th Ave. in Lakewood took the action after an increasing lack of participation and engagement by students, said Melissa Reeves, spokesperson for Jefferson County Public Schools.

Reeves said some students were not attending class when the school bell rang. And others would listen to music or play cards in the classroom while class was in session.

Frequent trips to a nearby convenience store, which involved skipping out on classes, also were a problem, said Reeves.

As a result, the teachers decided to mimic the students and do some role playing, she said.

The result late this morning was an hour-long, faculty-student assembly in which issues were hashed out and the students ended up apologizing to the school's faculty, said Reeves.

Earlier, one student had called The Denver Post and said that the teachers had gone out on strike.

Reeves said that was not the case.

There are 33 teachers and 550 students at the school.

[Gamadid.]

This reflects the sad state of American Schools. Kids are their own bosses.