McHenry County Blog

Driving down Pomeroy Street I saw a sign in a front yard.

I couldn’t read it. Probably time for weaker glasses.

(That’s right. Nearsighted people’s eyes get better after age 55.)

It was on the wrong side of the street for me, so I pulled over to take a picture.

Imagine my surprise when I discovered it was a sign dedicated to fighting the lessening of time for non-core subjects in junior high, transferring the time to the more basic subjects.

The sign says,

DISTRICT 47

NO CHANGES
PLEASE

At the bottom of the sign was the address of a web site:

ENCOREMEANSMORE.COM

My guess is that this is a job related sign, but maybe parents who highly value the non-core subjects taught are involved, too.

Suggesting that the effort is related to saving teaching positions is the following statement, which I found on the Encore Means More web site:

Eliminate 12 Encore curriculum teaching positions

Later you can find this:

This will require hiring 12 additional Math and Science teachers.

There are more arguments, of course, and I would encourage folks to read them.

Strangely, the web site does not give the addresses and phone numbers of the school board members. I think that is a mistake, if they want people who agree with them to contact District 47 school board members.

There is a form letter to Superintendent Ron Miller.

District 47’s web site has this article on the subject.

Labels: District 47, Encore Means More, Math, Science