Ring In On These Upcoming Topics

Two weeks from tomorrow is the last day of school around here.   Ah, freedom!  (Not.)

My time will be more constrained in July and August, but the Bell will still toll all summer, sometimes here, sometimes in my head.  In September, I will probably start grad school and in October, I'll be teaching another college class.

So, now's my chance to plan.  

Here are topics I hope to cover--with YOUR help:

* Bullying at school.  Perri Klass writes about it in today's Science Times.  I need anecdotes about bullying OR about lack of bullying in OUR schools.  If your kid had a similar issue, how was it handled?  If you haven't encountered a lot of it, why do you think?  I hope to investigate whatever bullying programs are formally in place in Montclair.

* Homeschooling.  Who are our local homeschoolers?  Why do they do it?  HOW do they do it? If you know a homeschooling parent, please encourage them to email me.

* Private schoolers.  Our taxes are famously high.  So why do some people move here, then pay an extra $20k to send a child to MKA or the Co-op or Kent Place?

* The Montclair magnet system.  How and why it evolved, and how parents and kids feel about it today.  (There have been debates over on the Montclair Watercooler about its effectiveness and whether it's even necessary any longer.)

Email me.