State: Channing violates federal parental involvement law
By Emily McFarlan emcfarlan@stmedianetwork.com September 13, 2011 6:48PM
Updated: September 14, 2011 2:18AM
ELGIN — Channing Memorial Elementary School in Elgin is in violation of the parent involvement requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind Act, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
ISBE’s findings were presented to the Elgin School District U46 Board of Education by Channing parent Krista Badani at Monday night’s regular board meeting.
Badani, of Elgin, is one of 59 parents who filed a complaint with ISBE in February that the school was not involving parents, a requirement to receive federal Title I funds. That was after “parents did everything within our means to bring attention to the problems and get the district to comply with these federal guidelines,” she said.
“U46 has all sorts of committees and written policies and beautiful words on paper like, ‘Parents are our partners,’ and ‘Our goals are to increase communication and advocacy through family and community engagement.’ But your actions show otherwise and it is getting in the way of kids