Sunday, September 19, 2010

PTA: looking back, catching up - Merlene Davis - Kentucky.com

PTA: looking back, catching up - Merlene Davis - Kentucky.com

PTA: looking back, catching up

63-year-old document stresses importance of parental involvement

- Herald-Leader columnist

Ryland Mullins was cleaning out papers that his aunt had kept when he found a document titled, "What the Teachers Expect of the Parent."

Mullins' aunt, Vivian Breedlove Knight, had taught third grade in Lynch Colored School in Lynch, Ky., for about 17 years before moving to Columbus in 1954.

The document, with 16 highlighted points of expectations, seems to be a part of a future Parent Teacher Association meeting that was scheduled for Feb. 13, 1947.



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