{"id":4906,"date":"2014-07-30T21:19:58","date_gmt":"2014-07-31T04:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=4906"},"modified":"2014-07-30T21:19:58","modified_gmt":"2014-07-31T04:19:58","slug":"high-tech-elementary-has-low-tech-handbook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=4906","title":{"rendered":"High Tech Elementary Has Low Tech Handbook"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"high<\/a>If you have read the High Tech Elementary Handbook<\/a>, you probably have a lot of free time on your hands. You also would have noticed how specific the handbook is when it comes to things such as playing on the playground and walking through the halls. \u201cMy child is enrolled there for this year,\u201d said parent Skylar Gaies. \u201cI read through the handbook last week, and I was kind of surprised. It seems like there is a lot of minutia on basic things, but not a lot of information on how they are actually going to educate my kid. I mean, I guess knowing how to use the swings is important, but it probably doesn\u2019t need to be covered in the handbook, right?\u201d\n\nOther parents agree that they were looking for more specifics on how the school was going to be innovative in its way of educating. \u201cThe mission and vision statements are great,\u201d said parent of an incoming student at High Tech, Maria Schall. \u201cBut, I guess I was more curious as to how they plan to accomplish their vision and what classroom strategies would be employed. Letting us know how birthdays would be celebrated and what snacks would be allowed really isn\u2019t that important to me.\u201d Other things covered in the handbook include but are not limited to:\n\n\n