{"id":6006,"date":"2015-11-03T21:42:58","date_gmt":"2015-11-04T04:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=6006"},"modified":"2015-11-03T21:42:58","modified_gmt":"2015-11-04T04:42:58","slug":"schools-to-begin-handing-out-awards-to-parents-for-getting-kids-to-school-on-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=6006","title":{"rendered":"Schools to Begin Handing Out Awards to Parents for Getting Kids to School on Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"award<\/a>Stapleton elementary schools will begin a program beginning in November that will \u201creward\u201d parents for getting their kids to school on time. Essentially, parents who get their kids to school on time will receive a ribbon from an administrator as they are leaving the school\u2019s campus. \u201cWe wanted to create some urgency on the parents\u2019 side,\u201d said Swigert Administrator Jodi Haugen. \u201cJust an extra thing to encourage them to get their kids to class on time, and then to reward them. We are really looking forward to seeing the results of the program.\u201d Haugen says the Stapleton schools are not necessarily having an issue with tardiness, but she believes parents should be rewarded for being responsible and getting their kids to school on time. \u201cIt really is a big accomplishment,\u201d said Haugen. \u201cPeople have so much going on these days, so making that extra effort to get the kids out the door is really special. Of course, maybe it will reduce tardiness as well\u201d\n\nThe new program is getting mixed reactions from the community. \u201cHere we go again rewarding mediocrity<\/a>,\u201d said Stapleton dad Adam Clark. \u201cNow, my wife is typically the one that does the drop off, but still, do we really want to view getting your kids to school on time as an accomplishment? I think it is a bad precedent for parents and kids.\u201d Jill Baird agrees. \u201cI think we can do without a pat on the back on this one,\u201d said Baird. \u201cLiterally millions of kids get dropped off at school on time every day across the country. If almost everyone can do it, I don\u2019t think it is that big of a deal.\u201d Dana Schmit believes the awards should be more conditional. \u201cI see some of these moms with a baby, a first grader, and a kindergartner,\u201d said Schmit. \u201cThey have to get all those kids out the door and to class. That is a big deal. If you have one kid, or your kids are in fourth grade or higher, well, no, it is not that hard to figure that out. So, I think the awards should be there, but you have to pre-register with your situation to get one.\u201d Amy Williams would definitely appreciate the awards. \u201cI have run all sorts of races, including marathons and triathlons,\u201d said Williams. \u201cBut getting my kids to school is way harder than any of those events. So many factors involved. Lunches, outfits, teeth brushing, hair combing, random tantrums. It\u2019s just a big feat to me when I get those kids dropped at the school.\u201d\nHaugen says the program is in a test phase, so if it is ineffective, or parents don\u2019t appreciate it, it can be dropped. \u201cNothing is in stone here,\u201d said Haugen. \u201cThis is just something we are trying out, and we will actively access the success.\u201d Haugen encourages parents to post daily photos of themselves with their awards after dropping the kids off at school with the hashtag #Ididit. ]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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