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i am so disappointed in the way this meeting regarding mr. fitzsimmonds proposal was handled this evening. you see i have a daughter who goes to central who had her own questions regarding the changes so i bought her and her friend to the meeting. my goal was to teach them to listen,question, make intelligent decisions and to be a part of the process.  first mr. f, left the whiteboard he was using in front of them so that they couldnt see ok error we giggled. then he proceeded to tell us his proposal which left us with a lot of questions. then came the Q&A part well for every question that was asked we were given a 20 minute story about his life in ny and why he likes living there etc. we were shown results from 2007 regarding the way more classroom time supposedly helps our children. lunch was being cut to 30 mins. which led to my question. i kept my hand up pretty much most of the time, the women around me even noticed that i was being over looked. considering im not a small human being it couldnt have been that he didnt see me. so i kept raising my hand to ask my question and to eventually  let my daughter ask hers. we were deliberately ignored and everyone around us could see it. then mr. f decided he was only going to take a short number of questions he ignored them again. the sad part is? because he had just gotten done saying how student input on what books they read and their opinion mattered etc.. i finally couldnt take this behavior anymore and left right in the middle of him moving on to someone elses questions. yet he deliberately ignored 2 of the people who will have to live with his decisions. thank you mr. f, for teaching these 2 girls what it is to be ignored, to not have a say even by people who say you should and for making them walk away with more questions than answers and for making them feel invisible.. thank you for making them feel as if they dont matter. Maybe its a good thing you leave in april, we need someone who can listen as well as talk. your actions were dispicable tonight. i promised those girls that anyone on the board who votes for this proposal will not get an election vote from me because not one of our questions was answered.  i will inform my friends of how it went tonight. Great job!

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