Blog Post #6

My community partner has not sought any legislative changes, however, as a new member of the administrative board at St. Lawrence Academy he has sought to make changes within the school. John Bennett, my community partner, has been trying to make changes within the school, some of the changes that he and the administration have been working on include: enrollment increase, better teaching styles, more productive goals, getting UC credits for 90% their classes and more. The administration is putting forth the effort to make these changes possible by raising more funds for the school and getting the community, parish, students, teachers, parents and alumni to participate in school events. While this does not affect government legislature, on any level, it does affect the school, which the structure is very similar to. I am lucky enough to see the administration and teaching side as John is doing both teaching and administration. So thats really helpful to be able to understand both sides.