Linda Richardswas the first professionally trained American nurse. She established nursing training programs in the United States and Japan, and created the first system for keeping individual medical records for hospitalized patients... (wikipedia)
We're still studying different models from around the nation, seeing what works best. We think it's a great idea that's going to take off for Ralston.
I was concerned that she would be interested in the job so that she could work out her own demons.
Parents are out there who want to help, they're just not sure about what they should do. And teachers have told us that establishing a stronger line of communication with the parents is something they'd like to do, but again, they aren't sure what the best strategies are.
We know we already have great parent involvement in Ralston. With the benchmarks and standards, we want to codify things and put some of our goals into a clearly defined order so we can see what we are accomplishing.