lololong
Puritan Board Freshman
I am the director of an academic Christian homeschool co-op. To start our co-op, we do have certain rules that a board has established as a matter of defining what is acceptable or not, how we operate... We do not have too many rules or regulation as not to burden unnecessary. It is a voluntary co-op. Everybody has a non paid job, and we keep our cost very low.
Parents have to sign a form stating they agree with the rules and will abide by them. Same for the students.
Some parents have absolutely no regard for the rules, even when it comes to simple things like: Strive to be on time, do your job, do not chat with Aunt Molly on your cell phone instead of doing your job. They basically want all the advantages with doing the minimum or even nothing at all.
in my opinion, it is my job, and the job of the board to confront the unfaithful instead of looking the other way.
I come from the Biblical point that if you know somebody sins, you have to confront them.
I believe that it does not have to be done in a spirit of anger, but has to be done.
Is this legalistic?
I was told by some members of the board that we can tell somebody to do their jobs, but we cannot make them.
Yes, we cannot make them do the job that they have agreed upon, but we have the right to not have them be part of our co-op (it is in our rules).
Some people on the board believe that I am too hard, and that I should just ignore it.
I am from the mindset that setting standart to the lowest denominator is never a good thing (even in my pageant upbringing, we were to strive to do our very best) , and that we should encourage each other to excellence as doing everything unto the Lord. They wanted me to be the director, and I just cannot ignore certain behavior. However, I am not asking for perfection.
Should I just chill out?
What would you do?
Thanks
Lolo
Parents have to sign a form stating they agree with the rules and will abide by them. Same for the students.
Some parents have absolutely no regard for the rules, even when it comes to simple things like: Strive to be on time, do your job, do not chat with Aunt Molly on your cell phone instead of doing your job. They basically want all the advantages with doing the minimum or even nothing at all.
in my opinion, it is my job, and the job of the board to confront the unfaithful instead of looking the other way.
I come from the Biblical point that if you know somebody sins, you have to confront them.
I believe that it does not have to be done in a spirit of anger, but has to be done.
Is this legalistic?
I was told by some members of the board that we can tell somebody to do their jobs, but we cannot make them.
Yes, we cannot make them do the job that they have agreed upon, but we have the right to not have them be part of our co-op (it is in our rules).
Some people on the board believe that I am too hard, and that I should just ignore it.
I am from the mindset that setting standart to the lowest denominator is never a good thing (even in my pageant upbringing, we were to strive to do our very best) , and that we should encourage each other to excellence as doing everything unto the Lord. They wanted me to be the director, and I just cannot ignore certain behavior. However, I am not asking for perfection.
Should I just chill out?
What would you do?
Thanks
Lolo
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