Fading away......

Eye have become irrelevant. The ball is rolling. Am eye upset?...No, Eye knew this day would come. We all will be subject to irrelevancy. No one is immortal, death eventually finds us all. The district is in the hands that it is in. Board members pushing their own agendas mainly to protect their own kids. Do Eye blame them for doing this? No.... If you walk down the halls of any of the SISD schools, you won't either if you have a lick of common sense. The new high school principal will try and make a difference. It will take him forever to navigate the politics at work in the district. It got better for awhile...but the more things change, the more they stay the same, just with different actors playing the lead roles. Mitchell has already put his stamp on the district, No pass, no play? Hah, kids who have never seen the positive side of the report card are now making B's and C's. Coincidence? Doesn't matter. When your community is defined by the success of the high school football team, it will never matter. Morris? as Eye have said before, she is just padding a resume' although unfortunately, she doesn't have any accomplishments to put on it.

My time has come and it is now going....Eye will leave with one message for our district; The future of our community lies greatly in your hands....what will win out? selfishness or selflessness.

It won't happen overnight....

We are all focused on the new A.D. He is saying all the right things and wanting the Tiger fans to buy into his words. But 2 T.D's in two games will make one question our beliefs. Is he getting the job done? Is he doing it the right way? or is he another TJ? Will he stoop to unscrupulous methods to accomplish his goals? In a town the size of ours, it will be hard to hide, even with a sixty foot high mound of dirt. Eye wish him well, but what goes around, comes around. You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Comings and Goings

The district seems to be struggling on its way down the right path. With the departure of Pape, who did really know what he was doing, a gap will need to be bridged. With the arrival of Arnold to the high school, an experienced administrator, wise to the ways of district politics, the high school seems to be set up in good hands. Morris on the other hand needs to be wary of when and where to exert her influence. She has to be mindful of not letting her position go to her head. SISD is just a steppng stone for her anyway. She will pad the resume and jump the first time a larger district comes calling. Eye just call them like eye see them. The school board election could not have gone any worse for the good ole boys. Miller has been fighting them for years and will continue to do so.

An eye other than mine needs to be kept on Mitchell. He wants to be a throwback. He wants to bring back the glory days of when Mills was at SISD. Does he have the win at all costs attitude? Do we want a coach with that attitude? That attitude generally leads down a road of skirting rules, recruiting players of questionable character, and looking the other way academically to keep them eligible. Eye am not accusing him of doing this, he has not been here long enough. It just needs to be monitored closely. The good news is that there are school board members who will monitor it closely.

The goal to have SISD as a recognized district by '09? Eye wish all of us luck in that endeavor. The talent pool is going to have to get a lot deeper.

Morris Moved to Super

Pam Morris will be the new superintendent. The agenda of her regime will come to light in the next few months. Be prepared for her to jump to another district as Price did if a better offer comes along in the next few years. Hopefully the board will write into her contract a penalty clause to keep her from using SISD as a springboard. Of course, that is a "catch 22" with a lot of risks involved. The board could sign her to a short term contract with incentive clauses tied to the performance of the district. Morris will then have the option of not renewing at the end of her term and playing the market. If the board signs her to a long term contract and she underperforms, we will be stuck with her. Do we really want to go through the search process AGAIN!!!! Welcome to the world of proffesional sports. The candidates are sitting on the sidelines, wringing their hands that they did not have a say in this decision. Can't wait till the forum on Monday. Eye might be in attendance. Eye'll say hello.

MYSTERY AND MORRIS

Pam Morris and a mystery candidate are in the running for the superintendent's position with the district. Eye predict it will be Morris. The only issue with that is the replacement of the husband or rewriting of the rules to allow the husband to keep his position. Will she do a good job? Let's look at both sides..... she has tons of educational experience and a lot of titles behind her name, but does she have common sense? Eye don't know her that well. She is a wife and mother, but career, has and always will, come first before family and friends. Is that someone we want running the district? It will take a driven person to drive out the dregs of our educational system. She is definitely a driven person. Can she make the hard decisions that are ahead for our district? Time will tell but so far, she seems to have that ability. She does seem to have the resolve of Hillary, so.....the harassment that may be headed her way will be handled head-on unlike her predecessor. Also, like Hillary, she seems to buy into the "It Takes a Village" concept. Ask your own questions, do your own research. It will definitely be interesting.

Eye can't wait for the school board election. The crew that is running this year should make it very fun to watch. Most of the candidates have a verifiable track record. They need to be very careful about what they say and who they say it too. Why? Because the community is coming out of its shell and will call them on any misinformation that may be forthcoming. It is a bad idea in today's world to put lies on one's resume'. Honesty is the best policy and the truth will set you free. Good luck to all, and good luck to the present school board as the election approaches.

The Race will heat up

This year's school board election will prove to be very interesting, again...... The individuals that are currently running will make it so.......ask your own questions, do your own research. The "Sealy News" consistently has positive stories about our district, The "Price" situation seemingly has gone away, will we ever know what transpired? For the masses...probably not. If you are in the know ,you know, without knowing to keep your mouth shut. Does it matter? Probably not. As long as safeguards are put in place and a mandatory method of communication between the school board and future super exists, our community may be able to cut off the attempts by the ignorant to influence our education system. Something to think about.

Pape Pick Potentially Perfect

My hat is off to the board for appointing Peter Pape as the interim super. He is well credentialed and has not spent his life in the vacuum of education or the classroom. Could a new perspective on how the district is run be forthcoming? We can only hope. This was the fiscally responsible thing to do though. Why pay another salary when that money can be spent on the search for a new super?

The R4 group is not making any friends in the district. "The Sealy News" had a very informative piece about the group and to sum it up, R4 is concerned that SISD at the high school level has too many teachers teaching the FAT and not enough qualified teachers teaching the MEAT. Talking about teachers being coachable or uncoachable made me giggle. In Sealy? uncoachable teachers? Eye laugh just trying to put the words on the page. They need to take a look at the uncoachable teachers in the elementary.

The best news is that the focus on SISD is not going away. The resignation of Mr. Price may, in the long run, be the catalyst that really gets quality change to happen. In the process, this blog may have become irrelevant. It matters not as long as good comes of it.