We've reached the end......

of another school year. What a fiasco this one turned out to be....and it continues. Eye have yet to meet the employee of the district that is concerned about doing the right thing. All seem to have their own agenda and will trash anyone they have to to get their way. Rumor has it that the board is already looking to replace Price. Of course Price has his own skeletons and his own agenda. Herrington is just plain clueless and is not a nice person. Krchnak is out and trying move on...... with a $2million parachute....alledgedly. The board is running in circles trying to do damage control regarding themselves while the students sit in limbo. Is the state going to come in and take over the district because it is such disarray? It could happen. The intermediate job was turned down mainly because the prospective candidate saw what and who she would have had to work with.....and Eye am not talking the student body. Who would want that job? Will we get any info over the summer? To get control of this district, one has to show up at the board meetings...and this business of closed session should be done away with. If you choose to run for school board then you better be able to handle accountability for decisions made....don't hide behind closed doors. Bunch of "fraidy cats" And please, because you are on the school board doesn't mean you are better than anyone else...you still put your skirts or pants on like everyone else in this town.

The Results are In

Jamison and Lee are in, Billings and Tsounakas are out. What are we supposed to read into this? Were they defeated because of the affiliation with the past regime or bcause they were part of the group that removed the past regime? Eye think both are true. What matters now is will the district keep moving forward with the new board members or will a step back be taken. The ultimate litmus test for any and all decisions that the board proceeds with should be based on if it will help the whole student body. Is it the right, moral and lawful thing to do. Let's face it, if you don't know the difference between right and wrong, then you really shouldn't be making decisions for a district of our size, i.e. Brenda K. The defense of "I didn't know it was wrong, Thats the way we always have done it" is a slap in the face of all people with an ounce of common sense. We are not that stupid! Eye have to admit, that whole situation still has me aggravated. By the way, we still want to know where the $2 million is.

Back to the school board. Another question will be who will become the new board president. There is one person on the board who has several years of professional educational experience in dealing with parents, teachers, principals, coaches and supers. Would he want this position? Eye don't know. Would he do a good job in keeping the focus where it needs to be? Eye think so. Would the other board members give him the opportunity? Time will tell. It should be interesting.

TAKS, TAKS, TAKS

So the scores have come up. Good for the district. Lets look at the demographics though. If one digs deep into the scores, one will see glaring problems broke down upon racial lines. Is it a surprise? No. Every district struggles with the same problem. What will happen? Programs will be established to get the underperforming groups up to speed. Inevitably, the kids that aren't a problem when it comes to understanding the material and passing the TAKS will be pushed to the side. Focus will be placed on getting the failing kids to pass. Over time, the upper bar and lower bar will meet somewhere in the middle, thus, contributing to the dumbing down of a whole group of children. What can be done? Not much, if it is left to the district. Parents have to demand that all kids are serviced. Find out what goes on in class, ask questions, show up at school. Don't take the district's word for the truth. Guess what!... some of the employees of the district will tell you what they think you want to hear because they want you to go away.

On to something else...... Is the rumor true that employees of the district are not going to be allowed to question administration on subjects they might not agree with? Are they supposed to toe the company line on every issue without question? Teachers that display a negative attitude are subject to reprimand? Eye can see the policy as one that might be helpful to improve morale, but in this district, there are too many personal agendas at work, therefore, "the code" can be subject to interpretation and can be twisted to meet the needs of those administrators that have an axe to grind with some teachers. Don't think they won't do it to. The more things change, the more they stay the same. Teachers need to remember the "Bill of Rights" They do still teach that in history, right? Oh, and there is that little whistleblower act that was set up a few years ago to protect employees from employers.

It is getting ridiculous....

Volunteers do 99% of the work at sporting events and a select few get paid to show up and not work. Small town cronyism at its best. Don't blame the new administrator for this. People who were in the group need to look in the mirror. People who weren't in the group are ticked off. The arrogance of the in-group will blind them from seeing that what they did was wrong. They think they were entitled. They sucked up to get in the group and want to be rewarded for demeaning themselves to the power broker. And reward them she did. Now she is out of work. She is still remaining control because she knows how deep it goes and can burn them with the boxes of files she unloaded from her office in her last days. The district just wants it to go away because they can't afford to proceed with any investigation. They are desperately looking for the $2 million dollar shortfall. Again, a paper error or actual money that is missing? My guess would be the latter and with all that is transpiring they should know where to start looking.

Now Price is saying that he will reprimand employees that display a negative attitude? Give me a break. If this is his leadership style, then the district will soon be in no better shape than it was. This is the state if education in Texas.