Monthly archives for April, 2011
Power Outages And School Board Superi...
Well I had planned an extensive posting on the seven school board candidates for tonight, but the Huntsville Utilities, the TVA, and oh, I don’t know, God maybe, decided that the night would be better spent reading Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by candlelight to the girl.
Suffice it to say that there are a couple of great [...]
Where Are the Central Office Cuts?
Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth. –Albert Einstein
A summary of Dr. Richardson's recommendations to the board
I usually do my best to not post angry. I’m not going to succeed this time. Two of my son’s teachers/aides have been wrongly pink-slipped in the last twenty-four hours. This attack [...]
Comments to the Huntsville City Schoo...
These are comments that I’m planning to make to the School Board tonight.–rw
I am here tonight to share with you a success story from Challenger Elementary. While I am a “special needs parent,” I am not here to speak for my special needs child, but rather for all of our children. My son has autism, and recently he has [...]
Fighting Against the Fog
When the mist breaks, when the canopy opens to the stars, when the smoke is blown away by a cool breeze, that’s when life begins. Those are the fleeting minutes that I hope to find. Those are the times that I fight for with my boy.
It’s the connection that keeps me awake when he’s in a talkative mood in the darkest hours of the night. It’s th [...]
Consultant’s Bad Advice to the ...
So it seems that playing in a park with the kids at the beginning of an abbreviated spring break isn’t a good idea for someone trying to work with the Huntsville City Schools Board of Education these days. One must be constantly vigilant or else risk missing out on the “secret” meetings the Board decides to call.
Yesterday a [...]
Speaking For Those Who Cannot: A Revi...
“Always recognize that human individuals are ends, and do not use them as means to your end.”
—Immanuel Kant.
Sometimes it’s important to take a step back especially when you feel yourself approaching an abyss of fear, uncertainty and doubt. It’s important to ask questions. To review what has happened. To ask, could it actually be a good th [...]
An Open Letter to Dr. Ann Roy Moore a...
To the Honorable Dr. Ann Roy Moore, Superintendent of Huntsville City Schools
And to the Huntsville City School Board of Education Members:
District 1: Laurie McCaulley, Vice-President
District 2: David Blair
District 3: Dr. Jennie Robinson
District 4: Topper Birney, President
District 5: Alta Morrison
Dr. Moore and the Board:
I am one of tho [...]
Huntsville City Schools Special Needs...
Updated Below
What was only a rumor two weeks ago is now a plan, albeit one that has yet to be shared with parents in writing.
Approximately one hundred parents of special needs children, specifically parents of children on the autism spectrum, attended a meeting with Mrs. Amy Sledge, the Special Education Director for Huntsville City Schools [...]
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