So fall break has come and nearly gone, and another beach trip with it. I’m a lucky guy. I got to see this, and share it with my family.
There was swimming, and running, and jumping, and singing, and playing, and digging, and hugging, and laughing, (and a few exhaustion tears), and gumbo. Always gumbo, holding it all together.
Gumbo i [...]
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Of Gumbo and Sunsets
So fall break has come and nearly gone, and another beach trip with it. I’m a lucky guy. I got to see this, and share it with my family.
There was swimming, and running, and jumping, and singing, and playing, and digging, and hugging, and laughing, (and a few exhaustion tears), and gumbo. Always gumbo, holding it all together.
Gumbo i [...]
Cagey Teachers Who Put Students First
So there are two board meetings scheduled for tomorrow. At 8:00 am, the board will hold their annual reorganization meeting to determine the new officers for the coming year. Then at 8:15 am (the re-organization will only take 15 minutes, I suppose), the board will hold a called business meeting to discuss Temporary Agreements and the Amende [...]
New Standard for Evaluation in HCS: W...
On Thursday, I had the opportunity to speak with my board member, Dr. Jennesse Robinson, concerning the data that I had shared with her and the board a week before that shows that the system has cut seven million dollars from the Special Education Budget from FY2011 to FY2012.
One of the best reasons for attending the board meetings is to gai [...]
School Board Meeting Thursday at 8:30...
There will be a special called Huntsville City Schools school board meeting tomorrow (Thursday, September 29, 2011) at 8:30am to discuss the purchasing of Planware – Student Locator, School Boundary Planning School Bus Routing Software, to approve the hiring of additional personnel in the HR report, and to vote on principal contracts a [...]
Special Education Responsible for 61%...
As a part of the budget hearings two weeks ago, Dr. Wardynski and Mr. Spinelli told the public that they should email their questions about the system’s budget to Mr. Spinelli. In order to understand the changes being made to special education, I requested a comparison of the Special Needs Personnel Expenditures from FY2011 and FY2012. [...]
Double Standards in Hiring: They Woul...
It would seem that the school system currently has two sets of hiring policies: one for senior administration and a second one for basically everyone else.
This is wrong.
Back in June when the board announced that they had reached a decision and agreement with Dr. Wardynski concerning his contract, I asked two of the board members (two of th [...]
Out of Touch With Reality
So the system has another new senior staff person on board. Dr. Barbara J. Cooper will be starting in October as the new Deputy Superintendent. She’s working out her notice in Aurora, Colorado and planning her move. Yes, she is officially now the third person Huntsville City Schools has hired from the Aurora School District. Dr. Wardyn [...]
A Good Night at Challenger Elementary
I know that there are many who are waiting to hear more about some of the decisions made this past Thursday night. (The hiring of yet another person from Aurora, CO as Deputy Superintendent is just one. It’s a good time to have friends in high places.) There were a ton of them; I’m working through them right now.
But I’ve b [...]
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