Fifteen years ago today, on what would have been my dad’s 56th birthday (Happy Birthday, dad, I miss you), under a window-rattling thunder clap, the most beautiful woman in the city said “I do” when asked if she would marry me.
The thunder was a nice touch. Even the gods were celebrating the union of soul-mates. Or maybe the [...]
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Maybe I’m Amazed
Fifteen years ago today, on what would have been my dad’s 56th birthday (Happy Birthday, dad, I miss you), under a window-rattling thunder clap, the most beautiful woman in the city said “I do” when asked if she would marry me.
The thunder was a nice touch. Even the gods were celebrating the union of soul-mates. Or maybe the [...]
HCS: Progress through Education?̵...
If you’ve driven by Mountain Gap School recently, you’ve no doubt noticed the construction vehicles on campus. In one area of the campus, equipment is reshaping the lot to improve drainage and all asphalt surfaces are receiving a new skin. A large sign on the front lawn of the school declares that the activity is “Progress through Educat [...]
Unanswered Questions: Huntsville City...
For starters, keep in mind that whatever I post tonight is going to be inadequate; frankly nearly every question asked over the past two weeks has gone unanswered. These are just a few highlights as night turns into day.
Why has David Blair only attended one of the School Closing Meetings? (Huntsville High. He was at the board meeting at Co [...]
Richardson’s Final Official Rec...
On the last night of both Dr. Moore’s and Dr. Richardson’s tenure, the school board continued to hear recommendations from Dr. Richardson that they should ignore “any complaints that you hear about my recommendations.” Particularly complaints from parents.
Isn’t this at least part of the reason that we find ours [...]
School Board and School Closing Meeti...
Updated Below:
Tonight, (June 16th) the Huntsville City Schools Board of Education will convene their bi-weekly meeting beginning at 5:30pm at Columbia High School Auditorium (300 Explorer Blvd.). Please make every effort to attend this meeting and the School Closing meeting that will follow.
Although the board has not yet posted their agenda [...]
Q&A: Huntsville City School Clos...
Last night Dr. Richardson and Dr. Wilson, the assistant demographer, conducted the third of five meetings at Johnson High School to discuss the closing of up to nine schools in Huntsville City. The number of community members in attendance was slightly larger than those seen at Huntsville High and Grissom High last week, but the auditorium w [...]
The Great Huntsville City Schools Spe...
My friend Russell posted a great article detailing the costs associated with closure of a school. In the article, he establishes that there is a significant impact to property values in areas served by public schools. Many are left wondering, when there is such a downside to shuttering school buildings, why Huntsville City Schools would be [...]
Calculating the Cost of Closing Schoo...
I’m not a numbers guy. In fact, as dangerous as this is to mention in an engineering town, I hate math.
Hate it. That’s why most of my postings avoid mathematics. I’m an English guy, a philosophy guy, a religion guy, a liberal arts guy, but I’m not a math guy.
But sometimes, you’ve got to tread into the abyss to [...]
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