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 ...
Tag: huntsville
HCS: Progress through Education?–David S.
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 reshapi...
Unanswered Questions: Huntsville City Schools Closing
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 unanswer...
Richardson’s Final Official Recommendations to the Huntsville City Schools Board
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 ...
School Board and School Closing Meeting Tonight
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 Sch...
Q&A: Huntsville City School Closing Meeting #3 Summary
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...
The Great Huntsville City Schools Spending Spree
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 im...
Calculating the Cost of Closing Schools: Tax Revenue
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 avoi...