As a retired school social worker who has worked for quite a few superintendents I can tell you that they read the qualifications the school district puts out and deliver just that during their interview So they become proficient in the use of educational jargon. They use words like “through the lens of equity we will deliver……..”. Neith…
As a retired school social worker who has worked for quite a few superintendents I can tell you that they read the qualifications the school district puts out and deliver just that during their interview So they become proficient in the use of educational jargon. They use words like “through the lens of equity we will deliver……..”. Neither the Board nor the parents/community have listed basic competency. as a priority You wouldn’t hire a doctor or a pilot without putting competency first Let me give you an example. The district is spending $416,000. per day to put students in cabs! Why? I assume these students come under the purview of the special education administration. How many students with an IEP need cabs? When I worked on the special education team we always wrote goals to address disruptive behavior Again it comes down to competency. You can’t just attend meetings in the administrative building never seeing a student. Most administrators attend meetings. They go months without seeing a student. I can pretty confidently say that the candidates they are interviewing know exactly what this community wants. When I go to a doctor I want someone who knows what tests to run, what they mean, what meds to prescribe and to know what symptoms can mean etc.
As Mark Twain wrote “God created idiots for practice then he created school boards”
The transportation situation is a big mess .. but, a non-trivial percentage of that transportation expense is eventually covered by the federal government under McKinney-Vento. I don't have the numbers in front of me, but it's more than a million a year is reimbursed. I (hope) that is the case with a lot of the cab expenses, but I'm not entirely sure.
As a retired school social worker who has worked for quite a few superintendents I can tell you that they read the qualifications the school district puts out and deliver just that during their interview So they become proficient in the use of educational jargon. They use words like “through the lens of equity we will deliver……..”. Neither the Board nor the parents/community have listed basic competency. as a priority You wouldn’t hire a doctor or a pilot without putting competency first Let me give you an example. The district is spending $416,000. per day to put students in cabs! Why? I assume these students come under the purview of the special education administration. How many students with an IEP need cabs? When I worked on the special education team we always wrote goals to address disruptive behavior Again it comes down to competency. You can’t just attend meetings in the administrative building never seeing a student. Most administrators attend meetings. They go months without seeing a student. I can pretty confidently say that the candidates they are interviewing know exactly what this community wants. When I go to a doctor I want someone who knows what tests to run, what they mean, what meds to prescribe and to know what symptoms can mean etc.
As Mark Twain wrote “God created idiots for practice then he created school boards”
The transportation situation is a big mess .. but, a non-trivial percentage of that transportation expense is eventually covered by the federal government under McKinney-Vento. I don't have the numbers in front of me, but it's more than a million a year is reimbursed. I (hope) that is the case with a lot of the cab expenses, but I'm not entirely sure.