I wish people would stop advocating for combining the districts. I know that is a pet issue of this substack, but the reason ETHS works is because it isn’t saddled with D65.
And if D65 had proper governance it would work better.
As someone who works in public education, I really wish this scary proposal would go away (or not happen until my kids are safely through ETHS).
I wish people would stop advocating for combining the districts. I know that is a pet issue of this substack, but the reason ETHS works is because it isn’t saddled with D65.
And if D65 had proper governance it would work better.
As someone who works in public education, I really wish this scary proposal would go away (or not happen until my kids are safely through ETHS).
With all due respect — I couldn’t disagree more. Get rid of all the d65 administration & the d65 BOE, pay 202 Admin more and let them hire extra people sparingly but where needed/targeted —and critically, allow the community to elect a new school board. There are hybrid ways of doing this so as not to impact the unions/teachers pay/etc. and this is done all over the country in communities far larger than Evanston.
Plus, in the end, if we’re honest, 202 is getting pummeled with ill prepared 65 kids —and I think we all know that that is likely only going to get worse. We need to realize that no joint goals exist between districts. Also their perfunctory joint meetings are for show and only highlight how inadequate the d65 BOE & Admin is. Imagine if there were clear metrics and deliverables identified for all Evanston kids preK-12 and we had one set of administrators and one BOE all working to meet those goals—and gasp!, reporting regularly to the community.
I know it’s different and change is hard to get one’s head around. But I really think we could do this & it wouldn’t ruin ETHS. Good grief —do we care about those kids most at risk or don’t we? Come on Evanston —this is doable. Two districts for a town our size is unnecessary, fiscally irresponsible and critically —our current set up is resulting in a massive failure of the very kids it’s supposed to academically nurture.
It crazy we paying 2 sets of administrators our 2 superintendent make almost 600000 dollars this is outrageous.
Turner can’t make a decision without a consultant that’s just a waste of tax dollars that don’t go to actually educating our kids. Let’s not pretend that Evanston high school is great it full of D65 kids
The non-union non-principal administrative apparatus (ie curriculum, superintendents) costs taxpayers around $6.3m per year in salaries alone. I have a comp speadsheet I shared at one point. Thats 2x what it was in 2021.
I have written to school board members about this and recently to Dr Turner. They really do not feel accountable to constituents to justify how they are spending the money. BTW, I love how you phrased it “non-union non-principal administrative apparatus.” That’s perfect.
I wish people would stop advocating for combining the districts. I know that is a pet issue of this substack, but the reason ETHS works is because it isn’t saddled with D65.
And if D65 had proper governance it would work better.
As someone who works in public education, I really wish this scary proposal would go away (or not happen until my kids are safely through ETHS).
With all due respect — I couldn’t disagree more. Get rid of all the d65 administration & the d65 BOE, pay 202 Admin more and let them hire extra people sparingly but where needed/targeted —and critically, allow the community to elect a new school board. There are hybrid ways of doing this so as not to impact the unions/teachers pay/etc. and this is done all over the country in communities far larger than Evanston.
Plus, in the end, if we’re honest, 202 is getting pummeled with ill prepared 65 kids —and I think we all know that that is likely only going to get worse. We need to realize that no joint goals exist between districts. Also their perfunctory joint meetings are for show and only highlight how inadequate the d65 BOE & Admin is. Imagine if there were clear metrics and deliverables identified for all Evanston kids preK-12 and we had one set of administrators and one BOE all working to meet those goals—and gasp!, reporting regularly to the community.
I know it’s different and change is hard to get one’s head around. But I really think we could do this & it wouldn’t ruin ETHS. Good grief —do we care about those kids most at risk or don’t we? Come on Evanston —this is doable. Two districts for a town our size is unnecessary, fiscally irresponsible and critically —our current set up is resulting in a massive failure of the very kids it’s supposed to academically nurture.
It crazy we paying 2 sets of administrators our 2 superintendent make almost 600000 dollars this is outrageous.
Turner can’t make a decision without a consultant that’s just a waste of tax dollars that don’t go to actually educating our kids. Let’s not pretend that Evanston high school is great it full of D65 kids
Just so we are clear, D65 has 6 superintendents.
The non-union non-principal administrative apparatus (ie curriculum, superintendents) costs taxpayers around $6.3m per year in salaries alone. I have a comp speadsheet I shared at one point. Thats 2x what it was in 2021.
I have written to school board members about this and recently to Dr Turner. They really do not feel accountable to constituents to justify how they are spending the money. BTW, I love how you phrased it “non-union non-principal administrative apparatus.” That’s perfect.
I will admit that it was a move in the right direction to consolidate the superintendent for elementary schools and superintendent for middle schools.