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. …
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.
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.