Thank you Tom, for some interesting food for thought. I fully support a referendum - let the voters decide, as it were. I would have to think long and hard about voting yes on it, though. As a recently retired teacher, I saw up close and personal how unbelievably incompetent this board and administration have been (which is, in fact, why…
Thank you Tom, for some interesting food for thought. I fully support a referendum - let the voters decide, as it were. I would have to think long and hard about voting yes on it, though. As a recently retired teacher, I saw up close and personal how unbelievably incompetent this board and administration have been (which is, in fact, why I left). I agree wholeheartedly with many of the comments about trusting them AGAIN with our tax dollars. These people got rid of reading specialists, brought in a joke of a "tutoring" program, and have repeatedly changed curriculum that has gotten worse with each iteration. I saw first hand the disaster of Horton's teacher training program. My building is falling apart, but so far down on the list because other buildings are even worse. However, at the end of the day, I believe in public education with all my heart. It is an unmitigated disaster what "we" have let happen. I was so sure in the last board election that we would get the change we needed, but voter apathy (19%?) and disinformation (d65 FB anyone?) left us with this. If they get their act together and even try for a referendum, I'm not sure how I will vote, only because you and others on this post have made a cogent argument for giving it one last try. God, I miss the days when I was so happy my kids went to d65 schools and I was teaching in one.
Thank you Tom, for some interesting food for thought. I fully support a referendum - let the voters decide, as it were. I would have to think long and hard about voting yes on it, though. As a recently retired teacher, I saw up close and personal how unbelievably incompetent this board and administration have been (which is, in fact, why I left). I agree wholeheartedly with many of the comments about trusting them AGAIN with our tax dollars. These people got rid of reading specialists, brought in a joke of a "tutoring" program, and have repeatedly changed curriculum that has gotten worse with each iteration. I saw first hand the disaster of Horton's teacher training program. My building is falling apart, but so far down on the list because other buildings are even worse. However, at the end of the day, I believe in public education with all my heart. It is an unmitigated disaster what "we" have let happen. I was so sure in the last board election that we would get the change we needed, but voter apathy (19%?) and disinformation (d65 FB anyone?) left us with this. If they get their act together and even try for a referendum, I'm not sure how I will vote, only because you and others on this post have made a cogent argument for giving it one last try. God, I miss the days when I was so happy my kids went to d65 schools and I was teaching in one.