tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961215159419443702.post6456120273310745276..comments2023-05-05T03:15:17.710-05:00Comments on D181 Parents for Accountability and Transparency: BOE Meeting at 7pm, Elm School Tonight 1/27; The Real Status of HMS and Other District Program Changes Continues to Slowly Drip Out, If At AllUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961215159419443702.post-28945843034154838242014-01-27T19:24:49.310-06:002014-01-27T19:24:49.310-06:00What about other tile that may have been removed a...What about other tile that may have been removed as part of the clean up when the students were at school during the water intrusion event?<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961215159419443702.post-64595821936407271092014-01-27T19:15:31.804-06:002014-01-27T19:15:31.804-06:00How about the impact long term on the community? ...How about the impact long term on the community? When the current elementary students and middle school students reach high school we may possibly see a sharp decline in high school performance. HCHS has carried this community in being known as one of the best public high school districts in IL. What happen when test scores start slipping? Who will be blamed then? In my opinion, it starts at the elementary school level.Concerned d181 and d86 parentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961215159419443702.post-44230116027152837952014-01-27T18:34:53.704-06:002014-01-27T18:34:53.704-06:00Oh give me a break! No one is advocating segregat...Oh give me a break! No one is advocating segregated rooms for special ed or ESL. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961215159419443702.post-19462855542510675132014-01-27T17:28:20.110-06:002014-01-27T17:28:20.110-06:00Isn't likely that "inclusive learning&quo...Isn't likely that "inclusive learning" means different things to folks that authored the report than the critics may think? Like maybe that district is certainly not going to have segregated rooms for special education or ESL ...<br /><br />Changes in public schools should take a methodical, deliberate approach and the former practice of having open sub-committee meetings allowed for more careful consideration of how any change might be beneficial.<br /><br />If the members of the BOE do not have time for sub-committees they ought to rethink their decision to serve. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961215159419443702.post-89061622504775133662014-01-27T16:47:14.233-06:002014-01-27T16:47:14.233-06:00Why don't we have a firm date when Dr. Moon is...Why don't we have a firm date when Dr. Moon is coming? <br /><br />Why are we hiring a TASH presenter(social justice crusader) for this district? <br /><br />Why do we have a substitute teacher shortage? Maybe the teachers' contract needs to be looked at more closely.<br /><br />Really when is a good time to consider curriculum changes?- since it seem as if it takes forever -<br /><br />Why didn't the administration let us know that this Learning for all plan was based on the non-negotiable priniciples of inclusive learning? Probably because we'd vote it down-differentiation and tiered learning has served this community well-not to say there wasn't room for improvement and some changes. Learning for All just makes our district like many of the lower ranked districts in the state. Does this mean we should pay our administrators and teacher less-hmmm something to think about. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961215159419443702.post-22253216235812575372014-01-27T15:39:29.579-06:002014-01-27T15:39:29.579-06:00Has Jim Prusa been put on Administrative leave?Has Jim Prusa been put on Administrative leave?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961215159419443702.post-58439142940041095512014-01-27T15:13:52.203-06:002014-01-27T15:13:52.203-06:00While it may be said that the district administrat...While it may be said that the district administration is not fully answering the many questions that some concerned community members may have about decisions that are being made about the repairs at HMS as well the more consequential direction of academic matters, the fact remains that the BOE is headed by someone whose major qualification for office seems to have been an atheltic championship about three decades ago and a nice long email list...<br /><br />Similarly the BOE has been less than forthcoming in explaining what motivated the majority to support a levy that was less than that recommended by district staff. Did they have some special alternate data that suggested the community would reward this fiscal conservatism? Even more odd the minorty of the BOE, that did seem to support the recommendation of staff seems to include some members that seemed most hardline in previous contract negotiations...<br /><br />In short the lack of any kind of clear direction from the broad community as to whether the district expenditures are widely supported / widely seen as wasteful / somewhere in-between seems to suggest that few people really care one way or another.<br /><br />The dysfunctional behavior of "squeaky wheels" swaying a BOE that lacks any real guiding principles continues to reflect poorly on a community that ought to be doing much more to proactively advance the outcomes for kids from every strata.<br /><br />The creation of the agenda for BOE meetings has traditionally been the responsibility of the president working closely with administration. It is always difficult for those outside to really know who is not up to the task...<br /><br />The traditional calendar for the district addressing either current curricular successes or future modifications is still several months out. It may be helpful if folks that like to increase participation in such discussions would recall when there were regularly scheduled sub-committees for such things and perhaps urge the BOE to return something that would allow broad participation in such discussions.<br /><br />Finally the "daily updates" that Mr. Clarin has asked for almost certainly would serve no useful purpose to be dessimanted beyond the BOE itself -- folks that expect every bit of raw info to be spewed forth from district adminstration have a poor understanding of how any entreprise, public or private, really operates.Mr. Everetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11143735317153479973noreply@blogger.com