Program Placement Issue Done for the Year
As last year, this year the superintendent refused to follow the program placement policy and the board refused to enforce it. I've gotten the message that the Board will not make any effort to encourage the superintendent to reveal her procedure for making program placement decisions. In short, the superintendent doesn't care about policy and neither does the board.
I guess there's always next year.
The program placement process used to be secretive, dishonest, political, and corrupt. It was so secretive that no one on the Board knew how it was done. When the Board discovered how program placement decisions were made, in 2007, they were disgusted by the corruption. So they adopted a policy to govern it and clean it up. The policy required transparency and a performance report. The Board didn't want to put even a toe over the line between governance and management, so they re-affirmed the superintendent's authority to unilaterally decide program placement. They also made sure not to constrain the superintendent in how the decisions were made. They only required that the superintendent disclose the process. The thinking was that if they could end the secrecy, that would end the dishonesty, politics and corruption. They could be right.
Dr. Goodloe-Johnson never really followed the policy. Dr. Enfield never followed it at all.
For all of her high-minded talk about transparency, Dr. Enfield refused to provide the transparency required by
I guess there's always next year.
The program placement process used to be secretive, dishonest, political, and corrupt. It was so secretive that no one on the Board knew how it was done. When the Board discovered how program placement decisions were made, in 2007, they were disgusted by the corruption. So they adopted a policy to govern it and clean it up. The policy required transparency and a performance report. The Board didn't want to put even a toe over the line between governance and management, so they re-affirmed the superintendent's authority to unilaterally decide program placement. They also made sure not to constrain the superintendent in how the decisions were made. They only required that the superintendent disclose the process. The thinking was that if they could end the secrecy, that would end the dishonesty, politics and corruption. They could be right.
Dr. Goodloe-Johnson never really followed the policy. Dr. Enfield never followed it at all.
For all of her high-minded talk about transparency, Dr. Enfield refused to provide the transparency required by
Bus Schedules May Change
Thank goodness for our readers. I try to go through the Board agendas with a fine-tooth comb but I usually miss something. The miss this time is the introduction of Revisions to Transportation Service Standards for 2012013 item.
The issue is the district trying to reduce costs and this plan says it would save a little over $1M per year.
The Operations Committee of the Whole approved this measure. However,
Individual Board members have requested that the district consider later bell times for secondary
schools. Board members have asked staff to review the current bell times and any relevant research and propose any necessary changes to the Board. The Superintendent will review the staff’s recommendation(s) and report back to the Board prior to October 2012.
Background Info:
District transportation expenses have exceeded budget for each of the past three years. The trend
has continued for the current (2011 – 2012) school year. On December 15, 2011, the Operations
The issue is the district trying to reduce costs and this plan says it would save a little over $1M per year.
The Operations Committee of the Whole approved this measure. However,
Individual Board members have requested that the district consider later bell times for secondary
schools. Board members have asked staff to review the current bell times and any relevant research and propose any necessary changes to the Board. The Superintendent will review the staff’s recommendation(s) and report back to the Board prior to October 2012.
Background Info:
District transportation expenses have exceeded budget for each of the past three years. The trend
has continued for the current (2011 – 2012) school year. On December 15, 2011, the Operations