Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Happy Holiday?

Well as this holiday season approaches it gives us time to pause and see what the year has brought. For the students and staff at Danville Public Schools it signals an end to a year of frustration, deceit, and lack of leadership. In honor of all those who have been cheated by the district I give you the Twelve Days Of Christmas at DPS:

On the twelfth day of Christmas DPS gave to me……..
12 months of mismanagement……
On the eleventh day of Christmas DPS gave to me…….
11 tons of rubber mulch…..
On the tenth day of Christmas DPS gave to me…….
10 SOL scores a leaping………(as if by magic they keep changing)
On the ninth day of Christmas DPS gave to me…….
9 central office personnel dancing their way around answers to serious questions..
On the eighth day of Christmas DPS gave to me……..
8 administrators a-milking the taxpayers of the city…..
On the seventh day of Christmas DPS gave to me
7 clueless school board members a swimming in a pond they do not understand.
On the sixth day of Christmas DPS gave to me…..
6 golden geese a laying golden eggs to cash in to pay for their ridiculous projects
On the fifth day of Christmas DPS gave to me…….
5 tons of useless policies…………..
On the fourth day of Christmas DPS gave to me……..
4 calling parents that never get a return call……….
On the third day of Christmas DPS gave to me……………
3 French fries under the new “proportional” feeding policy for free school lunches
On the second day of Christmas DPS gave to me…………
2 ways of doing things…wrong and really wrong
On the first day of Christmas DPS gave to me……
An autocrat where a superintendent leader ought to be……….

Yes folks it is not really a time to be merry. The school district is being held hostage by so called leaders who believe fear and intimidation are management techniques. Maybe the New Year will bring some change but don’t count on it. Ho, Ho, Ho !

3 comments:

Crusader said...
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Crusader said...

I believe you could find something for all 365 days of the year. When will the public wake up and demand changes? If the people don't demand disciplined schools and better management of the monies we will continue to get what are currently getting or even worse. We should not find it acceptable with a drop out rate as high as it is, even if the system got dropped from the dropout factory list. The drop out rate is too high.
You get what you expect from people. People of all ages, from students to workers. If you set your expectations low, then you get poor quality, if any. That seems to be the DPS way. And if things don't work right, then cut support staff and teachers and pile more work on overworked people while adminstrators run around barking out more demands and belittling people.

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