As The School Year Turns...

This issue will just clear up a few issues hanging around the “in” box. Its been a slow month with more about disasters that the city is creating rather then the school board. It would appear the board has been snoozing recently and has been unable to screw anything up.

Several e-mails came in about the asst. principal abruptly leaving Schoolfield literally in the middle of the night. Upon consulting sources within the system it has been clarified that this was a personal issue with no shenanigans on the part of central office. As such it deserves no further comment. The only negative I received was that the working relationship between the principal and the asst. at this school was very toxic. But based on the facts this deserves no further comment since it involves personal issues that are outside of the public arena.

However it was brought to my attention from several e-mails that the principal sent a letter home to parents blaming poor SOL scores and overall poor performance on the number of “black males” in the school. Can we spell “stupid”? This goes back to the issue that all the good principals have already been run out of the school district. What is left behind are inexperienced individuals who have not had the opportunity to work under outstanding administrators. Again I ask the board to look at the number of experienced teachers and administrators that have left the district since the queen’s reign began. More experienced individuals have left the district in the last five years then the previous 12 years combined. Doesn’t that say something? Sort of like heading for the lifeboats on the Titanic……

Speaking of a sinking ship the enrollment of students in DPS is expected to barely touch 6,300. Seems like the parents want a seat on the lifeboat also…. Check out the number of city of Danville administrators and higher ups who send their children to either the county schools or private schools. When questioned about this one department administrator stated, “I will support the city publicly all day long but when it comes to my own child I will not let them be exposed to an inferior educational system….” Says a lot doesn’t it?

Rumors are abounding about improprieties regarding the administration of the SOL at one city elementary school. An investigation is ongoing yet the state hasn’t been involved yet. Why the cover up? Is this going to be another William Fleming debacle? Come clean school board! Supposedly it involves students being declared special services students without proper documentation so that the SOL’s can be administered one on one. Anyone with additional info please send to savetheschools2@aol.com.

Please, please someone tell me what an “overachieving School District” is supposed to mean? It doesn’t even make sense…….LOL