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Teach just posted a comment on the BS Could Work story that everyone should consider carefully.  It’s so similar in tone and content to the comments captured in View from the Top that I wonder if Teach isn’t one of the featured speakers.  Regardless, it’s clear that the SAU is unaware or in denial of the reality that much of what goes on in our schools is not teaching.  Despite this, my complaints about weekly viewings of The Apprentice resulted in change.  At least some on Greenough Road are listening.

For the benefit of the teachers and administrators who are listening, I’d like to start a list of problems that need to be addressed.  I’ve created a topic on the forums for collecting these.  Comments will be allowed so that people who do not want to register for the forums can contribute, but I’m going to copy the comment to the forum and delete it.

Please be as specific as possible — date, teacher, class, event.

Following the 6/18 Curriculum and Assessment Committee meeting, Mr. Woodworth and I retired to a quiet room to discuss Block Scheduling.  In the interest of full disclosure, I have to say that I *like* Mr. Woodworth.  Since his arrival at TRHS, he has nothing but accessible and helpful.  So, when he asked to talk about BS, I was all ears…not all ears, actually, but I was listening. (more…)

At 12:59 minutes of the linked video, Danville’s senior school board member figures out what the voters of Danville figured out in March of 2007 — Free Kindergarten was going to raise taxes.  The tax impact of kindergarten was at least $192,700 — money removed from capital reserve ($100,000 of tax impact was felt this March as we replenished the fund) and $12,700 in budget overruns.  Mr. La Salle explains…

We originally received a cost estimate — a price estimate — from turner construction. After recieving that, I think the district was encouraged to reduce the amount, or the anticipated cost of that project based on information that Mr. Hughes…working with another…firm had provided and that was the number that was used to prepare the warrant article.

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 Budget Talk: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 4/17 School Board Meeting (complete): Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Nearly three hours of the 04/10/2008 TRSD Budget Committee meeting was dedicated to The Big Picture. At the invitation of the Budget Committee, SAU leadership — joined by members of the School Board — presented their view of the state of the district and the role of the Budget Committee. The meeting was in town meeting format — Mr. La Salle presented some information then he and others answered questions from Budget Committee members.  My notes on this meeting are presented for your information. Unless I identify a quote as a paraphrase, assume it is a direct quote. I present these notes chronologically. (more…)