We had nearly 100 people there from STOP, representation from Citizen Action, the news and dare we say several onlookers that were lured in by all of the drama.
Our group was amazing, respectful, well spoken, true to their beliefs and emotions. We had data and quoted legislation while also begging the BOE to not fire a highly experienced Special Education professional, that we have been lucky enough to have in the role of assistant Principal, and replace her with a dud lawyer, not qualified to do her job.
The Board members ignored us. No welcome to the community, no thank you for your comments. Nothing. They didn't respond to us in any way, other than to come out and vote unanimously, in the face of the public, against everything we care about. Turns out, they suck.
So, we lose, they win? Not so much. Just new questions, only this time we won't bother trying to work them through with the BOE and District, clearly they don't care.
Who actually wanted these changes? Oh, that would be the heir apparent. The one hand picked to ascend to the throne. The guy who was not even the first pick for his job as High School Principal, but the current Super decided he was her guy.
Guess what happened next? The BOE gave him a made up title, Assistant Superintendent, which apparently is equal to being highly qualified to run our School District. Not So Much
Comically, this guy, who didn't return a single email or reach out to a single community member in regards to his absurd and harmful plans to gut our elementary school, suddenly had words after his crappy plan was initiated by the puppet BOE.
He was offended that a concerned parent of a Special Needs Child, mistakenly identified him as "friends" with the dud lawyer. No other concerns. No, no, you are right, although you have had several meetings, you may not be considered "friends".
BTW, we are starting to enjoy your catch phrase "THAT IS BAD FOR THE DISTRICT!"
He was so happy, with himself, after possibly his first time ever speaking to parents of the Elementary, he sent out duplicates of this super sincere email:
What a guy! I'm convinced. You blame it on her, she blames it on you...MOMMY AND DADDY PLEASE STOP FIGHTING!
...what are we freakin morons?
You are the hand picked follower, trained in her image, why would she enact these large scale changes before leaving?
This is your plan, at least stand by it. You're the math teacher. You're the numbers guy. You think you should be able to churn scores out of our school, instead of keeping it an inclusive, imperfect, yet loving place where kids learn together.
We deserve better. Our school deserves better. We gain absolutely nothing by having a guy who doesn't get, or care about our Elementary school or its students take over as Superintendent.
We NEED and DESERVE a robust, statewide, Superintendent search.
This guy, go ahead and actually APPLY and INTERVIEW for the job, like us normal people have to do.
If you are the most qualified, fine, we'll deal, but you shouldn't just get the highest paying job in our town, because momma says so.
On that note, I find it nearly impossible to believe, that for 120K, we can't find someone with more experience than being a High School Principal for 6 or 7 years.
Our school is broken. Our BOE does not represent us. We need a breath of fresh air. We need Board members who care about US, not the Superintendent's approval.
We need a Superintendent, who doesn't think he's better than us, but who wants to know us and figure out what the needs of the community are, while supporting our kids in healthy development and high achievement.
WE DO NOT CHOOSE YOU!
Please sign our petition to help us build a more just, safe and fair school district that represents our community.
Petition to remove the Superintendent and BOE
Much love....for our community and STOP
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