On Tuesday, November 20th, I attended my second meeting [in my hometown] - a Board of Education meeting. I found it very interesting, reguardless how many people were saying how "boring" these types of meetings are. It is more interesting when the teachers are teachers who I have had in the past, rahter than pure strangers who I am not too interested in in the first place.
To start off the blog, I just want to say that in my town, there is a new school that was built and opened in April of 2007. Last year, the superintendent retired and as of right now, [until April 1, 2008] there is an interim superintendent. One of the main points of this Board of Ed meeting was the election of the new superintendent. The principal of the school was nominated as Superintendent/Principal until the end of the school year when the town elects a new principal.
Of all the members of the Board, one person did not agree with the election of the new superintendent. I found it a bit humiliating on his behalf to sit there and ridicule the future superintendent right in front of his face.
Other points of the meeting was exterior construction of the school. There was an argument about the sidewalks, and how there are problems with them. One member of the board didn't want to pay the company $2,000 for their work; but only pay for supplies when the other board memeber said it is NOT the company's fault.
Many numbers were thrown around. Specifically about a park/playground that still needs to be built for the students and for little repairs. The board members left the room for an "executive meeting" for about 25 minutes and that puzzled me a little bit. What is the purpose of holding a meeting if they were going to leave the audience? Towards the end of the meeting, the members left again for another "executive meeting." I was happy that at the end of the meeting, everyone congratulated the new superintendent and I know him as well.
*****I was scheduled to go back to Newark on Wednesday, but my host teacher was not there. More posted on my last 2 1/2 hours will be on Friday, November 30th.
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Yea. I can not believe one person did not agree. I think it was a good idea to have the principal as principal AND superintendent. Even if it is only for a little while, the principal knows the school even though it will probably be more amounts of work.
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