How many of us trust the rung above, equal or below us?
Administrators, ask yourself the above question.
Mid-level employees, ask yourself the above question.
Lower-level employees, ask yourself the above question.
Students - what does their behavior say about their "trust for the system"?
Parents - what does their behavior say about their "trust for the system"?
It is what it is. The tighter the system circles the wagons, the less the amount of trust. Look at the media. It has been increasingly critical because the obvious is hard to hide, despite how many wagons the system has.
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The title should read "It's all about Distrust".
I've been trying to get up to speed on the goings on down at ROSSAC. Reading school board agends and such.
The administrative appointments and transfers are never deetailed. Why is that?
Why can we access information about the hiring of a cafeteria aide but not a principal or director?
Hmmmmmmmmmmm.
Sorry, I don't know anything about the detailing of the appointments and transfers other than what is sometime printed in the newspapers after a board meeting.
I have never figured out the relationship between the Board and the Superintendent when it comes to hiring. My best knowledge is that the Superintendent makes the recommendation to the Board, and the Board "consents" to it.
I don't know why the Board has to consent to it. What if one of them does not? I believe Ms. Griffin tried to make this point last year, but the timing of her asking happened right after someone had been "consented in" to a position, and it put a damper on the question.
As it is now, when a principal is to be recommended and "consented to", the principal shows up at the board meeting with their family and well-wishers. How can anyone "vote" no in front of all of those people?
The process doesn't make sense to me.
I think what Ms. Griffin was trying to ask back when was what is the proper method for a board member to challenge or question a recommendation. I know she didn't get an answer that night because Ms. Edgecomb started defending the newly hired principal and despite how many ways Ms. Griffin said she was asking for information and wasn't speaking directly about the new person, the timing got in Ms. Griffin's way, conveniently for everyone who doesn't like the fact that Ms. Griffin is challenging the status-quo.
On another note, I would love to see someone do a "family-tree" of the employees to see how many of them are related. Sometimes it is hard to know when they are married or related because they have different last names.
It just seems that the information is not readily available ahead of time - and it just doesn't seem fair that those positions are not treated the same as instructional and non-instruictional staff (I, personally, believe that they should be under CLOSER scrutiny).
The more I question, the more questions I have.
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