Big Hollow Update

The News-Sun has a story about the Big Hollow School Board creating a job for one of their own. Their story is a result of me sending them a copy of my story entitled Big Hollow Taxpayer Pressure Forces A Little Transparency. You will also notice in the job postings that the district has finally [...]

Math Committee Reminder

This is a quick reminder that if you are interested in helping review math curriculum for Grayslake Elementary District 46, the deadline is today. Below is more information on the process: Meetings held monthly on a Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday Meetings will be held during the day (8-11 or 12-3) with both K-5 and 5-8 [...]

Big Hollow Taxpayer Pressure Forces A Little Transparency

The Big Hollow Taxpayers have won a small victory. On Monday, the school board backed down in hiring one of their own as the technology director. The pressure brought about by district residents in this situation forced the board to reopen the process. Wright had been volunteering at the district for the previous three or [...]

Big Hollow School Board: Hiring one of their own?

Big Hollow School District 38 is hiring a Director of Technology. This position and how it is being handled is being questioned by residents of the district. The job posting can be found here. Below is the email I received from a resident providing background for the approval of the position: The new director-level position [...]

News Roundup

Since I am not keeping up with blogging as I should, I thought I’d do a quick news roundup of stories about Grayslake Schools: Math Committees at Grayslake Elementary Schools How should District 46 communicate with the community? Grayslake Elementary District 46 board members Monday night discussed the pros and cons related to sending fliers [...]

Math Committees at Grayslake Elementary Schools

Grayslake Elementary Schools is seeking community involvement to review math curriculum. They want 2 committees: Kindergarten – 5th grade 5th grade – 8th grade Members of the community who would like to serve on a committee should send a letter of intent to Lynn Barkley by Jan. 23. Be sure to include any past experience [...]

Teaching Fairness Instead of Reading, Writing and Arithmetic

Blue Collar Muse has an interesting picture from a local Elementary School showing their word of the month, “Fairness”. In ironic fashion, the school is not meeting AYP and has had the “word of the month” up since at least October. I guess this is a small example of why the school cannot educate the [...]