Well, ladies and gentlemen we got rid of Sonia but now we can sit back and enjoy the rest of the show. Seems like we are living through a season of Dumb and Dumber. Momma always said, "Be careful what you wish for." Sonia might have been Dumb but we got Dumber by committee. All of those creative quick thinkers downtown cancel school when the sun is shining and send kids home to empty houses. Way to go, administration! You did TO the kids exactly what we try to prevent! Our only hope, at this point, is the crack decision making skills of our administration will be nationally recognized and they will be offered jobs with FEMA.
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It has been hilarious to see the blind leading the blind at central office lately. Liz, Bob, Terry, Larry and Jeff all posturing to be the "one in the know". Meeting and using their "vast" wealth of experience in making a decision to have school or not, to dismiss early or not. It would be comical if it weren't so sad.
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Watching the actions of the district these last few days (in response to the 'snow') has convinced me that the Las Cruces Public School District is functioning either without leadership or with incompetent leadership. Liz Marrufo has shown her true colors, as someone who has no clue what she is doing. They cancelled school today, and as I look out my window, I see clouds. OH NO, CLOUDS, RUN!!! Somebody please step up to lead our district before these people downtown do something stupid (oh wait, they already did).
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Our middle school has had a zero tolerance policy for as long as I have been there.(15 years) When a student shows up at school with a knife he was automatically long-termed. Just recently a student was let back in school when our acting super overrode the long-term hearing. What kind of message did this send to all the other students? My advice: Elementary principals don't have a clue about middle and high schools or how to run them. Help!!!
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Another weather-related faux pas...early dismissal! Does this remind anyone of the "crying wolf" tale?
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We need direction, and we are not getting it from central office. Let the State take over.
posted by LCPS1 @ 8:57 PM
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Oh my God, I can't believe the cynicism in the string of posts about the "mistakes" LCPS made with the weather. There was no harm done, we don't get weather like this very often so we really don't know what to expect except what the National Weather Service tells us. After ABQ was so lacksadaisical about their big snowstorm last month, all public entities were put on alert that they better be safe, not sorry--so LCPS did what they had to do!
I really feel so many of issues posted here over the past few months have been really important and needed airing, but bitching about the minutiae isn't very productive. Hate to say it but the weather is a non issue--typical teacher's lounge-style, negative gossip and gripes that mean about as much as complaining about finding a candy wrapper on the floor again. MOVE ALONG! BIG PICTURE, FOLKS!!!
I read that Diaz will be seeking independent arbitration after the board upheld her firing. This basically comes down to her wanting money, and nothing else.
What scares me is that she'll just find another city of saps to go after next. I intend on following her online and if I find that she is a front runner in a job anywhere, to contact that district and let them know how much of a crook this lady is. We need to make sure that her incompetence stops here with us.
And the winner is...
For those who profess to have read and understood Good to Great here are some key points as summarized in the Wall Street Journal:
a) Five classes of productive people; at the top are self-effacing bosses... (as opposed to self-righteous or self-aggrandizing)
b) Companies fare best when they focus on that which they are uniquely adept.
c) Smart companies become very good at one thing in a world full of dilettantes.
d)Poorly run companies constantly change their focus, loudly announcing new initiatives that amount to nothing.
Regardless of how or by whom the book was introduced to the district, the concepts are sound and need be applied to programs, departments, committees and central administration as a whole.
I haven't visited this blog in a while, and now I remember why. Taking potshots at those working hard on behalf of kids; it's disappointing. My street and entire neighborhood was full of cars slipping and sliding through black ice. Not EVERYONE lives in the city and unless someone had magical powers, there was no way to know for sure whether the weather was going to get worse. We couldn't make it into LC and I was glad to hear that the schools would dismiss early. Thanks bus driver for getting my son home safely. To those who whine all the time on this blog, for goodness sakes! stop it! These people are doing the best they can. What is so terribly wrong with having to dismiss early one time in how many years?
When it starts cooling off in the afternoon the weather will change. Bus drivers deliver some kids later than most why take a chance on our most precious commodity.
no matter who we hire for supe etc. if we don't deal with drugs and gangs and make all our schools safe for the kids that want to learn NOTHING will matter. It is time for my kids and yours to be able to go to school in a safe invironment. We need to take back our schools. If kids disrupt and cause trouble take them out of that school put them SOME PLACE. Yes we all deserve an education but why take away from the kids that want to learn. Let the parents of disruptive kids deal with them.
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