Tuesday Open Thread
The speaker list is up for the Board meeting tomorrow; not as packed as I thought with just four people on the waitlist. The majority of the speakers are speaking on high school boundaries (with several wanting to talk about Ballard High). There are only three of us speaking about the Green Dot resolution asking the City to not grant the zoning departures that Green Dot has requested. It's me, long-time watchdog, Chris Jackins, and the head of the Washington State Charter Schools Association, Patrick D'Amelio. (I knew Mr. D'Amelio when he headed the Alliance for Education and Big Brothers and Big Sisters; he's a stand-up guy.)
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They also praise her for the new student assignment plan that was essentially written by the previous Board.
That said, I'm glad they didn't wait a day longer.
- SLP
Funny how the Times supports someone 100%, right up until they don't!
Because that would admitting they were wrong the whole time.
-SLP
What I am hearing from teacher friends is some bitterness about the fact she might get some sympathy around that when there are a number of cases where teachers with illnesses or sick family members have been forced out of work.
Also, I believe there is a story going around about Ms Superintendent visiting a classroom and having the teacher's supervisor get on the teacher's case because the room was too messy. So if she can get herself worked up at that level of micromanagement, then surely she should have paid attention to the Sutor Report. Surely she should hold herself accountable for a project with dubious record and a million dollar budget. Surely.
Dead on.
You might give Harium a call too.
-Skeptical-
Now maybe that is a euphemism for taking care of your mother but I find it odd that I wouldn't be told that but the tv stations would be.
I honestly sympathize because I, too, have been dealing with an elderly parent now for 2 years (long-distance). I can understand that responsibility. But why say one thing to me and another to the reporters?
"Goodloe-Johnson and her husband, Bruce, rent a house in Seward Park. Retired from UPS, he’s now enrolled in a master’s in divinity program at Seattle University (“something he has always wanted to do,” she says). Jewell Goodloe lives with them and looks after Maya, who was named for the poet Maya Angelou. “For Maya to be at home and have that relationship with her grandmother is great,” says the superintendent. “When I was a child we had the same situation.” Maya and her grandmother enjoy working puzzles and cooking together; ox tails, stuffed meatloaf and chocolate-chip cookies are family favorites."
SEATTLE WOMAN MAGAZINE 2009
I think she is running out of excuses.
She's already used: "death in the family" (2009 annual Supe review meeting, which was consequently canceled), "recovering from knee surgery" (Seattle Channel Education Forum, which she ditched) and now this.
"Everyone accountable."
-SLP
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The only good excuse is no excuse. That was what taught to me.
GJ always seems to disappear when there is difficulty to deal with. Remember her disappearance at the school board meeting when she suddenly reappeared after public testimony? And the knee surgery thing? She does not want to be shown as part of any controversy. She is adverse to, as adverted to it as Eli Broad is. That is part of her training. Just remember her "roots".
What goes around comes around.
And she actually told the principal of my school that she would be moving up into the Obama administration soon. Oops.
2/25/11 11:05 PM
Why not??? Worked for Stephens, who is now under the direction of Gary Locke at the Dept. of Commerce.
“Among the many heartening things about the workers fighting back in Wisconsin, Ohio and elsewhere is the spotlight being thrown on the contemptuous attitude of the corporate elite and their handmaidens in government toward ordinary working Americans: police officers and firefighters, teachers, truck drivers, janitors, health care aides, and so on. These are the people who do the daily grunt work of America. How dare we treat them with contempt”
It struck me that if you added "parents" and "taxpayers" to that list, we see a similar culture at SPS.
Now MGJ (wherever she is) might roll her eyes and call the comparison "tacky" but the dots connected immediately.
How much are we ordinary folks gonna have to pay to cover for her now and how much will come right off the backs of the regular grunt workers who lose their jobs to protect the pet projects she has protected in the budget?
And while we are at it, can Ms. Butler-Wall please explain what the idea was behind EVEN BRINGING MGJ HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE?
Just another "program" that went bad huh? Tsk-tsk.
Wait, that was knee surgery that kept her from the televised forum? Wouldn't you just schedule knee surgery for a different time? I mean it's not like her appendix burst or anything.
My suspicion has always been that the Superintendent brought Don Kennedy with her to SPS primarily because she wanted someone loyal to her.
But if she had had to hire someone less personally loyal, she probably would have been better served. She might have been compelled to deal honestly with the Potter situation, and she might still have her job.
Karma indeed.
Not only did Maria limit passing bad news to the board, she relied on Kennedy not passing bad news to her. He did that by not paying attention to obvious bad news.
And remember, that's just the most obviously corrupt program that Kennedy paid no attention to in budgeting and approving personal service contracts. He doesn't care about the nuts and bolts of the budget at the level of a million dollars a year. Yet he is quick to put elementary school counselors on the chopping block, approximately the same amount of money, and claims that nothing nowhere else can be cut because they are already cut and lean.
You need to know that MGJ did not come here to MANAGE the district...
She came here to REFORM the district, and that she has done...
And with Broad Foundation backing, she probably will go onto a job in the federal government, probably the DOE, which is already stacked with Broad and Gates people...
She's not losing sleep over this... the departure might be a little premature and a little less savoury than she'd like, but her arse is covered...
And as for the Board... the fact that they're even dithering about whether to fire her or to buy her out speaks volumes...
Idiots....
Remember this article from the time schools were closing? (And we know now also the time of the Sutor Report)
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Asked how much sleep she's lost over it, Goodloe-Johnson replies, "What you need to know about me is that I don't lose sleep."
She just doesn't worry much, she later says. "Worrying is not a strategy," she says. "It just makes you sick, stresses you out."
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Yeah Peter, but it looks a lot worse than the "old" district.
Raj has been doing quite well as Superintendent down south and he looks a lot better from this vantage point.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/41633832/No-Worries
http://www.wix.com/slogle/rsbdp2/page-1
Having said that, I still don't get why Supt. G-J is completely unavailable to manage this crisis. After all, isn't she supposed to be in charge? Isn't that why she is paid the big salary?
I wonder if she will be available to attend Wednesday's School Board Meeting? It could be quite lively, depending on how things play out.
Btw -- Yes, knee surgery allegedly kept MG-J away from the Seattle Speaks event at Town Hall. At the last minute.
It may be in the Sunday edition, which would be BRILLIANT, but the Times may be trying to bury it.
https://www.seattleschools.org/area/news/0607/Goodloe_Johnson_Appointed_Superintendent.pdf
Public School Parent
oops! Public School Parent
The Wild Final Days of Dr. MGJ
Yeah, yeah, pretty silly, but sometimes we need a little levity. (but be forewarned for strong language too).
And WV says "mycom" as in maybe this is just my sort of comedy...