CCUSD is falling apart
As a teacher in the Cave Creek Unified School District, I may be a bit iconoclastic in my views, but I suspect that I do not stand alone in my criticisms of our school district. As a long-time member of Cave Creek community, I have never seen educational morale so unspeakably low.
Students are unchallenged and unmotivated, parents are discouraged and disappointed, and teachers are exhausted, overwhelmed, and severely underpaid. The only person who still seems to have a smile on her face is Debbi Burdick, and that’s probably because she was undeservingly signed on for another three years as District Superintendent. Our district is falling apart from the inside out.
Curriculum information is non-existent which leaves the schools disorganized and every teacher compiling their own curriculum. There is no alignment and no consistency. How are our students supposed to build on prior knowledge when everyone is learning something different? Visit the website for any other school district and you will find curriculum maps, scope and sequence, district goals, and content area expectations. Go to the CCUSD website and all you will find is a plethora of misleading animations advertising our excelling schools and state-of-the-art programs. Where are our curriculum leaders? Where are our curriculum maps? How are teachers supposed to know what to teach? How are we ensuring alignment to the state standards and building off of prior knowledge? The CCUSD website is a perfect analogy of the dynamics of this district: let’s look pretty on the outside and maybe nobody will notice the disaster on the inside.
That letter is from "an anonymous teacher" to Sonoran News. What proof do you have that this "anonymous teacher" exists?
ReplyDeleteI am always wary of letters to newspapers from anonymous sources. Also, I am always wary of letters from employees who bite the hand that feeds it. There are plenty of unemployed teachers that I am sure would like their job.
Wow! 8:22. Honestly? Are you that unable to see that someone has finally reached a breaking point where they are willing to put their necks out to make a statement.
ReplyDeleteDo you know how hard it must have been for any teacher in CCUSD to put something like that in Sonoran News? They must have been at the end of their rope to do so. As for being concerned about his/her job...they are doing many, many things they disagree with just so they can keep that job. They are well aware of the hand that feeds them and it has lead them with a trail of food right into the swamp.
Leadership is not there. Examples...
1.) You are the superintendent of a district and you know that closure of a school is on the next board docket you:
a.) Say nothing, don't worry about it.
b.) Wait until you are "invited" to the school to discuss the issue.
c.) Go to the school BEFORE it shows up on the board docket. Discuss the issue and reasons for the decision with all faculty and staff and begin work on a transition IF the final decision should be for closure.
I say, a good leader does C. Debbi Burdick did B.
Let's say you are the superintendent of a district and your job performance is based on school results and you know that the AIMS results for this year will be much lower than int he past. Your contract is up for renewal. You:
A.) Call a special meeting of the principals and discuss how the situation is going to be addressed and create a plan of attack (no excuses) that you present to the board in an executive session BEFORE your contract is to be renewed.
B.) Allow your contract to be renewed the day before information is available to the public.
Yep, you guessed it... Deb Burdick did B. BTW, the board supported her in that by not choosing to either wait one day to renew the contract OR renew it for a shorter period of time.
I'm sorry, but with leadership like that, is there any surprise we have principals with poor leadership quality. Rumor mill says Ms. Gains provided PTO a list of "talking points" on the BMES situation. I don't think "principal failure" was the top of that list...but I don't know.
Is it any surprise we have miserable teachers and that teacher morale may be affecting test scores?
Perhaps CCUSD would have more respect if they took the Dominoes Pizza approach: "We heard you, our pizza tasted terrible, but we have taken steps to change that. Come try our new pizza."
Good PR does not mean making excuses, pretending the bad thing did not happen or trying to sugar coat the issue. It means taking responsibility and providing pro-active solutions.
We can chastise our parents and pretend we won't listen to anonymous letters all we want or we can start to really LISTEN to the majority of parents, not a select group.
We can also begin to make decisions not just based on $$ and cents, but understand the ramifications of these decisions like the closure of a school. Emotional reactions, while something we may like to denigrade, are still REACTIONS and they have results. People do not make decisions in black and white or based on hard cold facts and figures alone. Many decisions are emotionally based.
Latest numbers from Explorer is 100+ students there from CCUSD. There goes the DAMS savings...and that's just ONE school's CCUSD enrollment.
BTW, anyone else find it ironic that anonymous at 8:22 a.m. complained about an anonymous letter to the Sonoran News?
Didn't complain about the letter. Told people to question whether it was authentic or not.
ReplyDeleteAs to whether the writer is truly a whistle blower, or somebody with a gripe, there are plenty of legitimate channels to complain to - i.e. the Maricopa Department of Education, if change is what is truly being sought.
Did Sonoran News, or CCUSD Watch, bother to check with the district about what mapping, curriculum instructions, may exist, or did they just take this "teacher's" word verbatim. Just because they aren't on a website doesn't mean anything except that the district is probably understaffed.
If you want to check with the district and then get back to say legitimately that they don't have it, fine. But, no, I think that most of your readers (and some of SN's) have enough of a brain to question whether this anonymous letter is legit or not.
As to my anonymity, I don't know what knowing who i am lends to a conversation about whether or not an anonymous letter in a newspaper is legitimate or not.
11:00 AM - That so called teacher didn't stick his/her neck out, they were anonymous, just like you and everyone else on this site. It's not sticking your neck out if no one knows who you are!
ReplyDeleteI couldn't agree more 11:00 AM. My child says that there are many familiar faces at Explorer and I know that many of those kids have siblings at other PVUSD campuses. Too bad that CCUSD administration didn't believe that parents were fed up enough to leave the district. It will be interesting to see if they ever admit to a concrete number of students lost to surrounding districts.
ReplyDeleteWhy question the teacher who wrote this letter? They are speaking the truth and talking about things only an employee would know.
ReplyDeleteDebbii Burdick is the worst thing that happened to CCUSD in years. I cannot wait until the Board comes to their senses and run her and her administration out of the area.
My kid LOVES Explorer and so far this week have had EXCELLENT experiences with both teachers and administration. SO responsive ---SO refreshing. Way to go PVUSD!
ReplyDeleteMy 2nd grader's teacher admitted tonight at cirriculum night that their math book does NOT meet State standards (and she wasn't happy about it). But she is a fantasic teacher and that is why we didn't pull our younger child out of CCUSD. We'll take it year by year.
How and from whom can we request to know the exact number of students who disenrolled from CCUSD this school year?
The Assistant Principal at STMS has told at least one parent that STMS only lost 5 children to Explorer Middle School...Maybe five actual STMS students but there are at least 100 + students on the Explorer campus from CCUSD 93. This number was confirmed by the administration of Explorer. This does not take into account the number of students lost to the various other schools in the area. Can you multiply 100 x 5,700...$570,000.00 How much did Deb Burdick say the district would save by closing DAMS???????
ReplyDeleteCindy Mills doesn't know what she's talking about. She has no clue as to what's going on when it comes to the numbers.
ReplyDeleteIf STMS only lost 5 kids to Explorer.. and I personally know of at least 4.. that can't be right (because I don't know many kids up here to begin with!)
ReplyDeleteWe tried to tell the district that this made no financial sense to close DAMS. But I'll tell you... if they hadn't.. we wouldn't have ended up at Explorer and known how the other half lives!!!
I do wish that those who have "moved" on would do just that... If you are pleased with your new school choice, then for your student's sake, please take an active role in their new environment and move away from the keyboard on this blog.
ReplyDeleteYour vitriol is harmful and is not the least bit helpful in working toward solutions. We are fortunate to live in an area where choice is an option. If you chose to do something different this year, great. Stop harping and whining over what is now in your past. Let those of us who remain build and develop without the constant naners, naners, naners and sniping. I am sure at your new locations, your ideas and dictates will be happily met. Why stay here and battle what you consider a losing cause? Please know that you are completely affirmed in great choice you made for your child.
Maybe she is looking at the number of kids that were already at STMS who went to Explorer. The rest of the kids could be kids who were slated to go to STMS from elementary school, or DAMS, this year who went to Explorer instead.
ReplyDeleteAnd those of who have left wish those of you are still there would realize we were not the problem. This is still our community and the thought that hundreds of children have left the district should be of great concern to the entire community. We were dedicated involved parents who moved heaven and earth for this district and the choice to leave was not an easy one. How would you suggest handling the destruction of our District if communicating our discontent is not an option
ReplyDeleteThank you 11:22am... well stated.
ReplyDeleteAnd to 8:44am ... I take exception to your remarks. Cave Creek is my community as much as yours. I still own a home and live here. My neighbors have kids in CCUSD. We are not so callous-hearted to have ill-wishes for "those who have remained behind". I still have a vested interested our community's school district even if one of my children was pulled out this year. My other child remains at DWES and we are VERY pleased with the teachers and administration there. I will do what I can to make CCUSD a better place for all - because that is the right thing to do.
It is unfair of you to tell those who have disenrolled kids from here that we need to "move on". Instead of brow beating families who have "moved on", perhaps you should reach out to them as they may develop insights at their new school / school district that could be useful to make CCUSD a better place.
And as for your comment about letting those who remain "build and develop"... seems to me that there are a hefty amount of comments on this blog from those who have stayed in CCUSD who are doing more tearing down than building themselves.
I think that what 8:44a may be responding to is the glee in which some of you are gathering the info and broadcasting the numbers lost in the district on this blog.
ReplyDeleteReally, other than spite, what is the point?
To those of you who left the district after being heavily invested in it, of course people know that you did not do so lightly. It is too bad that the district no longer serves your needs, but perhaps it would if you just gave your kids the chance to go to STMS. Okay, so some kids from the North have to travel. But, kids from the South will be spending more time when they travel up to Cactus Shadows (4 years) vs. 2 years at STMS.
I'm glad that some kids have landed happily elsewhere. It doesn't mean that the district has necessarily overlooked you. It does mean that you felt that your kids were better served elsewhere, rather than putting them into STMS to determine how they would do.
3:26 are you for real, Spite? You have to be kidding me. You apparently were not aware of the Prep Academy Deb Burdick and Jana Miller created to Win back the 90 students who left the year before. All the research they did to stop the mass exit of CCUSD students who were leaving the district to attend smaller schools with smaller class sizes and wear uniforms. It was the district that put the emphasis on numbers, it was the district who told us all how important it was to retain the students we had, If Deb Burdick was worried about the loss of 90 students she must be Frantic now. If she was eager to Build an Academy to lure back the 90 that left in the past She must be contemplating a complete overhaul of the District for the hundreds she has lost this year. Everything is measured in numbers...Gains, Losses, it is how the world goes around it's not SPITE it is FACT!
ReplyDeleteI think there are too many school districts in AZ --too much division of power. Smaller school districts like CCUSD should unite with a larger one near it. Larger tax base - better resources. If you can't beat 'em - join 'em!
ReplyDeleteCan parents somehow initiate a process to try to enjoin our district to another? How do we know that PV, DV or Scottsdale doesn't want to welcome CCUSD into their family? Are we just assuming that they don't want us? Has anyone inquired with the powers that be in the other districts? What if Burdick and/or the Board isn't in favor of being absorbed by another district? Do they have the only and/or last say in the matter? This should not be a dictatorship and there's got to be something we parents (assuming majority is interested in this idea of course) can do.
While you may speak of "FACT", your post reads rather SPITEFULLY!
ReplyDeleteGo ahead. Keep writing. It shows your true colors.
I suspect the district will change their emphasis, perhaps away from numbers research towards academic improvement because of the drop in scores. Honestly, if Arizona didn't allow open enrollment, schools could get out of the marketing business and back to the business of education. But, since so many of you seem to be school "choicers" I wish you much luck. Enjoy spending your money on gas riding your kids to other districts, revel in the numbers lost in CCUSD while your houses become worthless to people who want to move to good school districts and their value drops, enjoy spending your money on private schools.
My kids are no longer in CCUSD. The class size numbers became unpalatable to me. However, I hold the AZ legislature much more at fault than I do a small district who had run out of options for cuts.
8:44 am it sounds to me like you were/are one of those blindly following the leadership at CCUSD and agreed with their "need" to close a school. Now that it’s done we see their plans weren't so planned and that much of what the parents tried to warn them about has come to pass. It must be hard to live with that. I think this should be a wakeup call to us all.
ReplyDeleteI think the reason why those who have taken their kids to other districts still post is because for years they bought the line of no greener grass, larger class size, behavior issues and similar budget cuts at surrounding districts. Now that we are out there we have found this to be nothing more than propaganda to keep students at CCUSD.
Quite frankly low class size and community based schools was the only thing CCUSD had going for it in recent years and with the campus hopping due to "special" programs, closing of schools and subsequent reconfiguration they have lost even that.
We are merely helping others to see through the smoke and mirrors. Too bad you find the truth so offensive...CCUSD could use a little more of it. I personally wish someone had pointed me toward another option years ago.
My child now has lower class size, textbooks to take home, teachers who are happy and computers that work in every class. All of this at a public school! What a breath of fresh air!
6:46 AM you ascribe motivations to others that you know nothing about. We are not reveling in lost numbers. I liken it to the children's book City of Ember. When we finally poked our heads out of the hole and saw the outside we wanted others to have that same wonderful experience. Please do yourself a favor and check out those other options before you settle for what CCUSD is telling you is as good as it gets. Believe me there is better out there.
As far as combining with another district as 6:42 AM mentioned, that would be the sensible thing to do. The subject has been approached before but was immediately shut down. (I suspect because it would not benefit CCUSD administration) But it would benefit CCUSD students, families and the surrounding community. If those entities join forces perhaps they could make joining another district a reality but they would have to go up against the CCUSD board and administration. Good luck with that.
SSSHHHHHH we shouldn't talk about the facts that we have closed one of only two Middle Schools, k-3 enrollment is down at BMES, Numbers of students have left the district, Our AIMS Scores are on the decline, We have lost our Excelling status or that the district has been unable to pass an over-ride for years...Don't tell anybody though... Don't voice your concern just let them keep up the Great work that they are doing because this is what we want for our community. Stable property values go hand in hand with stable education...You wont have one without the other and you are far from an impressive education system here @CCUSD 93. Keep telling yourself that negative concern is what got us here and see where that gets you...Maybe another three years with the current administration!
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ReplyDeleteThe idea of joining with Scottsdale was broached and the superintendent provided the parent information regarding how it would need to happen. A parent would need to make a presentation to Scottsdale School Board then that board AND CCUSD Board would need to agree on the joining. It seems that while SUSD was at least willing to listen, CCUSD did not give the request much credence.
Once both boards agreed to the merging, the subject would have to go out for vote of the electorate. Since, in either case, (PVUSD or SUSD), the CCUSD tax rate would nearly double (since CCUSD has one of the lowest tax assessments in the state), it is highly unlikely that the Cave Creek/Carefree electorate would support the change.
Why would SUSD or PVUSD NOT want Cave Creek? Well, if you review the last override vote results it looks as if CCUSD, rather than helping itself in acquiring the Christopher Verde area (and it did help its constituents by spreading the tax liabilities over more households since the override and bond amounts are SET, the acquisition of the Christopher Verde area did not bring more tax $$ to CCUSD, but rather cut the amounts each individual contributor had to pay to the district as there were now more contributors), it hurt CCUSD. Why? Because, though Dr. Burdick has been heard, over and over again to blame the parents in the failure of our bonds and overrids, it looks, in comparison to past election results, that CCUSD actually got more "YES" votes than in the past and a quick look at the precinct results shows those came dramatically from their parent-heavy precincts. The huge swatches of red "no" votes were in Carefree and Cave Creek proper and the Troon, Rio Verde area. So while this merging of districts was supposed to bring CCUSD more students and thus more income (and I have no idea if it has brought more students, but suspect the recession and subsequent halt to the housing growth in the area has limited that student influx--anyone seen numbers on that?). It also brought more "no" votes.
So...why would SUSD and PVUSD want to acquire a district that would do the same to them? Why, when they are able to pass bonds and overrides within their community as they exist today, would they want to acquire a district that has such challenges securing additional funding? would the increase in students (and thus the increase in state funding) be more valuable to them than the potential harm of future override/bond votes? I don't know the answer to that one.
Perhaps, they might feel that they, as a more professionally managed district, would be able to overcome some of the challenges that CCUSD faces in the bond/override regard, but I don't know.
It is a very interesting idea and it seems that larger districts are able to offer more programs, etc. It is just not an easy process and while it may be good for CCUSD, is there enough value for the potentially merging districts for it to matter?
I guess if CCUSD really wanted to do it, they could send representatives to the legislature who could work to create legislation that specifically requires districts the size of CCUSD to merge with others, thus eliminating the whole board agreement/vote thing -- like the new legislation to allow districts, after a certain time as passed, to use bond/override money as they see fit without regard to its voted use (of course, several years ago they could have just put it out for vote again --saying "the demographics have changed and we feel this is a much more cost-effective use of the funds," and I think the electorate is smart enought to value that honesty and see the benefit. But, CCUSD did not think they would support it so it never happend. That one could be debated for years. No one will ever know...
6:03 I am willing to reopen the communication with all boards (scottsdale, pv and cccusd) please post interest here. We would need to investigate the Pro's and the Con's. It would make an interesting debate
ReplyDeleteAfter so many years of working to make CCUSD better, the frustration at the turns it is making right now makes many of us sad.
ReplyDeleteThe saddest thing is...that the closure of DAMS and required move of my child to a school I had NOT selected provided the incentive I needed to seriously look elsewhere.
Yes, I had been told for years how great this school or that school was and I fiercly defended CCUSD (and I stand by defending what I saw then), but as the years have worn on, that defense has been more and more weak so I figured the closure of DAMS was as good a time as any to explore other options. I'm glad I did.
I actually left the school my child attends now in tears the first time. Clean campus! Brand new high-end technology. Fully developed art programs. Band, choir, theater -- all with their OWN rooms and teachers (see we CAN have both). An experienced, committed principal and friendly, inviting staff. No signs on the door warning us about how parental involvement is "disruptive to the day".
Why did I leave my children in run-down schools with skeletal cleaning staff and 15-year-old technology, where the PARENTS (PTO) and the principal were the ones who spent summers painting and cleaning--focused on trying to make the place presentable and upgrading technology while the district continually had excuses why it wasn't possible for them to help. Where now those same parents who had contributed literally thousands of dollars and thousands of hours of sweat equity were being lectured about how it was all their fault this was happening because they didn't vote.
When I left that non CCUSD campus I was angry at myself. Had I limited the educational possibilities for my children because I did not visit this school sooner? Do I wish I had listened to others...yes and no.
Yes because I feel my students would have received so many more opportunities, but "no" because at the time I felt there were things that CCUSD offered that other districts could not and was willing to overlook all the weaknesses.
Some folk who left may just be having a little difficulty letting go because they have been so actively working for district improvement for so long. It is hard to just watch something you cared about and fought for fall apart.
As for the comment for "choicers", I would find it hard to say that someone who has remained faithfully in CCUSD for 10 years is one who easily bounces from school to school. As for the gas...with so many students at the same school, I drive less now than I did to DAMS. So it's working out great, thank you! Your wishes of "luck" must be paying off.
Oh and one last thing. I was perfectly willing to drive my children to the "Mega" high school (riduculous name as a school with a max of 2400 students is not unusually large) on the south campus if it had been built because I would have CHOSEN for my kids to be there and I knew one large high school would provide many more opportunities for our children than two small ones (though I still contend the larger school on the north campus, with its proximity to the new PVCC makes more sense).
STMS was NOT my choice, I had no say, no voice and no input into ANYTHING regarding that change or transition and as such felt no obligation to send my children there. There was very little effort made on the part of CCUSD to in any way "sell" STMS to the DAMS parents. It was just assumed we would all just follow along like sheep.
To be honest, there was some behavior I noticed at board meetings from some STMS staff toward the parents/teachers from DAMS who were speaking. It was unkind and insensitive and without CCUSD offering any positive reinforcement for STMS, further illustrated why I did not want to send my children there.
You misunderstand my usage of the word "choicers." If your state did not allow choice (as many states do not, including the one I am in), your districts would not need to spend time marketing to outside kids and could just focus on education. I think that is a fault of the legislature. Also, I think that many parents vote for legislators who support choice.
ReplyDeleteI did not mean to put down any parent who is trying to put their child into the best school possible for them. Obviously all parents have to do what is in their child's best interests and I don't fault you one bit for doing so. I have always done so myself, but no I am not for vouchers and not for school choice (open enrollment either). I think they both sound attractive, but in the long run destroy the public education system. If parents go to non-public schools (many of which are religious) let them pay for them. Many parents who send to private schools get around paying tuition, by disguising tuition as charitable contributions anyway (thereby making the tuition tax free).
As to whether open enrollment is good for public education, well I guess in the sense that PVUSD, a much larger district with better demographics for passing overrides, is a better place for your kids, then it seems like a good thing for now. However, if the legislature did not allow open enrollment, if the legislature worked to truly fund your schools, you would not be having these problems in the first place.
Arizona was the only state that I ever lived in with open enrollment and such lackadaisical funding of education while I have had kids. I have lived in two other states with my kids and quite frankly the education in the other states is better. So you can continue to put up with the status quo, or you can demand change from the Arizona legislature. Your kids certainly deserve better.
I have never seen or been told that parental involvement is "disruptive to the day". I understand why you would be offended at that. That is not the case at the school my children attend in CCUSD.
ReplyDeleteSUSD, PVUSD, and DVUSD do not want to merge with CCUSD because the district's population have not supported budget overrides and it would cause their Board's to grow by 5 more people who have created a very dysfunctional governing board.
ReplyDeleteThis blog is starting to lose sight of the issue with debates about school choice and discussions about merging with another district. The real problem lies with district and site administration. Debbi Burdick has proven she cannot lead the district. Bill Dolezal has proven not to be as effective as his predecessors. Ellie Gaines's school is ready to revolt against her. It's time for the CCUSD administration to receive an overhaul.
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ReplyDeleteYou are right. These other options are not realistic. It is time to look at what is. When the board hired Dr. Burdick, I said that I felt they should have had an interview process to at least secure a few additional candidates. A board member I spoke with noted that the "headhunter" fees were significant and they didn't want to spend the money, but in this day and age of technology the very least they could have done was actually POSTED the job and looked. Don't we at least deserve the opportunity to see if there is something better out there? If they did not find anyone, then that would have made Dr. Burdick's position that much more secure and she might have had more folk supporting her now -- knowing there wasn't anything better out there. But we don't know that. For all we know there is someone who can really take the bull by the horns, bring back some of those things that made his district unique and professionaly manage new things that can make it better.
I've heard some argue that Dr. Burdick was the best choice because this is a "tough community" to work in and she was very familiar already with the community and the players. That may be so, but observing some of her actions it seems she may know who they are but does not really understand what makes them "tick" and is slowly alienating many people the district should want to embrace.
9:45 p.m. Perhaps Watch would start a discussion related to that specifically and through this blog perhaps there are some folk more intimately aware with what it would take to merge could share those steps and others could debate the pros and cons. I have always heard that one of the major cons was that we would become part of a huge district and, as parents, lose our "voice" in what is happening. Since right now it seems as if that voice isn't being heard anyway, maybe the time is ripe for such a discussion.
ReplyDeleteAs our state continues to face budget issues, we would be best served as a community to know what options are out there for the CCUSD 93 School District. We do have a top heavy administration @ this district...Deb Burdick has only 7 schools under her while Dr Cataloni has 31 in the Scottsdale District...I would guarantee you his salary is not four times what hers is. As a community we should investigate our options...As many have posted PV accepted our students with open arms, who's to say they don't see other potential as well. And maybe after fully investigating all of our options we will discover that Merging is not the best option for our community
ReplyDeleteAug 22 at 4:34pm, then you child must not be at BMES. There were signs on the doors with the red circle with the line thru it, Ms gaines suggested that parents meet on the sidewalk outfront the school. I think she didn't realize that BMES was built on parent involvement and without it, it will surely die. Look at it today, it is but a shell of what it used to be.
ReplyDeleteTo assume that those of us who remain in CCUSD have not checked outside district offerings or are choosing not look at different districts is limited thinking and frankly, demeaning.
ReplyDeletePVUSD has much more to offer--from curriculum offerings and resources for extracurricular activity. They also pass bonds and have a population and business density that CCUSD will never have. Their sheer size allows for a continuity of operations and organizational power that CCUSD will never have.
Please do not assume that our wanting to stay here is because we are blind sheep, deceived by "smoke and mirrors" or don't drive south of Jomax. We may be here because we choose to be. Rhetoric of how "stupid" we are continues to fracture and isolate.
If continuous blogging of that point is cathartic for you, perhaps another site or an email to friends would serve just as well. Constructive talk as to the merging and/or redefining what education will be in this very independently-minded community is preferred however.
August 24, 6:09 - Great post. I'm always amazed that the few vocal few who have left the district seem to think the thousands of us who choose to stay are either sheep or too stupid to know any better. My children were in the PV district before we moved here and believe me that district has its share of problems.
ReplyDeleteSo I am curious Aug. 24, 6:09am, why are you staying? I am serious with my question. I did look at other Districts and when I compared program offering, cirriculum, I felt like I had to take to them to another school. I do appreciate your honest answers.
ReplyDeleteWe are staying because my kids are doing well here. They are participative, engaged, involved, happy, and yes, learning. Are there rough edges? Yes. Do I question some of decision making? Yes. Do I agree with every decision made? No. Do I work for changes? Yes. Is there something better out there? Yes. Is there something worse out there? Yes.
ReplyDeleteIs your new school working for your child? Are they learning, engaged, involved, happy?
If that is the case or will be the case, your decision to change schools was absolutely correct. My decision to stay here is correct. Visiting this myopic blog will do nothing but confirm your choice because it is rarely supportive of absolutely anything. How well do you like your face when looked at through a lighted, 16x, magnification mirror? That's what this blog does to CCUSD.
Aug. 27th 6:49pm, appreciate your honest answer. I agree that each of us has to make that decision and that need to be ok with the decision we make. That is the wonderful part of this entire thing going on. Thanks again.
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