His ideas are fine, but his comments are what hurt us. I took this off someone's facebook status, "Went to the 2nd meeting with Dr. White regarding the proposed year round schedule... A woman mentioned that if this proposal goes through, her neighbor said that they would leave Indianapolis. Dr. White's...response..... GOOD." This is not good........
Friday, October 15, 2010
Straight From Facebook
IPS B.S. just got this taken from Board member Annie Roof's Facebook page. Are you surprised we're losing students and the state is going to take us over?
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He is an arrogant S.O.B. and a bully. He does not care about IPS. It is about the money and Eugene and how much more he can suck out of IPS.
ReplyDeleteThere are many of us who will pull our kids out of IPS if they go to year-round scheduling. Even if he wants to force this through, he ought to leave the magnet schools alone. Not because they are better than anyone else, but because those parents are the most likely to leave the district over it.
ReplyDeleteThis post is second hand from a second hand. It's bunk.
ReplyDeleteApparently Counselor Roof was not at the meeting to hear the comments first hand.
All of our elected Counselor's are part of the problem as well.
Counselor Roof was at the meeting last night, as was I. That is exactly what Dr. White said.
ReplyDeleteHe cares nothing of the middle class students who are actually giving him some schools to brag about. I have been in the system for too many years and have seen changes come and go...select schools, small schools, magnet schools, uniforms, boundary changes, school closings, etc. Parents want stability. Parents want to know the school they are in will continue to thrive. Parents want a voice, not to be invited to public meetings knowing that no one is listening.
Once I heard of YR schools being proposed, I upped the urgency of looking for an alternative high school for my youngest to attend. I have two IPS graduates but will not have a third. I am done, finished, out. Dr. White doesn't want me...fine, I don't want him either. Let's hope he can find some money if this is to happen...13 million plus at least another 8 million, each year, that will be lost when the families continue to march somewhere else.
Great leaders lift everyone up who is under their influence through creating an atmosphere of validation, encouragement, challenge and appreciation - only using criticism and punishment as a last resort.
ReplyDeleteGreat leaders make their employees motivated to smash through brick walls to reach their shared goals.
Poor leaders make those under their influence feel that brick walls are continually falling on top of them.
Which of these two categories does IPS' leadership (including building principals) fit into?
So what happens when (not if) the schools still fail after the state takes over? What are they gonna do then, get a bail out from Obama? I say let them have it. It may be the only way to prove to them that nothing will ever bring public education up to acceptable standards.
ReplyDeleteWhen they take over the schools, will this mean that we get rid of idiots like Eugene White and Mary Bush? If they are still here, nothing will improve...only continue to get worse.
ReplyDeleteAnd, if the state takes over a few of the schools (I don't think they are taking the system...yet) won't that mean even less money for the IPS budget? I don't see how the budget can ever absorb the cost of YR school! I understand that Dr. White is a master at making expenses disappear and a budget look balanced but I just don't see how this one is going to fly...really, that is the only thing standing in the way of this proposal passing with a 5-2 or 4-3 vote.
ReplyDeleteThey are Commissioners.
ReplyDelete...no, they are bobble head puppets. Commissioners would make policy, decisions and oversee the educational program of IPS. This group of bobbleheads don't even know or care what is going on...all they do is wait for Eugene to tell them how to vote.
ReplyDelete"Evil thrives when good men do nothing." This is what we found out after Hitler and Nazi Germany and their incriminations that the Jews were responsible for all their ills. That's right I said Nazi Germany!!! Hitler began with the big lie!!! When you start with the premise that 'teachers are the problem' where could it possible end up!! This whole line of rationale sucks, but it is easier to blame us, then to draw a line in the sand and treat the root cause ;not the symptoms. And sorry, I must remain anonymous, because they will get rid of us for daring to speak the truth:(
ReplyDeleteTeachers are not the problem. Teachers are the solution.
ReplyDeleteI hope the system loses thousands of kids when IPS goes year-round. What Adolph White wants, he gets.
ReplyDeleteI was there, and while I am completely fed up with the crap that happens downtown, this facebook status doesn't fully quote Dr. White. You have left out that Dr. White is sick of being "blackmailed" and he later changed it to "extortion" by parents who threaten to take their kids out of our district. If you are going to quote the man, at least have the decency to provide the context. He makes a great point, and I agree, if you don't want your child in my classroom, neither do I. Go somewhere else, all you are is a toxin. Further, what we do and have done for years clearly doesn't work. Something MUST change! Maybe a balanced calendar is the answer. Maybe it isn't. But trying to fix the system is a helluva lot better than the status quo.
ReplyDeleteHe is being blackmailed, and extorted because he is not working collaboratively with anyone, he believes he is a tzar. People wouldn't be making these statements if they were sold on the features and benefits of any change, and some attempt was made at building consensus.
ReplyDeleteDid you know that in most educational administration programs collaboration and consensus are taught...do you think Gene cut those classes? and are they even taught at IWU?
Do you remember a few years ago they wanted to have PBA days EVERY wednesday? They had the hearing and everything like the year round schools. Then the President said that it wouldn't count as a full school day if there were half days. Dr. White said the reason we don't have PBA wednesdays is because parents complained. The sad thing it that people BELIEVED Dr. White when he said this.
ReplyDeleteI find it difficult to buy the post two up ..probably made by Mary Louis that we can basically tell parents to go to hell and leave if they don't like Eugene's idea. Perhaps Eugene should leave if he doesn't like what the parents want....such a bully.
ReplyDeleteI saw an email printout today given by a vice principal. What was scary about the email was the general inability to simply and clearly count up to three. According to the email, there will be a MONTH/four weeks of Christmas break and not three, as it stated December 17th through January 15th, although technically it would have to be the 16th, as that is MLK day. Plus...if two weeks of remediation is required for two of the nine weeks, then where will the money come from for those additional expenses?
ReplyDeleteThe money will come from the salaries of the more highly paid older teachers they are driving out of the system. They want these old troublesome teachers gone. Who wants teachers who remember the days before we were data driven,and we were student centered; they remember when your administrator was there to help and support you, not bully you, and they want these people gone.
ReplyDeleteRumors are that Title teaching positions are going to be cut to pay for the remediation.
ReplyDeleteBefore they cut the teachers how about cutting the "retreats" for administrators and food at meetings paid for with title money.
ReplyDeleteMary Busch threw a tantrum last year when they suggested doing away with the catered meals at board meetings. She feels entitled to special perks because she is a board member.
ReplyDeleteShe won't be a board member much longer as the community is going to remove her from the board in the next election.
Is someone going to run against Bush? I hope so
ReplyDeleteAs an IPS teacher AND an IPS parent I do not understand how anyone could be opposed to year round school. Its a win - win situation for all of us. I teach at a high school and do not know of one teacher who doesn't welcome this with open arms. I also don't understand the apparent oppostion of "the middle class." What does 'class' have to do with it? I'm "middle class" and love the idea.
ReplyDeleteI am a high school teacher for IPS and I do NOT welcome year round school. Many of my friends who teach in others cities and states are in systems that made the switch and most have switched back to the traditional calendar.
ReplyDeleteUnless you sell the features and benefits to parents, students, teachers, and the community this will be nothing but a bomb. I can remember a parent who was not sending her child to the extended portion of JMCHS's year, she said "it is not fair." and how many of our kids don't show up until after Labor Day? a large percent I'd guess. This needs to be sold to people, and how it will benefit THEM.
ReplyDeleteParents and students do not see rising test scores as a BENEFIT. How is it going to help their kid? Smarted, more able to get into college, more time for enrichment activities...what good thing happens for them.
They will not be bullied into this...
Perhaps parents would be more supportive if they were allowed to be involved in the decision making and allowed to provide input. As long as Eugene continues to bully his arrogant fat ass in school policy and decisions, parental involvement will not improve.
ReplyDeleteWhy would you suggest that parent input has not been invited? According the the newspaper there was a recent meeting to solicite parental input but hardly anyone showed up.
ReplyDeleteParental involvement has to be built up, and after everything that has been done to disenfranchise parents that is going to be an uphill climb. I wonder how things are going at school 57 where parental involvement is part of the school culture and expectations?
ReplyDeleteParental input should have been sought before he decided. They've already put the 2010-2011 balanced calendar on the IPS website under calendars. Why bother to get input now? Obviously it won't make a bit of difference.
ReplyDeleteThese meetings just make it appear that input is desired or "invited".
Nice gesture?
Parental input? Why don't people show up and give their "parental input"/ Because most of us feel what's the point...we know the decision has already been made, Dr. White won't listen to us but will beat us down instead and our opinions/input doesn't matter. I went to the Broad Ripple meeting and turnout was fair but he had an answer/put down for anyone who spoke that didn't agree.
ReplyDeleteZillions of parents threatened to leave the district when we implemented uniforms. Most are still here. It's an adjustment but eventually everyone will get used to it.
ReplyDeleteThe effect of a year-round, far from balanced schedule is that you will have a group of kids who leave before the end of the official year and will not return until (as another poster said, "it is fair.") That means labor day. The educational effect is that we need to start over after labor day.
ReplyDeleteAnd speaking of uniforms, how is the adjusment and the enforcement of that working out? Not very well IMHO.
Louis = man's name
ReplyDeleteLouise = woman's name. Are you really in charge of our students? You do this all the time!!!!!!!! For goodness sake, check your own post, especially when you slam someone who is on the side of all.