It has been almost eight years since I stopped working for the overly-large school district. But that doesn’t mean I’m not interested in what’s happening inside the complex bureaucracy I left behind.
Posts Tagged → fairfax county
Bad Time For a Test
Back when I worked on the instruction side of the overly-large school district, we tried to maintain a good relationship with the people in IT.
Even so, we were pretty sure that most of them really didn’t understand the people they were supposed to be supporting. That was especially true of the folks working on network security.
Preparing For Virtual Something
Winter is coming. And our overly-large school district is planning for the disruptions that even a little bit of snow can cause in the DC area.
Sorta.
Listening to Kids Should Be Part of the Job
Last fall, our overly-large school district starting looking for a new superintendent. Last week, the school board announced their decision.
And, as just about anyone could have predicted, the choice did not please everyone.
Look at the Other Side of Average
According some education “experts”, the SAT isn’t as vital as it used to be since the number of colleges requiring students to submit scores with their application is in “rapid decline”.
But leadership here in the overly-large school district seems not to have gotten the message.