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Posted: Fri Mar 6th, 2009 10:56 am |
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SOS wrote: Easier said than done. If we kicked out and arrested all the students that deserve it, Seaford would not have a public school system. Not only the schools, but the community is crumbling. We need to act to take it all back and teach these kids to be human. We live in a community where we have 10 year old sex offenders, 10 and 11 year old drug dealers, and one young man in the high school who has fathered five babies withinr two years. We have girls in the high school who can produce a list of 6+ potential fathers for their pregnancies. Then we get them for 6.5 hours, just to return to the trash that brought them into the world. I don't have any answers, but we need to focus on trying to change the majority. "Larry" has said several time that the parents of Seaford are sending us their best.
Just ask "Larry" and "Moe" why they don't live in the district. Ask "Larry" and "Moe" if they would send their children to SSD. I think we all know the answers. "Larry" will defend himself by saying that he enrolled his family members in the school. He enrolled them for convenience and to help in their transition to the east coast. If he had other options, I think they would have attended elsewhere.
We don't need PD in mapping, differentiated instruction, etc. We need training in operating a "Boot Camp". The faculty is desperate for this knowledge. We have a resource officer (DE State Trooper) and he can't make a difference. "Larry", "Moe", "Curly". and the "Doc" won't help.
Its not the public education systems responsibility to "teach these kids to be human" That's the job of the childs parents, just like my Mother raised me and my wife and I raised our children. Maybe if parents weren't so d**n busy worrying about themselves they would have time for their kids.
No offense meant but for someone who admittedly doesn't have any answers you are extremely critical and judgemental of the answers the people who are at least trying come up with a solution. Anyone can b**ch and complain, now come up with some answers instead of pointing the finger. If you aren't part of the solution then you are part of the problem.
The state has "boot camps" they are called alternative schools, and Seaford has one to send students to that need that type of discipline, just as every other district does.
I find your public personal attacks directed at school employees to be reprehensible, you have no sense of decency and boundaries. If you convey these same feelings in school or outside of school to students you are beneath everyone you are complaining about.
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Posted: Fri Mar 6th, 2009 04:18 am |
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| This is getting boring. Don't you have another line. You better get out of those trenches, it can be bad on your knees. Be careful, you might not be able to play basketball next Friday.
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Posted: Fri Mar 6th, 2009 03:00 am |
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SeafordCO2008 wrote: Listen, could you folks really stop all this? Come in and complain if you have a problem and bring more people with you if you want to make a difference!!! All you are, for the moment, are a bunch of lone nuts who are considered cowards by those who you defame.
No, I am in the trenches, repeating this for those of you who are deaf dumb and blind
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Posted: Fri Mar 6th, 2009 02:06 am |
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| You are quite a contributor. Three times a charm.
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Posted: Fri Mar 6th, 2009 12:33 am |
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| Listen, could you folks really stop all this? Come in and complain if you have a problem and bring more people with you if you want to make a difference!!! All you are, for the moment, are a bunch of lone nuts who are considered cowards by those who you defame.
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| Somewhere in the state you came from, you are missed. Feel free to return.
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Easier said than done. If we kicked out and arrested all the students that deserve it, Seaford would not have a public school system. Not only the schools, but the community is crumbling. We need to act to take it all back and teach these kids to be human. We live in a community where we have 10 year old sex offenders, 10 and 11 year old drug dealers, and one young man in the high school who has fathered five babies withinr two years. We have girls in the high school who can produce a list of 6+ potential fathers for their pregnancies. Then we get them for 6.5 hours, just to return to the trash that brought them into the world. I don't have any answers, but we need to focus on trying to change the majority. "Larry" has said several time that the parents of Seaford are sending us their best.
Just ask "Larry" and "Moe" why they don't live in the district. Ask "Larry" and "Moe" if they would send their children to SSD. I think we all know the answers. "Larry" will defend himself by saying that he enrolled his family members in the school. He enrolled them for convenience and to help in their transition to the east coast. If he had other options, I think they would have attended elsewhere.
We don't need PD in mapping, differentiated instruction, etc. We need training in operating a "Boot Camp". The faculty is desperate for this knowledge. We have a resource officer (DE State Trooper) and he can't make a difference. "Larry", "Moe", "Curly". and the "Doc" won't help.
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Posted: Wed Mar 4th, 2009 09:58 pm |
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gladtogetaway wrote: I am not saying this is an excuse to sit idly by and watch the school go down the toilet (It's already on it's way, after all). Instead, we have to focus on providing help and support for students as well as their families. There are always going to be apathetic parents and problem children. We have to learn how to handle them better, to help kids learn (and actually have the desire to learn) and to let parents know what they need to do for their kids.
yeah, they tell them exactly where they should go. to hell! whatever happened to that? government sits idly by and lets people be this way. any school is within its legal right, evena public school, to remove kids from the premesis for all the things we have put into this forum. make those parents send their kids somewhere else! and if not, straighten them up!
we should have laws where parents get put in jail for what their kids do, that would solve some things really quickly!
i know ive probab;ly said this before but when i was this age my parents kicked me out of the house when i acted out. today they call that abuse! what have we come to in this society? who bought into this psychology crap that doing stuff like this is bad for a kid? spoiling them, letting them get away with stuff and ignoring them is doing any better that last time i checked!
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Posted: Tue Mar 3rd, 2009 07:18 pm |
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I am glad you can appreciate what I said in my last post. As SOS pointed out, one of my greatest influences has been my family. Like it or not, a student's family is the single biggest determining factor in whether they will succeed in life or not.
Case in point: I was raised in a home with two college educated parents. Through elementary and middle school, my parents checked to be sure I had completed my homework each night. I was expected to get good grades (all A's and B's) and knew from an early age that I was expected to attend college. If I needed help with homework, they either helped me themselves or found someone who could help, if the subject matter was beyond their depth. They knew what classes I was taking and the names of all my teachers. I knew that if I misbehaved in school, there were consequences at home.
Unfortunately, I was a minority at Seaford High School in the way I grew up. A sizeable percentage of students have homes where one or both parents do not speak English. Many parents only hold the expectation that their child will graduate from high school and some do not even expect that. There are also those who do not care if their child has disciplinary problems and will actually complain if the student faces any consequences for his or her behavior.
There is no simple solution to the problems at Seaford High School. Unless you plan on making a change in the demographics of the area, there are always going to be problems.
I am not saying this is an excuse to sit idly by and watch the school go down the toilet (It's already on it's way, after all). Instead, we have to focus on providing help and support for students as well as their families. There are always going to be apathetic parents and problem children. We have to learn how to handle them better, to help kids learn (and actually have the desire to learn) and to let parents know what they need to do for their kids.
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Posted: Tue Mar 3rd, 2009 01:51 pm |
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| Oops! error: should have read segment in life that does help. Please delete the not. Responded before coffee.
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Gladtogetaway.....
For those that listen to this person, good!! I personally know this former student and I will tell you that they held a position that 99% of the students did not have. They have gone before the board and other admin as part of their school job. This person knows the issues because they saw and heard it all from the horses mouths.
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Gladtogetaway: Thank you for your comments. A very mature critique. I hope that all the other readers noticed that you included family support. One segment in life does not help to guide us on our journey.
I am proud of you, your success, and praise your parents for doing what parents are suppose to do. I wished that you had been one of the students selected for the Principal's Advisory board. No doubt, your voice would have been heard.
The of the school employees on this forum are beat up and tired. No one hears us and no one cares. Our ideas fall on deaf ears. I wish that we could start spring cleaning. We need to start with the board (they are hand picked by the "super" before running for election, then district office, and then the schools. In the high school, the incompetent teachers are usually Larry, Moe, and Curly's sidekicks.
Again, thank you.
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I am honored...
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Posted: Tue Mar 3rd, 2009 02:37 am |
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| i wouldn't laugh torino, one of those lines in that former students speech included you dont ya know!
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Posted: Tue Mar 3rd, 2009 01:53 am |
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| Laughing....Amen gladtogetaway, seems you were able to learn something that people in Seaford can't, laughing....Nice commentary!
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Yes, we are all aware that the administrators are completely incompetant. What I fail to see is how all the complaining will accomplish anything. Instead of actually contacting people who actually have enough clout to do something, you complain about each other and call each other wrong. For the record, they play the blame game over at the high school as well. It accomplishes just as much as this does.
I am a 2008 graduate of Seaford High School, finishing in the top 10% of the class and am presently attending a small University on a scholarship. I was fortunate in the way I grew up, with my family, and my academic talents. After four years in the high school, I can definitely tell you that there is no single problem causing the school to fail.
There are incompetant teachers, there are incompetant administrators, there are incompetant parents, and loathe as some are to say it, there are incompetant students. Blaming any particular party does a disservice to everyone involved. As much as I enjoy reading and participating in the discussions and complaints here, it does nothing.
For those who complain blindly, I invite you to visit the high school. Observe a class or two--most of the teachers would be happy to have you in their classroom because they want people to see exactly how bad it is. After you are thoroughly convinced that things are horrible, go talk to an administrator. Chances are they will be of absolutely no help so go across the street. They may listen, they may not. Write a letter to the state board of education or call them on the phone. The numbers are available, look them up. Write to the newspapers; if you complain enough, they'll at least publish you in the letters to the editor. Make a fuss somewhere other than these forums. Tell people explicitly what you want them to do about the problems. Maybe you can get somebody to listen.
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What is sad is that "Larry" cheats, but he is not smart enough to be good at it. When "Larry" was promoted to the high school as an assistant principal, he was not certified. Check out his DEEDS records. "Larry" acts like a big kid and it is important for his ego to be fed. The days that he shows up are really the "Larry" show. You should come in an hear our morning announcements. He has a great mother-in-law, because she stayed in her position long enough to guarnatee him a slot. She also was responsible for his wife. Yes, "Larry" had an arranged marriage. "Larry" is use to having everything done for him.
One of the main reasons our improvement plans neverr work is becuase we juggle the numbers so that our reports look good and everything else suffers. "Larry" is in a good position to challenge and get the best out of most of our students because they have similar backgrounds. He is successful in his eyes and he is where he is today because of his music teacher. Why doesn't he do that for our student body.
In his posiition , he could do so much for the students. I guess he doesn't want to, just like he does not want to become part of the community.
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SOS wrote: Seaford High School just does not play with the athletic records, they play with all the data in the school. E-school data (attendance and grades) are altered by the administation. Graduation is a surprise like waiting for the academy awards. It is magical at SHS, start the fall as a four year as 10th grade students and graduate in May.
Just two weeks ago, a couple of coaches were put on the spot for punishing key basketball players because "Larry" (princiapal) wanted to beat Tech. Larry is so jealous of Tech's principal because he thought he was capable of doing that job. He could not even run the Tech's band as well as his old friend Harv.
Larry brags in his status report to the district that referrals are down. What a joke. Teachers turn in the referrals and they disappear sometimes (like the conference). Just look at the SOS list on a weekly basis. Oh, I forgot; math is not a strength. He also reported in his status report that there are no problems in the school.
Why does the school board keep renewing the contracts of failing administrators? Maybe the community should sue the school board for not acting responsibly.
Yup... exactly. I know I failed students there and they "needed" my class to graduate, and guess what... they failed for me, but yet, they still walked.
Why do you think "Larry" had to be an administrator.. he couldn't handle the band world anymore. He wanted too much money and Seaford said no, so he ran and got his admin degrees and filled the spots that way. All he wants to do is run a crappy music program... that's what I heard from the guys that were there last year... they couldn't do anything the way they wanted to.... no wonder they left last year!!!
I know they probably go in and doctor up the state tests too.... I've taught in districts where the state tests go into tubs and go under lock and key until the next day... at Seaford they sit in one of the offices where anyone could do anything. So just think, the problem is alleviated somewhat by tampering, and the scores are still low!!!!! Shows how smart they are to change some answers around huh? Especially when you get the kids that don't show up for state testing... how do they complete their tests... and yes, there are students that don't show for the main test times or the make-ups but they still get a score... hmmm...
Somehow the Dept. of Ed or DIAA or both need to be brought in for a year to see the framework... It could literally tear apart the foundation of athletics if only the eligible kids could play.
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| Thank you!
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| My condolences to you all. I was there in my final years of teaching so I feel your pain.
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Seaford High School just does not play with the athletic records, they play with all the data in the school. E-school data (attendance and grades) are altered by the administation. Graduation is a surprise like waiting for the academy awards. It is magical at SHS, start the fall as a four year as 10th grade students and graduate in May.
Just two weeks ago, a couple of coaches were put on the spot for punishing key basketball players because "Larry" (princiapal) wanted to beat Tech. Larry is so jealous of Tech's principal because he thought he was capable of doing that job. He could not even run the Tech's band as well as his old friend Harv.
Larry brags in his status report to the district that referrals are down. What a joke. Teachers turn in the referrals and they disappear sometimes (like the conference). Just look at the SOS list on a weekly basis. Oh, I forgot; math is not a strength. He also reported in his status report that there are no problems in the school.
Why does the school board keep renewing the contracts of failing administrators? Maybe the community should sue the school board for not acting responsibly.
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Torino wrote:
“Mr. Brake! We need receipts!” “Mr. Brake, change, did you remember change?!” “Mr. Brake, we need tables!” “Mr. Brake, did you see the last band?!” Time out!
Sounds like a classroom, right?
it does Mr. Brake, at least that is what my niece tells me. youre too busy with this community stuff and yearbook to be a teacher. we have all heard it before. quit flooding these forums with socalled positive stuff when you are as much a part of the problem!
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Back Stage Pass 101
Battle of the Bands one example of ‘On the Life Training’
“Mr. Brake! We need receipts!” “Mr. Brake, change, did you remember change?!” “Mr. Brake, we need tables!” “Mr. Brake, did you see the last band?!” Time out!
Sounds like a classroom, right? This classroom takes on the shape of a stage, eight bands, and a crew of students larger than most 7 schedule days, which begins to let you in on the secret of The Battle of the Bands’ success. “The same questions asked become answered thanks to a group of well-organized and a motivated staff equal to none in the area”, states Aloha yearbook advisor Harry Brake.
For three years running, Aloha Yearbook’s Battle of the Bands revival has been a success due to the determination, creativity, and long-term planning on the part of students and staff alike to align what some students would say would the premier activity of being an Aloha staff member. Others would point to the photographs, the festivals, the interviews, or the design, (less would point to the car wash, barbecue, and individual fundraising), but through it all, students begin to adapt to the Aloha’s expectation of a higher than average need for success with an ailing economy and competitive market.
‘What do you do in Aloha yearbook?!” earns scoffs from the staff every time this question come up. Ignore the scowls and looks when you hear “You don’t do a lot in yearbook, right?!” Luckily, The Battle of the Bands, held yearly at Seaford High School affords the opportunity for the public to see what planning, creativity, and budgeting can do for a students, let alone a Yearbook staff. From phone calls, managing a Guitar Hero Contest, booking top and upcoming artists like Arizona Lives (who placed first at Battle of the Bands), to individual talents like Casey Mackenzie (who placed second at Battle of the Bands) and Midelin Jules (a talented rap performer who improv’d brilliantly Friday night), to reliable and exciting bands such as The AfterMath (a new group who placed third in Battle of the Bands), Overcoming My Curse (a developing and reliable group of artists committed to their rock), Max FightMaster (‘wicked’ guitarists, impassioned singer), Master Naz & the Funky Rockets (who were able to get some surprising reactions out of the crowd), Murder the Element (a rock/crowd mainstay to Battle of the Bands), to exciting talents from WillieBlakeDavis (that came out rocking with a positive message and a hard-hitting sound), you have a mix of some of the best elements for s successful night. Don’t forget last minute insert and freshman Phlegon Joseph who rocked intermission with some dance and a drum solo!
Events like Battle of the Bands are just one example of the lengths students are willing to go and will go for a successful event. Marketing, communication, accounting, budgeting, art, analyzing past events in history, countless PSA’s and advertising are only a few of the skills that are utilized within a 6 month period to put together Battle of the Bands. Students are expected to pull from all their courses to make such an event a success. Then there is the real task at hand, organizing a yearbook all year long, capturing a variety of organization, individuals representative of the whole school, funding an enormous budget, as well as recruiting and educating each other, so yes, Aloha Yearbook is NOT for the weak hearted, low motivated, or average individual looking for a fun club as the basis for being involved. Aloha Yearbook has become a class on life, learning, and lucrative. Giving back is not a stranger to the students of the Aloha yearbook, where generosity is the key element that fuels a successful staff. If students are looking for that class where they can sit back, have fun, and put forth little effort, students have come to the wrong place if they are looking for those expectations in the Aloha Yearbook. The philosophy of the Aloha Yearbook has always been to give back more than you receive, not meeting those expectations and being selfish with goals usually results in a chain of command shift. “I don’t have time” and “It’s difficult to get this done” aren’t acceptable in real life, and don’t happen in this organization, and will not is a valid excuse in real life, so why allow those to exist here?” “I am a stubborn person by nature, yet this staff does not take that, the true leaders persist and persist until they see a particular decision or goal is achieved, that is learning at its best. They push me as much as I want them to push for success.”
The variety of sponsors for Battle of the Bands, from local merchants like Money Mailer, Subway, Seaford Music, Save A Lot, Wal-Mart, Mid-South Audio in Georgetown, Pizza King, Hungry Howie’s (Can you believe it? Opposing companies and both committed!), 93.5 Local Produce, Wild and Crazy Productions, Herr’s, ASAP Screen Printing, all show that individual competition will not affect their commitment to the youth of today. Additionally, thanks to the support of judges comprised of teachers, rock band members, local business owners, and rock band critiques, it is nothing to see a Math teacher behind stage as well as helping judge to show their support of the talents brought to the stage from quality hard core metal groups like Murder the Element to soft, creating songwriters/singers like Casey Mackenzie. Parents by the name of Schwinn, Smith, and Stewart are only a handful that support the youth behind the scenes, and in the stands you will see a Mackenzie, Hunt, and Darden that are just another handful all allow their performers to be so successful.
Support of the students, their talents, and their creativity needs to occur at both school and home. By having the generosity of the parents both in attendance, and behind the scenes, we have fused a successful event second to none in the area. You will see a ROTC cadet at every door, holding all at order during this event, Key Club members spread out for crowd control, manning the Relay for Life table, as well as parents in the audience, behind the concessions, and photographing the event. Don’t forget the order of bands that needs to go on behind the scenes, water for the performers, capturing the video from the sound both, creating the current year’s shirt design, smooth operation of lights and sound, as well as handling that last minute performer that drops out and a replacement act needing to be inserted.
Ryan Budke and Brandon Rittenhouse MC’s for the evening, (Ryan a former student and performer while Brandon a band mate), volunteered to be a part of the Battle of the Bands for the third year running. “That’s where it is at, those questions at the beginning of the night, turn into questions of staff willing to volunteer to stay and clean up, help with an act next year, and lean toward more independent questions, so those questions are an investment and worth it!” Though seen early in the night exclaiming, “Wait! Too many questions, I am going schizophrenic!,” Mr. Brake admits he can always count on the reliability and ingenuity of a well-chosen Aloha staff member, the best staff he has seen since his four years at Seaford High School. “Willing to take a risk, willing to put their needs aside for another, giving back to the general public, these all equal a successful night!”
“Support for our youth comes from action, not criticism. Sure, I have had parents very upset that I spend so much time with the students and then fall behind on their grades, yet students need to realize both are a priority just as much for the student as to the teacher. I had a parent conference where I was laid out, mainly due to my procrastination with a specific grade…my fault no doubt…I fell into the trap of making excuse, etc, but did not remedy the problems with the expediency I should have. I did not like being in that position, but I respect her for fighting for her child, we need more of that! I was elated and excited to see her at Battle of the Bands, despite being in that former situation I loved the fact that she taught me what I needed to be an even better teacher! Life is about learning, not always pleasant, but it still remains.”
There is so much to say, a full page spread is not enough room, yet the Aloha Yearbook Staff is able to do so in all color print and video form this year. “Am I giving them all they need to know about life?” asks Brake. “No, they are learning how to adapt the skills they learn to real life? I would so who is the learner and who is the teacher?” Where do they go from here? Many surprises await the students of Seaford High School…a regular venue where bands can play off campus, some exciting developments in the Aloha Yearbook staff, (did we mention that the Aloha Staff TRIPLED their profit from the first year, continue to reduce their costs and amounts due, while increasing applications from 15 to 50?!), it’s easy to see there is some learning occurring in and out of the classroom…Welcome to Backstage Pass 101…
If you would like to be on the mailing list/email list for Battle of the Bands for 2009-2010, please forward your requests to Harry Brake @ harrybrake@yahoo.com to be a part of the 2009-2010 Battle of the Bands.
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jays supporter wrote:          whatever before you pass judgment walk a mile in that mans shoes, and by the way they do put them in hand cuffs right there in the school do you think your kids care. no they don't just something for them to laugh and joke about....
I'll pass judgement anyways... as will Seafordparent probably... I've seen them walk the mile in their shoes, and they take the path of least resistance!!!! It comes back to them not wanting to be the bad guys. Ultimately it is them that has to make the call to the school officer or the outside police and if it's one of their "favorites" they will do everything in their power to not make that call. Like I said with the last message, DIAA would have a field day if they actually researched the kids who were on the sports teams. 2 of the 3 are very into sports in that building. So they make sure that the teams are capable of competing with the other schools, even though it means selling out and passing students who are suspended all year.
If you do not believe me, go back and find the OSS records for basketball players last year... there was a student that was suspended for most of the year but played basketball and he also graduated at the end of the year too for some reason!!!
The system is corrupted, the house needs cleaned out from the top!!!! I left Seaford last year because of the crookedness going on there. I'm teaching in a much better place where things are enforced and backed up when they are said. No favorites are played in my new job. I can actually talk to administrators and not feel like I'm in a battle of wits and that they're just trying to one-up me... I actually can ask questions and get answers without a smartass remark.
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Posted: Sun Mar 1st, 2009 02:18 am |
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| whatever before you pass judgment walk a mile in the other man's shoes, and by the way they do put them in hand cuffs right there in the school and off they go and they are arrested just as if they were in the street. Last edited on Sun Mar 1st, 2009 02:32 am by jays supporter
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SeafordParent wrote: and now let me recap what my niece has told me about the last month of school. 1 bomb threat, a fight or two every week, a couple kids get busted for drugs, someone pulled the fire alarm today and another fight broke out while principals and the school cop were busy ALL interrogating kids about the fire alarm.
at what point does someone put there foot down and start putting handcuffs on the kids right there in the hallway in front of other kids after the fight is broken up and ship them across the street to a holding cell and have them charged with something? maybe that owuld help at this point? if you don't start arresting them and putting them out permanently they will continue to think it is okto behave like this. i have read my old copies of the discipline manual and i have read the state laws regarding this stuff where I work in Georgetown. you can do it! so why not try? it might actually help!
This is just the thing in the schools.... There are rules in place that things need to be dealt with "in house". Why do you think the kids fight in school and not off school grounds? The kids know that if they beat someone down in the middle the street between the high school and athletic fields that they can get arrested, but if they do it on the athletic field or in the hallways, they are just gonna be slapped on the wrist and given ISS or OSS for a few days.
Bomb threats and things of that nature are dealt with by the police and the people responsible are arrested. And your stuff from Georgetown is no good in Seaford!!! Where else in the state can you have athletes that are suspended all year except for basketball season!!! Call the DIAA and have them come to Seaford and audit the programs.... see what they find...
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Geting back to concerns...
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/27/education.school.year/index.html
Scary. kids dont need a longer year to compete, they actually need to be taught to give a d**n about their future. our kids get no support from parents and are distracted by pop culture. that is why are education is in decline. chinese and japanese students have cutlure values that make them succeed. we dont. we have brittany spears, they dont, to distract our kids. when tabloid nonsense and sopa drama becomes more important to kids, now you know why they are failing!
that is why some of them act out and fight admins! they are doing what they see in our culture, monkey see monkey do! give them a dose of reality. celebs get out of trouble for doing this stuff and you are just promoting that idea as acceptable. teach them in fact show them that that type of behavior is not acceptable once and for all and stop sitting on your hands.
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Tick-tock, tick-tock: last week, our high school principal shared with the staff that the high school would go through a "restructuring" next fall. As usual, not a lot of details; possibly a few room changes. I have a great idea, I think that the school board should hire Jack Bauer this summer. It will only take him 24-hours to restructure the high school. Better yet, he would probably do the entire school district. Jack is my hero.
If you know how to play euchre, then you know that the most powerful cards in the game are called bowers or bauers which are jacks! Jack can do the job. I have no doubt.
Move over boys, I think Jacks coming to town. Tick-tock, tick-tock.
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I have 5 children and 3 grandchildren. They are all doing quite well thank you. My oldest grandson graduates from High School this year.
BTW I went to Catholic schools in NY.
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What is wrong with K-3 teachers. What would the world be like if there were no K-3 teachers. You would not have had your opportunity to attend Harvard. Why are you slamming a historical black college? It sounds like you also have social issues.
Hopefully you do not have children. I can't imagine have you for a dad.
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| Cool, now explain how that relates to me and my posts. I am frightened that you teach children, unless it's K-3.
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| SS book = social studies book.
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In her world I am an antique I have money in the bank, how about you Blues?
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I believe she is referring to "social security" like you are some kind of old or something.
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and now let me recap what my niece has told me about the last month of school. 1 bomb threat, a fight or two every week, a couple kids get busted for drugs, someone pulled the fire alarm today and another fight broke out while principals and the school cop were busy ALL interrogating kids about the fire alarm.
at what point does someone put there foot down and start putting handcuffs on the kids right there in the hallway in front of other kids after the fight is broken up and ship them across the street to a holding cell and have them charged with something? maybe that owuld help at this point? if you don't start arresting them and putting them out permanently they will continue to think it is okto behave like this. i have read my old copies of the discipline manual and i have read the state laws regarding this stuff where I work in Georgetown. you can do it! so why not try? it might actually help!
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| I believe she is referring to "social security" like you are some kind of old or something.
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What is an SS book? Enlighten me teacher.
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Everyone is entitled to an opinion. Maybe you should focus on your SS books.
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Bluesman wrote:
I don't believe coddling high school students into believing the world revolves around them, far to many of them and their parents already believe that misconception.
unfortunately this seems to be all they do now in high schools. sad it is. they are way too nice to these kids there is no such thing as harsh reality like we used to get when we were in school
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SOS wrote: We need the SMS administrative team at the high school. The negativiity from the administration is choking the spirit of the entire staff and students. SHS had a principal several years ago who started the tag line of "TLC": teaching, learning, and caring. WE have missed her so much. WE may not have always agreed with her, but we knew that she cared about us, and the students knew she cared about them.
Sincere caring goes a long way. What worked in kindergarten, works with big kids. Dressing up like Spider Man or performing to Superman does not improve morale.
The role of an administrator is not about "me"; it is about "us". The ego needs to disappear.
I still say NO for the sms admin team. one is a battle ax, another is a moron himself and a token admin and the third i do not know much about.
I do know what admin you were talking about, she also was a teacher of mine. she retired from the district a while back. being nice though is not good enough in this day and age which leads me to bluesmans last comment.
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Reality is an employer in the real world doesn't care one bit about an employee they are just a number.
I don't believe coddling high school students into believing the world revolves around them, far to many of them and their parents already believe that misconception.
What works for young children works for them when they are older as well?
I would certainly hope that as a student progressed they would get past nursery rhymes and bedtime stories.
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| Everyone is entitled to an opinion. Maybe you should focus on your SS books.
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| They have many support groups for co-dependents. You should check them out.
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We need the SMS administrative team at the high school. The negativiity from the administration is choking the spirit of the entire staff and students. SHS had a principal several years ago who started the tag line of "TLC": teaching, learning, and caring. WE have missed her so much. WE may not have always agreed with her, but we knew that she cared about us, and the students knew she cared about them.
Sincere caring goes a long way. What worked in kindergarten, works with big kids. Dressing up like Spider Man or performing to Superman does not improve morale.
The role of an administrator is not about "me"; it is about "us". The ego needs to disappear.
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SOS wrote: Bluesman, I am sorry that you were offended but I did not share confidential personnel matters. The term professionalism is a very broad term.
I have a recommendation for all the teachers in the district that have been placed on an improvement plan. Ask the administrator who placed you on the improvement plan to teach a lesson to your students and modle the proper methodology so that the teacher can learn from the experience. I can only think of one administrator in the district that can do that and she is housed at the middle school. Our best administrator at the middle schould be cloned for the other schools.
oh no no no no cloning! my cousins wife teaches at the middle school and has no nice things to say about her boss. she is too much of a battle ax! and yet they still have issues. not all is what it seems to be on paper or on the tv since you always see them on WBOC. it is that image thing they are trying to do with the secondary schools, put em on the news or in the the local paper and hope it makes them look good.
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SOS wrote: Bluesman, I am sorry that you were offended but I did not share confidential personnel matters. The term professionalism is a very broad term.
I have a recommendation for all the teachers in the district that have been placed on an improvement plan. Ask the administrator who placed you on the improvement plan to teach a lesson to your students and modle the proper methodology so that the teacher can learn from the experience. I can only think of one administrator in the district that can do that and she is housed at the middle school. Our best administrator at the middle schould be cloned for the other schools.
If an administrator had posted what you did about a teacher, there would have been hell to pay with union involvement, I've seen it happen even this year in another district. You don't air dirty laundry and that appears to be exactly what you are doing.
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To Playing the Game:
You are really hung up on pension and retirement plans. It is obvious that you are really out of the loop. Most professionals and individuals with specialized training have retirement plans as a component of their benefit package.
Maybe you should make an investment in your future and prepare for a career. When you have a career and you have grown up, you will probably have the opportunity for a retirement plan. Part of our (teacher) incomes are contributed to our retirement plans, not a full free ride.
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WAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
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Seaford Parent: You are correrct. One of the principals at the high school had to come to Seaford because he did not have a future in the district that he came from because of professionalism. His district will tell you he was a good teacher but if he was still in his old district, he would still be in the classroom. The district curriculum director has several bridges still on fire. Three key district directors including the superintendent are internal. If you combine principals and assistant principals: 2 at the high school, 3 at the middle school, 1 at Fred, 1 at Central, 1 at West, and 2 at Blades. It looks like in-breeding. We all know what happens with that situation.
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Integrity would lead most people elsewhere if what you say is true. Of course you might not want to screw up your pension.
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Seaford Parent: You are correrct. One of the principals at the high school had to come to Seaford because he did not have a future in the district that he came from because of professionalism. His district will tell you he was a good teacher but if he was still in his old district, he would still be in the classroom. The district curriculum director has several bridges still on fire. Three key district directors including the superintendent are internal. If you combine principals and assistant principals: 2 at the high school, 3 at the middle school, 1 at Fred, 1 at Central, 1 at West, and 2 at Blades. It looks like in-breeding. We all know what happens with that situation.
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Bluesman, I am sorry that you were offended but I did not share confidential personnel matters. The term professionalism is a very broad term.
I have a recommendation for all the teachers in the district that have been placed on an improvement plan. Ask the administrator who placed you on the improvement plan to teach a lesson to your students and modle the proper methodology so that the teacher can learn from the experience. I can only think of one administrator in the district that can do that and she is housed at the middle school. Our best administrator at the middle schould be cloned for the other schools.
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...you end up with an SOS?....
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