another blog about school

I interrupt this vacation from blogging just to make people aware of a proposal that’s on the board’s work session agenda for tomorrow nigh...

I had hoped to write a few more posts before my official departure from the board tomorrow night, but I’ve just been too short on time. I f...

I wrote the following opinion piece that appeared in both the Gazette and the Press-Citizen . I have updated it and added links below. A...

Both sides of the bond campaign had to file contribution and expenditure reports today. The “Yes” side’s report is here ; it’s previous rep...

The Johnson County district court ruled today that our school board majority acted illegally by refusing to forward the Hoover ballot petit...

I’m a believer in meaningful democratic control of the public school system. I think it’s at the heart of generating good decisions about s...

One of our school board candidates, Janet Godwin, happens to be the chief operating officer of ACT, Inc., the big standardized testing compa...

Last year, before she was a candidate for the school board, Ruthina Malone spoke at the community comment portion of one of our board meeti...

When the district debuted its PowerPoint presentation about the bond, it contained a slide titled “No more Temporaries,” declaring: It...

I can’t help wondering whether there will be a “September surprise” as the school election approaches on September 12. Two years ago, just ...

Think about the position the Horace Mann Elementary community is in. They know how important that school is to the north side neighborhood....

Bond proponents are working hard to convince people that the district would never close a school right after investing a lot of money into i...

Bond proponents have argued that even though the plan may be flawed, it’s important to approve it anyway because otherwise important project...

I’ve been writing about the tension between administrative control and elected board control of school decisions. Another example involve...