Archives: 2004-2005 School Year

School board/Superintendent articles

• School opening delayed
• Change has begun
• A fresh start
• Greatness in Readington schools
• Mediocre to exceptional in four steps
• Superintendent Oversight
• The brain drain
• Theory X
• Estrogen and the great compromise
• Pizza and ice cream
• Courtesy busing
• The budget end-game
• On the backs of the children!
• What did the vote mean? 
• Have we a common goal?
• Three priorities for the board
• The vote: 9-0!
• A communications plan for our district
• The 2005-2006 budget.
• Superintendent's contract examined.
• Progress or lip service?
• The 2005 Candidates for school board
• A wonderful surprise at the January 11 board meeting!
• Free advice for Board members! Read this; you are under no obligation to buy!
• Questions to ask our school board members.
• Was the November 23 Board meeting a breakthrough?
• Responsible Boards of Education conduct an annual self-evaluation. 
• Letters sent to our Board members go unacknowledged.
• Review the public meetings that happened October 19 and on October 13th, 2004. 
• Requests for documents  under the Open Public Records Act (OPRA) delayed by Superintendent.
• Why was a Principal hand-picked by our Superintendent looking elsewhere for work after two months?
• Say what??  Yes, these words were actually spoken and written by our Superintendent.

• A review of the standardized testing controversy so far.
• Is there a silver lining in the testing controversy?
• Understanding your child's InView test scores
• Critically examine your child's Terra Nova test scores.
• How much are we spending with CTB/McGraw Hill this year?
• The top ten reasons to oppose non state-mandated testing in Readington.
• Readington gets "early warning" status.
• Three dirty little secrets about some school administrators.
• Explaining the true believers in standardized testing.
• What about "teaching to the test"?
• Accountability and student progress.
• An analogy for  Readington fathers.
• What is "developmentally appropriate"?
• A view from the classroom on test day. 
• The needless pressure and stress on our children.

• The life of a teacher
• Quietly subversive teachers do the right thing.
• A cancer in our school district
• Teachers share their concerns.
• The incredible shrinking classroom funds for teachers.
• Reduced instructional time available in 2004-2005?
• Will our good teachers stick around for more?

• The June 2004 memo on the "assessment plan".
• The September 2004 memo on standardized testing sent home to parents.