The Springboro School board is making a very risky bet. It is a wager based on an insatiable need for unchecked power and complete control – one that only stands to pay out to them at the expense of our home prices, community spirit, and our schools’ and children’s future. They have intentionally offered our […]
Why Support Our Teachers?
Posted on April 22, 2013 //
Last week over 100 people came out on a blustery April afternoon to show public support for our teachers. The rally was a great event and a wonderful way to show the teachers of Springboro that we care about them. They have been shown so little respect from our school board in spite of doing […]
An Indecent Proposal
Posted on April 10, 2013 //
The Springboro School Board recently published its initial contract proposal to the teachers on the front page of the district website, along with the teachers’ initial proposal, and then the board went on to promote it in the media. They did this in violation of the spirit of private negotiations and potentially the law. While […]
Your First Priority?
Posted on February 14, 2013 //
This week in the Springboro Sun, one of our school board members wrote that “The educational needs of our children must be a board of education’s first priority.” I agree. Unfortunately your actions repeatedly fail to support your words. For example: The educational needs of our children do not appear to be your first priority […]
Questionable
Posted on January 15, 2013 //
At last week’s Springboro school board meeting, questions were asked, questions were raised, and questions remain about what will happen next. We learned that no due diligence was done in the “search” for consulting firm to do a feasibility study on charter schools. We learned that the only vendor considered for our objective analysis is […]
Who is Failing Whom?
Posted on January 10, 2013 //
There is a failure within the educational system in Spingboro. It is not the teachers of Springboro who get an F. Our schools outperform all Ohio Charter Schools and most Ohio Public Schools. There is plenty of data that shows our teachers deserve an A grade. Nope the F grade is assigned to me. The […]
Wright and Wrong
Posted on December 12, 2012 //
Last night I attended the Springboro School Board Meeting. In this blog post I will offer my assessment of the meeting and the implications of what was presented. I will attempt to do so in a respectful manner, while still expressing my thoughts and views – hopefully in a rational, logical way. I am not […]
A Worthy Investment
Posted on December 4, 2012 //
The way in which you view the world has a dramatic impact on the decisions you make. Case in point. If you view something as an expense, you see it as a weakness – a necessary evil to be minimized. You cut and cut and cut in hopes of doing enough to make something continue […]
Class Dismissed
Posted on November 14, 2012 //
Today I taught my final marketing class of the quarter at SAA, marking the conclusion of my first attempt at teaching. I am so incredibly grateful to have been given the opportunity teach. I have to tell you that I have a whole new respect for teachers. In my best English I can emphatically state […]
Professor Bowman
Posted on August 2, 2012 //
As a kid, I was a particularly bad student in school. I wasn’t mean and I always got good grades, but I was still kind of a nightmare for most teachers to deal with – curious, inquisitive, creative, goofy, noisy, and loved to do anything for a laugh. For example… In third grade I once […]