11 months ago I wrote my first post about Springboro Schools. It was a fairly benign message that expressed my gratitude to the teachers of Springboro for their hard work. Shortly after publishing it, I was surprised when I received an email from a school board member, not to thank me for promoting the hard […]
Risky Business
Posted on July 25, 2013 //
Last week The Springboro School Board voted unanimously to approve a two year contract for our teachers. I appreciate this and thank them for doing so. However, as is often the case, there is far more to the story. In the same special meeting where the contract was approved – a meeting in which public […]
Opportunity Cost
Posted on June 24, 2013 //
Organizations do not have infinite time, money, or resources, and thus leaders must choose how they invest these things very carefully. Choosing to do one thing means you are simultaneously sacrificing the opportunity to do other things. In accounting this is known as opportunity cost. To make good decisions, leaders should weigh the value of […]
Example
Posted on March 1, 2013 //
I believe that as a parent, one of the most powerful things I can do is to set a good example for my children. As Professor Brene Brown so eloquently states in her book Daring Greatly, “What we are teachers the child more that what we say, so we must be what we want our […]
In Support of Excellence
Posted on February 8, 2013 //
I am proud and grateful for the teachers of Springboro, Ohio. They embody the spirt of Boro Pride! In spite of doing an amazing job educating our kids and delivering value for our tax dollars, they are not being shown much respect by our school board. They are not able to speak freely without […]
Common Ground and Common Sense
Posted on January 22, 2013 //
Yesterday we celebrated the life of a great and historic American – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. I thought I would begin my remarks with some words of wisdom from the great Dr. King who said, “The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – […]