I love Halloween…I like to dress up and have fun. I love the thought and planning that go into getting the perfect costume put together. My favorite costume is my Star Trek Next Generation Bridge Officer Uniform. It’s the only costume I ever spent REAL money to get….all of the rest have been put together with odds [...]
I was visiting Kastner yesterday, and Rick told me about an article he’d found in the Oct. 20 edition of Newsweek. He said he’d shared it with his staff, because it was a nice affirmation of the hard work all teachers do. It’s a great little piece called “I Am Not a Babysitter”; a little essay in the [...]
I was walking through the produce section of Food Maxx when the email about Prop 8 came across my district blackberry. Standing there by the bananas, I read that some groups want parents to keep their children home from school to protest CTA’s financial support of the No on 8 campaign.
I remember a few [...]
That is a question that has come up a few times in my travels around the district. With all of the doom, gloom and uncertainty in the news about the economy, and the roller coaster of Wall Street, folks want to know how CalSTRS (California State Teachers Retirement System) is affected by the financial crisis. [...]
ARUGH!!! That just makes my skin crawl when I hear someone say “I don’t got none.” I never let my students—not even my little first graders!—get away with that. I’d correct them every time. I was usually nice about it, but with a good bit of exasperation in my voice.
Another thing that drives me [...]
You may have heard some rumors…well; it’s time to set the record straight! Yes, the district is commencing upon a Reclassification and Salary Study for all employees. What that means is:
· All job descriptions and duties will be closely examined
· Reclassification of jobs will be made based upon job duties and responsibilities
· Job description [...]
