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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And, this is the problem.  They did go forward with that policy without enough notice or input.  The gentleman was correct when he said that some Board members notified the proponents of the policy.  As I recall, no dissenters were able to speak because the slots were full by the time they learned of it.

I personally have mixed emotions about the policy--but, they drew more negative attention to the issue than had they just ignored it.  This could have been handled case by case and situation by situation.

They are creating problems rather than solving them.

And, the budget issues and all the waste to vendors and consultants is obscene.  That's where I would start.  Let the schools conduct their own inservice.  I was a teacher, and I learned far more from my fellow teachers than from outside consultants who were paid exorbitant fees for something we could have done far better in house.
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I agree with that to a point, but I'd also get rid of most of instructional services.  They were awful, as well, and most of them had no real qualifications for teacher training other than having been a teacher for a long time.  Which, unfortunately, means they knew little more than anyone else, sometimes less.  The best PD I ever had was when I went outside of the school district right to the experts - to conferences, to workshops put on by big names in education, and so on.  Also, things my principal dug up money for were sometimes pretty good.  But anything put on by the county or arranged by the county was almost always a total waste of time and money.[/quote]

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