So apparently Kim Fandino, former union leader, made a schedule for the high school. It was brought to the board and there will be a board work session discussion about it on the 17th.
I have discussed the scheduling issues before, but the interactions at the board meeting seem to beg further questions...
1. According to Ms. Fandino, the administration knew that there was a problem and they were going to work on it. If they knew there were issues because staff brought them up last year, why did they wait until there were only a few weeks left to address the issue?
2. Who made the current schedule? If it is as bad as I hear, they probably should not be the ones working on things like this. According to a former registrar, the administration set the schedule before there was a decent percent of matches for the students. According to at least three unhappy teachers at the high school Mr. Finch made it very clear that there would not be any changes when the schedule first came out, and held to that for most of the teachers until there were apparently legal issues with who had what license.
3. Why did the administration let Ms. Fandino work on the schedule and then leave her hanging out to dry in front of the public? She stated that they had not contacted her at all about the schedule. Maybe they could have worked together? Or are they so unprofessional that they would snub her just because her schedule was better received?
4. Ms. Fandino also stated that she viewed the schedule as a draft for the departments to discuss. I hope that happens. It seems like the people who are doing the work are often left out of the conversation.
Bottom line.... do we need a new schedule? If so, why not work together openly to make it happen? Isn't about the kids needs anyway? Why are the grown ups making it so hard?
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Unfortunately, Kim decided to do this behind the backs of most of the staff. At one meeting only three of the people in attendance new about the proposed changes prior to the public release. All three from the same academy. Everyone else was blind sided and they were furious. I hear that was the general response across the school. Is there a problem? Possibly. Should it be resolved? Certainly. Can it be resolved this year? No, not without disrupting the entire school. Ideally, the school board will come back and tell the administration to gather together members from each academy, each subject, and work together with the forecasting to develop a master schedule for next year. What Kim did was reprehensible. She can make up whatever fantasy she wants. But to put in in the public realm prior to the staff or administration evaluating it is unprofessional. Whether she released it or someone she gave it to did so, she started the ball rolling.
She needs to be disciplined. She is no more important than any other staff member and she needs to be put in her place. Looking at some of the courses she selected for certain teachers it is clear she has an agenda against certain staff members. It is one thing to have your boss make poor decisions, you can quit and get another job. But to have a supposed colleague do this, it makes for hostile working conditions. Certainly not what is needed at the high school at this time.
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