Bonfield really resigned because our board is dysfunctional, and he was not allowed to do his job. Last night he told me he did the best he could with what he had. During the meeting he thanked the parents, students and community for allowing him to serve as superintendent. He didn't thank the board. Hmmmm. Wonder why? Well...He also commented last night that this last meeting will be memorable in several ways.
I would like to thank Dr. Bonfield for putting up with our board for as long as he did. This was no small task.
Sooooo....we are now looking to hire a superintendent. This will not be easy for several reasons. First, superintendents are as rare as hen's teeth. And second, anyone in their right mind couldn't work for our board. Like I said, we are all real lucky that Bonfield managed to stay here 3 years of his 5 year contract.
Stay tuned! But don't hold your breath.
Get that Cleavage out of my Face!
According to Mr. Beil, HS Principal, he is "shocked" with the way many female students are dressing. According to Beil, females are showing a lot more cleavage, wearing pajamas to school, bras are being publicly displayed, and backless shirts are being worn. He stated that he is seeing more then he wants to see.
What does he recommend to end this unseemly situation? Well, he and the Executive Student Council recommended the implementation of school uniforms! Yep, to avoid having their sensibilities offended, they think uniforms would bring about a more moral atmosphere (I guess parents' morals need some improvement, too, if they let their children go to school dressed like that.)
Beil presented the board with changes to the HS Handbook, that included many outlawed items of clothing and also included a rule that requires females to wear bras. He said that the teachers would function as the "police officers" to enforce the new rules.
When Mr. King saw the list, he got very animated, and informed Beil and the board that he would have to do a legal review before these suggestions could go into the handbook. Duh! (makes me wonder if King is the only reason our district is even still afloat)
Now, don't get me wrong, I dislike seeing cleavage on females as much as the next guy, but do we really need to put our HS students in uniforms to avoid seeing it?
Anyway, Adams jumped at the chance to make a motion for Beil to look into the uniform issue, Watson jumped even faster to second the motion, and the resulting vote was unanimous. Our board is now investigating implementing a uniform policy. This decision was made more easily because the HS students seem to think uniforms are a good idea too.
Now I want ya'll to remember this. Our district is considering uniforms to put a stop to unseemly female attire, not for safety reasons. This is important because safety (gang clothing etc.) is the usual reason districts implement uniforms, not to police the wearing of morally acceptable garments. As this issue progresses and goes through legal review, I suspect the reasons for uniforms will change from moral reasons to safety ones.
Of course, most of ya'll reading this are probably in favor of uniforms. It never ceases to amaze me how quick parents are in turning over their parental rights and obligations to the state.
For those of you who may wonder how far the government can go in telling you how your children can dress, click here for the ACLU's interpretation of the law.
What do you think? Do you favor uniforms? Click here to let your opinion be heard!
What's this?
Why haven't any of you told me that our district had a web site? Better question. Why hasen't the district told us they now have a web site????
I was surfing around, lookin at dis and dat and low and behold, there it was, complete with an email address. Click here to visit what I think is the Official Slippery Rock School District web site!