Board of Education meeting, 26 March 2007
Interested crowd of spectators and contributors which added dimension to the meeting. Major points covered were a suggestion Chatham County abolish paddling as discipline, a presentation refining Board...
View ArticleNorthwood High Security and Maintenance Issues
Pittsboro, NC - Facility concerns of Northwood High School as reported in last week’s edition of the Chatham News and Record were fairly reported last week. What is somewhat ludicrous was the spin...
View ArticleNorthwood’s Site Based Committee meeting
On 3 April Northwood High School’s Site Based Committee held a meeting to discuss concerns of teachers, students and parents about the environment there. Invited were members of the Board of Education...
View ArticleNorth Chatham School PTSA meeting
What a pleasure to attend a Parent-Teacher-Student Association meeting last night with every chair filled! I didn’t count the attendees but the multi-purpose room was packed, a fact I’d like to see at...
View ArticleBoard of Education called meeting, 8 May
After excellent presentations by the contracted architects and the soil and wetlands survey professionals, the Board of Education voted unanimously to procede with the next step in developing the Jack...
View ArticleBoard of Education meeting, 14 May 2007
Last night’s meeting was largely taken up with the first reading of new and revised personnel policies. The length of time taken to discuss the policies may have caused some visitors to leave but those...
View ArticleA week of a board member
A number of posts on the Chatham Journal’s Bulletin Board chide Board of Education members for sitting on their posteriors and not doing anything about the schools. The following is just my events as a...
View ArticleReport of weekly events (14-21 May)
Post 24 gives a report of my activities for the week primarily concerning events and time spent on school matters. This post will have some of the meat of what took place in those events. The high...
View ArticleSchool Renovation discussion
After a hiatus because of a serious family illness, I hope to be back with some regularity beginning now. Yesterday’s Board of Education meeting was a long one but one which was again overdue. The...
View ArticleSafe and Caring schools - truth or fiction??
The following posts are extracted from the Chatham County Online Bulletin Board: Are our kids safe in Chatham County schools? By Gerald Totten Posted Saturday, August 11, 2007 chathamjournal.com/weekly...
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