Thursday, May 6, 2010

Worcester East Middle School meeting

Date set for June 2, 2010
6-7 pm
at Worcester East Middle School
NOPE: NOT SO FAST!!

(This, you may remember, is an outcome of the meeting in the North quadrant at Roosevelt.)

hmmm...this may go to a roll call...who knew that it would be so divisive?

Parents at Clark Street

"better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish"
"Marie Morse is our CEO"
likens it to the removal of Steve Jobs at Apple and stocks plunged
"how are you going to guarantee that my investment is going to remain in place?"

"highest MCAS scores consistently in the district"
"worked veryhard to develop the exact team and staff to get the job done"
"since Monday night the mood at Clark Street has been somber...there were tears in the hallways"
"much closer to remove a family member than a boss"
"I'm under the impression that there isn't much that we can do about it at this point...we would like to seek some reassurances...regarding the continued quality at Clark St"
"interested in maintaining the quality of education, but improving the quality of education"
"I would ask that people keep in mind, perhaps signature programs that we could do at Clark St...advanced programs"
"would be so bold as to ask that the parents get to nominate a candidate to move to the final round of interviews"

congratuate children, teachers, and parents at Union Hill: 'getting a top notch principal'
just got through a transitional year of the school doubling in size
"we really got hit out of left field with the loss of Marie Morse"
"done very, very quietly, swiftly, and it doesn't feel right"
"so that they don't feel their assests will be picked as well"

Marie Morse and Clark St

Boone acknowledges the close tie Mrs. Morse has with Clark St
vacancy posted and advertised immmediately
"engages with school staff, parents, and community"
parents will be on interview panel, per WPS policy

first stakeholder meeting is tentativelyscheduled for May 12 next week

previous principals

Mark Berthiaume as School communicator (and I'm not clear on the rest of the title): a sort of omnibudman
Denise Bahosh as curriculum coordinator at the Education Collaborative

Level 4 School report: new principals

Superintendent Boone on Level 4 schools
"in opting for the transformation model...we would be working to replace those principals and also support those principals in appropriate staffing to address other needs within the district"
June Eressy will be principal at Chandler Elementary
(she had been principal at UPCS and Claremont Academy prior to become quandrant manager last year)
Marie Morse will be principal at Union Hill Elementary
(she is currently principal at Clark Street Community, where she has been for 3 years)
In both cases their new appointments will start on July 1.

Joseph Marzilli

Mass Student Council Advisor of the Year
Joe is a science teacher (physics) at North High and he was nominated by his Student Council for this award.
Joe is also a WPS alumnus.
(He also just gave a stirring speech on the real work, measured byMCAS or not, done by teachers and students in WPS. Nice one!)

Woodland Academy uniform policy

Woodland Academy uniform policy has passed on a voice vote.
Note that all uniform policies are voluntary at non-magnets under WPS policy.