Get ready for the finger-pointing, the excuse train, and the blame game. This should be a really good time. But that’s how liberals love to solve problems by blaming others and not solving anything.
Maybe you haven’t heard the news recently about what a bleep show things are over at Keene high-school right now? Kids and the disciplinary struggles, teachers resigning effective immediately, and the tough time finding replacements for several positions.
Some of these things are beginning to affect the education of the children.
How do you obtain an English credit without an English teacher?
Some attempt to explain it all away by saying that it’s happening to schools everywhere. It’s a staffing shortage, they say. Well, that may be true to some extent, but do not let that get in the way of us attempting to solve the problem here locally. Eight resignations in the school year so far. That sounds to me like more than just a coincidence.
In typical fashion, the Keene sentinel has already run a defensive piece claiming it’s just part of what everyone is dealing with in other professions. A piece siding with school administrators and the school board to a lesser extent. No need to problem solve the issue, according to them—just routine problems.
I’ll give you another hint. No, this is not related to teachers’ salaries.
So what’s a parent to do?
Parents should get to the bottom of things on this one. It’s your school. It’s your kids. It’s your tax money.
Most of these were resignations effective immediately, which does not happen when you leave on good terms. Even if you’ve never really been involved before, parents have to start asking questions. What is going on in my school?
Complaints from parents and a few anonymous teacher sources cite a severe disconnect with administrators and teachers on several levels. Included is a feeling that the school board is just a rubber stamp for the administration. Now that’s a shocker!
Outlined in the Facebook post heard round the state, an alum and parent of a student published a copy of an anonymous email they got concerning the problems there. Penned from either an inside source in the school or one of the resigned teachers, quite likely.
There have been eight resignations so far this school year. And we are not talking paraprofessionals, classroom helpers, or maintenance workers.
Mathematics teacher
Special education teacher
School nurse
Construction trades teacher
English teacher
Chemistry teacher
Another chemistry teacher
Physical science teacher
Six are still currently unfilled.
Again I say what’s a parent to do?
Reach out to your school board members and ask for answers. Have them do the digging and find out what’s going on. Things like this have a way of distracting from the environment of learning. Tell them you want it addressed as your child’s education and future depend on it. And if they aren’t as helpful as you’d like on this, vote them out in March.
That may be the message needed to the school board and the school administration at this point. Do not vote for the incumbents that are running. Do not vote for the current city councilor who is running. Send a message that you want things to change.
Do you want the focus to be on our kids’ education in an extremely professional and above board environment? One where all students and all teachers are welcome no matter what their political, social, and religious beliefs?
Is that even possible inside such an openly progressive environment?
