Comments on: Decatur Schools Don't Have Enough Parents for Leadership Teams?

By: decaturite

decaturite — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:35:08 +0000

Thanks Greg. I’ve updated the post to reflect your comment.

By: Greg Wiseman

Greg Wiseman — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:24:37 +0000

It is true that some of the Decatur schools moved their application dates back (today at noon) to accept nominees to the School Leadership Teams. However, this was done to align each school’s application deadline to the same day. This was not done because their was a lack of applicants.

Greg Wiseman
Principal, Winnona Park Elementary School

By: decaturite

decaturite — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:06:07 +0000

Thanks tpreed…that’s good to know!

Stating that definitely would have been a good thing to include in the rather vague AJC announcement. I’m happy to hear that people want to be involved! That sounds a lot more like the Decatur I know.

By: tpreed

tpreed — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:52:10 +0000

I don’t think the deadline was extended for a lack of people volunteering. My understanding is there might have been some confusion about when the actual deadline was, so it was extended until Friday to alleviate any confusion. I know more people than the required number of volunteers have applied at my son and daughter’s elementary school. I don’t know if that is true at any of the other City of Decatur schools.

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:13:32 +0000

This is an excellent example of the dynamic that plays out right here on our trusty Decatur Metro. You can always find plenty of folks to tell you how their random opinion is somehow better than our collective goals, or how everything’s screwed up, or how stupid our leadership is, or how our taxes are a rip off but, strangely, the numbers dwindle when it comes time to actually doing something about it.

That’s okay. The ranting is fun too.