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Sunday, April 18, 2010
A need to be intellectually honest in criticisms as well as in praise
I just know I'll regret this.....
In terms of my criticisms and complaints concerning issues or processes
of operation at the Tigard Tualatin School District..
The TTSD has or had, (initial research indicates that a weakening process has been in play..,), a pretty progressive program in operation.
So on the "books"
this district still looks pretty good.
In fact it has one of the most effective and functionally progressive
parent volunteer programs operating in the state of Oregon. (Also there are clear indications that some areas
of progressive thought/action/policies are perhaps coming back on line, and being given the priority that "some"
of these issues deserve.)..
Just not in the areas that I am addressing.
It is important to
understand the debilitating role that can be played by the incompetent administrator or instructor/personnel in
spite of perhaps having "in writing" a well thought out program.
At TTSD what a quick look
"potentially" reveals, and what personal experience supports, is that over the past 20 or so years a hiring process took place in which enough staff was brought on board who's world view and appreciation for progressive
thought was not evolved enough to provide the support that the more well thought out written materials/ guidelines
required, thus allowing these very important operational standards to wither.
So please understand my criticism
exists in spite of what any written policy may be.
Due the incompetence and negligence of those
entrusted with maintaining operations within the spirit and operational intent of those written policies.
Also it is almost impossible for a school district not to suffer from damaging social shifts or beliefs in the
community in which they serve.
Simply put, those with intellectually failed processes or awareness's will
never fail to try and put those supportive or unwilling to challenge said failed processes into place, when ever the political opportunity presents.
There is another shift as well that we know has damaged our nations
schools...They, (The Districts), have become giant government bureaucracies, having adopted many of the processes
of lack of accountabilities, or needed approachability's that one traditionally finds in such situations.
The ability of the average citizen to impact failed processes has been seriously degraded, what few
processes remain are very similar to those political process that have brought our nation and the world to the place
we now are.
Colin Stuart McCoy
As go our institutions of learning so goes our nation and society.
10:47 am pdt
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