Well, my husband got good news today. He's not going to lose his position at the Junior High and be reassigned as a district substitute. He gets to keep his classes, his students, and the Junior High gets to save the block schedule they were in danger of losing (and consequently, the Gates grant the school got for their work on the block schedule is also safe, whew!).
While the news is good for hubby-Eric, it's not so good for other teachers in the district. Teachers all over the district are being reassigned and moved from school to school, and classes are being disrupted as students are moved around willy-nilly to get an acceptable number of students in each class. With the choas happening in the district right now, it's something just short of a miracle that hubby-Eric got to keep his classes.
While that's happening, the parent groups are moving ahead to try and prevent the outgoing school board from rewarding the crappy and divisive superintendent with another year on her contract, which the current board president claims they intend to do next week. They've been told that the people don't want her to stay, and the teachers have made it clear that they don't like her and think she's ineffective, but the outgoing board might just approve her contract out of pure spite. There's no other reason to do it now, before the new board is seated.
As for the new board, the latest numbers for the election came out earlier today, and the trends are still holding strong. The turnout is now at 44.52%, and the challengers are all leading by thousands of votes, all with at least 60% of the vote. The incoming three board members are already meeting with the public, trying to figure out how best to proceed. There's a lot of hard work ahead of them.
In less unpleasant news, I've added a little Amazon.com Honor System link to my sidebar. It probably won't stay there long, because I also put it on my brand spanking new Bloggity-Blog-Blog-Blog New Computer Fund page, on which you can also track my flailing efforts to save up enough money to get a new computer in time for my birthday. Watch as my fund thermometer slowly doesn't rise! Watch as the total fails to go up! Laugh at my laughable attempts to get help! And hey, if I entertain you, feel free to donate!
Speaking of help, many thanks to the folks who responded, both in the comments and via e-mail, to my quest for more information about where to go to look for my new computer. It's good stuff. Thanks!
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