Okay, wow.
Alan Lesgold, dean of the School of Education at the University of Pittsburgh, said an apology can be an effective way to “maintain some level of public accountability.”
He said, “There are certainly some school boards that would never do it. … There are a lot of places that are very defensive.” (P-G, Eleanor Chute)
What just happened? I selected the image because there seems to me to be symptoms of overstress.
No really, what happened? From somebody who's not Mark Brentley, we've heard from him in the article.
consider the source…
The Sorce is what gives a blogger his power.
I could have probably spelled that better.
I meant “the source” being Mark Brentley. His race baiting, incendiaty accusations and mischaritizations of the issues is what is my take-away from the board meeting and as a result, the whole story that Eleanor Chute did not explain. Watch the meeting in question and you tell me. Do you feel the article captured this entire issue?
“The source” in this case was the entire school board.
Without commenting on your characterization, Brentley has been relentlessly insistent about That Kind of Thing for years — years! — but the rest of his colleagues on the board and in the administration have been almost comically nonplussed. As though he's been a bird mewing outside the window looking in.
And all of a sudden, there's a vote to apologize? SOMETHING must have happened at Westinghouse is my thought. I haven't seen the meeting but do you know when City Channel is replaying it?
You can entertain yourself by watching the meetings via the board website and the ppstube option. Have beer and snacks handy.
Also, at the end you'll need a shower.
Wait until Saturday when you should take a shower whether you need it or not.
and, if you wait til saturday to watch, you can shelve the beer and hit the Cap'n Morgan.
The education situation is something I might expect The Comet to be able to sink his teeth into.
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Anon 8:10 – Well, we can't have our teeth growing too long and unwieldy, can we…
The saga at Westinghouse is LONG. Not enough space here, even with Bram's brevity.
The Pitt folks should look at making its own apology for its handling of U-Prep. Those there have no room to talk without saying, “We're sorry. Blah, blah, blah.”
Could you hit the high points? If you do, I promise to keep suggesting a land value tax to the old people who complain about the assessment.
I follow the school board and would like to know what the hell is going on. Will someone please explain all of this behind the scenes stuff? The PG will not report the true facts and obscures all of this by not having an investigative reporter look into this mess! Shame on them. We're talking about alot of tax money here.
Post coming soon, tonight I think. It won't be very “behind the scenes” at this point but it'll be a start. Mark, I'll be in touch.
Anon Feb 19 12:15 Watched the video and I've got to say, Board Member Brentley didn't couch his motion initially in terms of provocative racialism. And most of the substance of his complaints seemed indeed to be largely uncontroversial among other board members. Of course as process questions and concerns arose, things got uglier and more personal in the usual manner. But I think we need to sequester that which was combusted, from the exhaust.
Oh and I'm not sure if there's much USEFUL behind-the-scenes chatter here but there is bocu atmospheric chatter on all things School District at:
http://purereform.blogspot.com/
WOW, just visited the Pure Reform site. Initial impression… we're doomed. Please advise.
Store canned food, ammo, and copies of Hooked on Phonics.
Speaking of the end times, city government has reached a new low in self-justification.
'noting the computers likely cost more now. “We may have saved money by having them sit there for the last two years,”' he said.