Today Optimistic (Naive?) in MDUSD wrote, "I think one problem we have as a community is that while many can easily share their perceptions of the problems in MDUSD, there are few planned "next steps" the community can pursue to bring about positive change. Just how do we fix this thing??? Northgate is trying something at least, even though it is getting a mixed response. Hopefully a positive plan will come forth that the entire MDUSD community can and will support."
This post got me thinking, we know what we don't like, we even articulate it well.
In this blog you now have all the power for change - What would you do next?
You are the school board, the superintendent, the principal, the teacher what would you do to make this district/school better?
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I think this is an excellent question. What would you do if you were a Board Member in the MDUSD if the following things were happening?
• What would you do if the Superintendent approved over $5 million in contracts with an outside law firm without Board approval?
• What would you do if there were millions of dollars of budget mistakes being made with no explanation of why?
• What would you do if the 1.8 million that had been set aside to pay for teacher medical benefits was spent on something else? And teachers still don’t have medical benefits.
• What would you do if employee morale in the school district was at its lowest level in two decades?
• What would you do if the Brown Act (the law that ensures that the public has access to information and open meetings) was being ignored?
• What would you do if the community had lost faith in how the district is operated because of poor administration practices?
• What would you tell parents that continually inform you that their calls go unreturned and they are not kept informed about issues and concerns that they have?
• What would you do if all union employees of the school district had been working without contracts since July 2007?
• What would you do if, as a Board Member, you had to file a Public Information Act Request, just to gain access to information that is available to anyone in the public?
• What would you do if the MDUSD had no strategic plan?
• What would you do if you were characterized as being negative for asking questions about all of the above items?
• What would you do if the majority of the Board and the Superintendent seemed to ignore your concerns that the above items were not being satisfactorily addressed?
This is a partial list of the concerns that I have as a Board Member. I have tried to work diligently with Gary McHenry to find ways improve our school district. I have tried to work in a collaborative fashion with the entire Board and the Superintendent. I have been doing that for years. How long should I keep trying to “get along”? I am not perfect and I don’t always say the perfect things, but I have reached my limit for poor quality administration. In my opinion, our school district will never be the world class organization that it can be with the number of mistakes that are continuously made. Ask yourself; what would you do? How much would you take?
The MDUSD can be a world class organization that understands the meaning of good quality customer service. Our school district can meet the academic needs of the students that we serve. Our district can have district health benefits that our teachers can afford. Our district can confront its challenges head on and answer questions that are asked of us, honestly and completely. We are here to serve our students, their families, and our community. That is our mission.
Gary Eberhart
I have recapped the meeting that Gary Eberhart and Paul Strange were gracious enough to attend yesterday at Rocco's. See http://mdusdparents.blogspot.com and I will route folks to this blog too as I like a couple of your polls. I have written an email invitation to April Treece, Linda Mayo and Dick Allen. I'd like them to consider attending a meeting like we had with Gary and Paul yesterday. I understand that due to the "rules" they all three can not attend, but for April Treece seeking reelection, I hope she'll consider attending and answering our concerns. It was clear yesterday that many teachers, parents, students and community members share the same concerns Gary has articulated above.
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