tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post2247457370910828138..comments2023-10-23T09:23:22.051-04:00Comments on Your Schools: Study: Get more creative in recruiting principalsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-61703449355048033042014-06-25T13:51:41.591-04:002014-06-25T13:51:41.591-04:00Ann
Can you post the actual classroom teaching ex...Ann<br /><br />Can you post the actual classroom teaching experience of principals within CMS ? I am sure the stat is relevant. Gorman could not even teach a class within CMS because he didnt have a liscense. Does the current leader Morrison have a valid teaching liscense in NC ? These are questions that taxpayers need to know.<br /><br />The informed mind needs to know !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-91485612780461411202014-06-25T13:05:00.115-04:002014-06-25T13:05:00.115-04:007:12am You would be correct. The process of selec...7:12am You would be correct. The process of selecting new principals is a joke, and it has not gone unnoticed by the teachers, especially the veterans.Bobcatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-27690880406043854682014-06-24T22:34:17.935-04:002014-06-24T22:34:17.935-04:00I can see why so many on this blog are so upset wi...I can see why so many on this blog are so upset with CMS. Apparently CMS is not really concerned with education, but more focused on expanding admin. Thom Tillis has a point, CMS wastes a ton of money. Once more, CMS is NOT producing results for all of the money spent. I say the state and county should cut the school budget for CMS! our system is incredibly bloated and is wasteful. If you have the money to pay insane principal salaries, then our budget is bloated!<br /><br />perhaps Larry was right after all, time to put a charter on every corner and shut down CMS! Perhaps it is time to give the tax payers a break in this state!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-62337149683077346282014-06-24T22:11:45.558-04:002014-06-24T22:11:45.558-04:00I apologize for the typo.....been doing the job su...I apologize for the typo.....been doing the job successfully for several years.......you get the point I am sure!! CMS must change the way they do business and they can start by being "above board"! Stop political appointments NOW!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-42651831428488342022014-06-24T22:08:47.502-04:002014-06-24T22:08:47.502-04:00anon 8:41,
I would debate one point with you, the ...anon 8:41,<br />I would debate one point with you, the new principal for Mallard Creek has a solid record for improving a high school. I do not wish to give him all of the credit, however the fact is, A.L Brown High School went from a dismal 62% graduation rate to over 85% during his tenure. He also played a key role in the implementation of many new programs. But again, he he played a role, he did not do this on his own and it would be wrong to diminish the role played by others. Now regarding the new principlal for North Meck, probably not a good hire, she will likely be a poor fit for North Meck. She was the former principal at Northwest and Central Cabarrus, neither school is anything like North Meck. She is the current principal of the year, so CMS went for the sexy hire, but if her recent history is any indication, she won't be at North Meck long. I would expect her to move up he ranks in CMS in a few short years, a BIGGER check!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-70873231008072060702014-06-24T21:31:11.559-04:002014-06-24T21:31:11.559-04:00Ann, seriously, HOW are the salaries determined? T...Ann, seriously, HOW are the salaries determined? The STATE has a base BUT CMS is waaaaay over that? Where is this "Special fund" and from what budget does it come? If not Ann, ANYONE?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-76541762812453729852014-06-24T21:06:34.717-04:002014-06-24T21:06:34.717-04:00Well, this was timely given Tuesday night's ba...Well, this was timely given Tuesday night's barrage of appointments (six inside, three outside): http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/06/24/5001925/cms-names-nine-new-principals.html#.U6ogTfldUbIAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-88886653692954696942014-06-24T20:41:19.186-04:002014-06-24T20:41:19.186-04:00While I commend Dr. Morrison for his willingness ...While I commend Dr. Morrison for his willingness to hire from within, there are several things that are wrong with this picture on many levels. Why do we continue to promote people that have no real investment in our students and schools and are merely on the "fast track" to their next promotion? I agree with one of the posts that comments on how most principals in CMS are political appointments. For Dr. Morrison to state and even think that he is getting the "best" and the "brightest" is a sham and an insult to everyone that knows better! CMS has created a "pool" process that is highly questionable because it is being used as a means to keep the best and the brightest OUT of the school system and the schools where they can truly make a difference! CMS has people in this district and sitting principals in other districts that have had successful records in terms of turning low achieving schools around for multiple years that can NOT get into the so-called "pool" even though they have being doing the job successfully for several years! CMS always promotes DATA and what impact a person has on student achievement but I would like to know how these 9 people, 7 of whom have been AP's for a total of 2 years have made an impact on student achievement? If they have it is very minimal! Check the data of the schools that they came from. Dr. Morrison, please wake up! You are not getting what you think you are; you are getting someone's friend or associate. Whatever happened to getting a promotion based on your merit and not someone's inside recommendation. CMS will NEVER be as GREAT as it could be because we are still practicing "It's not what you know, but who you know..." SAD!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-29554602648721984342014-06-24T19:39:51.543-04:002014-06-24T19:39:51.543-04:00The sad part is most of this grew out of the court...The sad part is most of this grew out of the court decision to make CMS stop discriminating against all students. With that, it became vividly apparent that CMS could only shuffle kids around by their skin color. So now the weakness in public education was exposed for the world to see except the world already knew it. Only the ego centered uptown leaders thought it was only Charlotte's problem and thus felt they needed to go even more out of the way to make the lives of the minorities even easier by just passing out diplomas. <br /><br />Even the judge in the Kansas City schools case admitted the high school years were a waste for the minorities. <br /><br />So the uptown power brokers keep putting pressure on CMS to do more and more and more for these students. So the disease continues to infect more and more children of excusing the family units from their responsibility to raise these children. More summer and weekend meal programs (even though the family unit gets monetary assistance but no accountability to spend it like it was intended)! More falsifying FRL applications! More falsifying special needs classifications! More pressure to stop removing uncivilized students from the classrooms! (To heck with the right of education of the other students). More Pre-K (babysitting services)! And on and on. Where will it end? It will not! There is never enough that can be done for them! Take our schools backnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-30717452236820683842014-06-24T19:28:06.360-04:002014-06-24T19:28:06.360-04:00Wiley,
The reason the positive effects of Pre-K a...Wiley,<br /><br />The reason the positive effects of Pre-K and Head Start "vanish" by the end of third grade is probably because the out-of-school factors that cause the child to fall behind stay with the child well after the third grade.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-12509703291860437672014-06-24T18:35:00.224-04:002014-06-24T18:35:00.224-04:00Pay principals more!! Your nuts!! Their not even r...Pay principals more!! Your nuts!! Their not even real decision makers in CMS.. Everyone knows the decisions are made down town. If all the administration and people downtown where raptured up to heaven, schools would probably do better. Most people wouldn't even notice. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-35979210966746586792014-06-24T18:30:31.415-04:002014-06-24T18:30:31.415-04:00Perhaps someone can answer this question. The DPI ...Perhaps someone can answer this question. The DPI top State Salary for a principal with 46+ years experience and a staff of 101+ teachers is $107,328. So..um...how is it that there IS money for Principals but NOT teachers. Where is THIS extra money coming from in CMS to pay these VERY HIGH salaries IF the state has a CAP? I say do away with the Principals altogether and pay the Financial Sec'y and Registrar more as THEY are the real "managers" of the school.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-28156962673856773222014-06-24T17:09:17.194-04:002014-06-24T17:09:17.194-04:00And I imagine that the 11th grader with a 4th grad...And I imagine that the 11th grader with a 4th grade reading level will be expected to take at least one AP course before he "graduates". Isn't that the theory--that everyone is capable of doing the work and it would be inequitable and unjust not to allow this student the opportunity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-34802205691710636002014-06-24T16:10:03.859-04:002014-06-24T16:10:03.859-04:003:17 you speak the truth, thank you.
I have brou...3:17 you speak the truth, thank you. <br /><br />I have brought several issues to CMS Admin and even CMPD, but both parties don't want negative news about the school system getting out to the public. What a shame, or sham.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-34049730341666236312014-06-24T16:07:46.628-04:002014-06-24T16:07:46.628-04:00Wiley, one of the two recent hires from Cabarrus C...Wiley, one of the two recent hires from Cabarrus County will be in the list of top 10 paid principals in CMS, she will be number behind the $143K<br /><br />per the Independent Tribune<br />"At North Mecklenburg, Rhymer will be paid $123,000 a year"<br /><br />and once more, odds are, if her history is any indication, she won't stay more than 4 years at North meck before she moves on yet again for an even larger paycheck. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-34555919409449510262014-06-24T15:38:59.787-04:002014-06-24T15:38:59.787-04:00I had a high school student this past year whose r...<i>I had a high school student this past year whose reading level was officially tested at the 4th grade level and yet "placed" in the 11th grade with a mandatory state MSL (no exemptions or mediations).</i><br /><br />....if only they had been in pre-K.<br /><br />Or were they?<br /><br />Like the lost IRS emails, we have no data for Bright Beginnings or WHY a kid made it to the 11th grade with a 4th grade reading level....<br /><br />Thank you for a very eye opening, honest assessment.Wiley Coyotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16966764080565903720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-33551654352046726012014-06-24T15:17:19.533-04:002014-06-24T15:17:19.533-04:00The politics involved in becoming a principal are ... The politics involved in becoming a principal are pathetic. Too often "favored" preparation programs funded by outside groups with a definite political agenda hold sway regarding who is promoted. More often than not these "princi-fools" base their school decisions on a political agenda and favor those teachers who parrot the preferred "program." For example, do you really think the "teacher of the year" are the best teachers in the district or are they reflective of the "flavor of the day?" How accurately do you really think graduation rates reflect actual student achievement? Which principals actually have the courage to hold students accountable for their actions when the superintendent's retention and bonus rely upon cohort graduation rates and suspension rates? I have seen too many worthy candidates for school principal "passed over" because they actually believe in student achievement and accountability on all levels. They remain "whipping boy" APs for the political hack "princi-fools."<br /><br />The only ones held accountable for student achievement by the "princi-fools" are the teachers. The students know that they will be passed no matter what they do. I had a high school student this past year whose reading level was officially tested at the 4th grade level and yet "placed" in the 11th grade with a mandatory state MSL (no exemptions or mediations). You will never see Helms even address these issues or she knows she will be "shut out" of the system she supposedly reports on.<br /><br />Sincerely,<br />A teacher with 16 years of real classroom experienceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-28189418095898454372014-06-24T15:11:17.772-04:002014-06-24T15:11:17.772-04:003:06, I might have thought that too. But they list...3:06, I might have thought that too. But they list Reformville as having 101-150 schools (CMS has 160) and poverty level of 77 percent (CMS is around 53 percent). All the districts have higher FRL percentages than CMS, and none match the number of schools.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-11290528969706375822014-06-24T15:06:25.185-04:002014-06-24T15:06:25.185-04:00Reformville. Seems a rather odd choice of fictiti...Reformville. Seems a rather odd choice of fictitious names since I remember when there were reform schools. I am betting that is Charlotte.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-78646345655502885222014-06-24T14:31:58.683-04:002014-06-24T14:31:58.683-04:00Charles, probably tonight. Admin appointments are ...Charles, probably tonight. Admin appointments are on the school board agenda.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-17144143174089698222014-06-24T14:31:07.839-04:002014-06-24T14:31:07.839-04:00What a crock! This is just more "reform"...What a crock! This is just more "reform" that turns schools into a another version of corporate hell: pay a "leader" a ton of money while the people who do the real work get a pittance. There are some great principals out there but truly, if they all vanished in some warped form of the Rapture, I guarantee that the schools would get along fine without them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-77616855799512810092014-06-24T14:30:24.381-04:002014-06-24T14:30:24.381-04:00What a crock! This is just more "reform"...What a crock! This is just more "reform" that turns schools into a another version of corporate hell: pay a "leader" a ton of money while the people who do the real work get a pittance. There are some great principals out there but truly, if they all vanished in some warped form of the Rapture, I guarantee that the schools would get along fine without them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-46642487988748774582014-06-24T14:25:36.132-04:002014-06-24T14:25:36.132-04:00When will more CMS principal changes be announced?...When will more CMS principal changes be announced?Charlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-41643058292747871212014-06-24T14:24:03.042-04:002014-06-24T14:24:03.042-04:00Give the money to the ones who earn it - The TEACH...Give the money to the ones who earn it - The TEACHERS!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-40511293837533198192014-06-24T13:10:42.755-04:002014-06-24T13:10:42.755-04:00Principals are MOrrisons frontline BULLIES
They d...Principals are MOrrisons frontline BULLIES<br /><br />They deserver a 100,000 raise. Just another "MARKET ADJUSTMENT" for those who deserve it the LEAST.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com