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Posted on January 21, 2020January 21, 2020

Slice of Life Tuesday: I’m Sorry, You’ve Been Disconnected!

This morning I am wondering how many of our high school students are feeling. The school is instituting a new (changed) policy on cell phone usage. As I understand it,…

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Posted on December 8, 2017December 8, 2017

Five Days to a Tailspin

This is a story about my intensity as a person and why I cannot make a run for a seat on the school board.  You need to know that I…

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Posted on September 26, 2017May 18, 2018

Still Broken: Talented & Gifted Education

A number of recent things have got me thinking about Talented and Gifted (TAG) Education services in our school district again. These thoughts started when we learned at the recent…

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Posted on July 22, 2017

Have You Ever?

Have you ever done something you knew was going to irritate you, but did it anyway? I did that today. Today, I opened a folder of notes I took while…

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Posted on June 23, 2017June 23, 2017

To Commit, or Not – That is the Question.

The postcard has laid on the shelf for a week. Just receiving it, although expected, brought up many mixed emotions for me. My response is required by today.  It would…

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Posted on April 14, 2017April 14, 2017

Grades: Do they measure learning?

via Daily Prompt: Measure Having students who work hard and do well in school, I always bought into the premise that grades measure learning. With years of experience in education,…

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Posted on March 26, 2017March 26, 2017

Topic List for Writing

Making lists keeps my life in order. Today, I present a list of topics that have crossed my mind more than once in the last several years (not just this…

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Posted on March 9, 2017March 9, 2017

Pass the Rationale, Please!

After the success of yesterday’s travel photo journal, I am reluctant to digress to a more serious topic. However, my writing needs to have a purpose to inform as well…

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