On the agenda:
1. Building& Grounds/Finance Committee Report begins at 0:44
2. Atkins and Thomas White roof replacement discussion begins at 2:57
3. Consent Agenda - check registers and meeting minutes begins at 4:09
4. Strategic Plan Timeline with MASB Representative Debbie Stair begins at 4:44
5. Facilities Update - Superintendent Whelton begins at 49:58
6. Board and Superintendent Comments begin at 55:58
© 2019 Carla Citizen All Rights Reserved
This meeting was over one hour long because there was a workshop with the MASB representative. Every minute of this meeting is worth listening to and I hope the community and family members of students will take the time to listen. The building & grounds, roof replacement, and facilities updates are very informative and shows where the taxpayers money is going and the major progress our school system is making. The workshop with the MASB rep was very interesting and this is one part that I really hope everyone will take the time to listen to.
Some of the things that were brought up were the lack of community and parental involvement and support, the misperceptions about our schools and students. I have seen multiple outright lies told and shared online about our students and schools and it makes me angry.
I am going to share my opinion on something here, fence-sitters, and it may offend some people, but that's life, and you can't please everyone all the time. Back in the day, many years ago, when I attended Bridgeport schools our community and parental involvement and support for our schools was fantastic. Our student involvement and pride in our schools was outstanding. Nowadays there are too many people in this community that say they support our schools, support our community, yet they send their children to schools outside our district. I do understand a parents desire to do what they feel is best for their children, but what about the rest of the children? When students that live in our district attend school in another district, it hurts our school system and our students. I believe it also adds to the misperceptions about our district when others see that happening. Especially when it is done by so called leaders in our community. If you truly feel that our schools are not good enough for your children, then why don't you get involved and help make our schools the best around our area? If you are not part of the solution, then you are part of the problem!
And then there are those that just praise our students and programs like the athletic programs, at least sometimes they do. If there is a little incident that wrongly gets blown up into a major controversy, then they suddenly pull their support from things like the athletic programs. You never truly supported them did you? You see all the "rah rah" cheering for our sports teams, as long as they are winning anyways. If they are not winning, then are you trash talking them? You people really get on my nerves!
There is No Fence Sitting when it comes to supporting our students, schools, and community. Either you support them or you don't. Bridgeport residents need to be part of the solution, not part of the problem.
1. Building& Grounds/Finance Committee Report begins at 0:44
2. Atkins and Thomas White roof replacement discussion begins at 2:57
3. Consent Agenda - check registers and meeting minutes begins at 4:09
4. Strategic Plan Timeline with MASB Representative Debbie Stair begins at 4:44
5. Facilities Update - Superintendent Whelton begins at 49:58
6. Board and Superintendent Comments begin at 55:58
© 2019 Carla Citizen All Rights Reserved
This meeting was over one hour long because there was a workshop with the MASB representative. Every minute of this meeting is worth listening to and I hope the community and family members of students will take the time to listen. The building & grounds, roof replacement, and facilities updates are very informative and shows where the taxpayers money is going and the major progress our school system is making. The workshop with the MASB rep was very interesting and this is one part that I really hope everyone will take the time to listen to.
Some of the things that were brought up were the lack of community and parental involvement and support, the misperceptions about our schools and students. I have seen multiple outright lies told and shared online about our students and schools and it makes me angry.
I am going to share my opinion on something here, fence-sitters, and it may offend some people, but that's life, and you can't please everyone all the time. Back in the day, many years ago, when I attended Bridgeport schools our community and parental involvement and support for our schools was fantastic. Our student involvement and pride in our schools was outstanding. Nowadays there are too many people in this community that say they support our schools, support our community, yet they send their children to schools outside our district. I do understand a parents desire to do what they feel is best for their children, but what about the rest of the children? When students that live in our district attend school in another district, it hurts our school system and our students. I believe it also adds to the misperceptions about our district when others see that happening. Especially when it is done by so called leaders in our community. If you truly feel that our schools are not good enough for your children, then why don't you get involved and help make our schools the best around our area? If you are not part of the solution, then you are part of the problem!
And then there are those that just praise our students and programs like the athletic programs, at least sometimes they do. If there is a little incident that wrongly gets blown up into a major controversy, then they suddenly pull their support from things like the athletic programs. You never truly supported them did you? You see all the "rah rah" cheering for our sports teams, as long as they are winning anyways. If they are not winning, then are you trash talking them? You people really get on my nerves!
There is No Fence Sitting when it comes to supporting our students, schools, and community. Either you support them or you don't. Bridgeport residents need to be part of the solution, not part of the problem.
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