Wednesday, December 10, 2003

How to deal with BOE members

A principal friend of mine was once asked, “How do you deal with board members?” His reply follows: “I treat them like any other parent. It is only when they are sitting in a meeting with a quorum of other board members do they have any power that is different from the parent of any other student. If they come to my office, they are a parent, not a board member.”

Perhaps the administrators and at least one board member in the county need to learn this lesson!

Scott Warren

Director of Contracted Services

High Schools That Work

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It appears that the Peachtree City Council has succumbed to Political Correctness, thus referring to what would otherwise be called a Christmas tree as a ”Peace Tree.”

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