More doublespeak from Mr. Hinton regarding shortened class time.
This goes against my general good natured trusting self, but watching WEEK’s report on last night’s school board meeting left a bad taste in my mouth for two reasons.
1. Mr. Hinton is going to meet with concerned parents split into two groups. Isn’t that what interrogators do? Will it be easier for him to convince the group that what he wants to do is in the best interest of the children if they are split up? Divide and conquer, as they say.
2. Mr. Hinton says he is open to suggestions so long as the primary schools can keep what is called common prep time. What!? Could you repeat that!? I thought 45 minutes of the school day was lopped off, teachers fired, and classes cut to save money! Now the argument is about the benefits of common prep time? So to get him to change his stance, the citizens of Peoria not only have to find $600,000+ in the schools budget, they have to reconfigure the teacher’s schedules?
I could be totally wrong here, but it looks to me as if Mr. Hinton, with the school board in tow, has dug his trench and is awaiting battle.
May 20th, 2008 at 11:14 am
[...] PeoriaIllinoisan (a fellow Blog Peoria Project member) had this take: Now the argument is about the benefits of common prep time? So to get him to change his stance, the citizens of Peoria not only have to find $600,000+ in the schools budget, they have to reconfigure the teacher’s schedules? [...]
May 20th, 2008 at 8:44 pm
PI, I’m not sure who the second group is that he is referring to. Our group is not split up. Secondly, we have some outstanding alternatives to bring to the table that address both the financial and eduational issues. No worries.
May 21st, 2008 at 3:30 am
[...] PeoriaIllinoisan (a fellow Blog Peoria Project member) had this take: Now the argument is about the benefits of common prep time? So to get him to change his stance, the citizens of Peoria not only have to find 0,000+ in the schools budget, they have to reconfigure the teacher’s schedules? [...]