Comments on: MDUSD superintendent explains principal hire snafu

By: Doctor J

Doctor J — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 21:48:47 +0000

Rene, did his goals/objectives approach result in student achievement progress ? Looking at the STAR results, it doesn’t appear so — in fact regression.

By: Linda

Linda — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 21:26:07 +0000

Rene,
We were told he was loved by the people to whom the Board spoke. Are you a parent in the WUSD? Did he communicate regularly? Did he engage stakeholders? Did he ever implement a strategic plan? Did he follow up with his goals and objectives? Did he include his goals and objectives in the budget process? Would you consider him a visionary? Was he a good leader? Did he inspire leadership from those in his organization? Did he work well with the board? Most importantly… did he put the needs of the students first? Thanks

By: Rene

Rene — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 04:49:29 +0000

Sounds like an instant replay of the decisions he made in Washington Unified. He moved all our principals around too. Maybe it is the only thing he knows. We are greatful you have him now. Perhaps your board members should have investigated him also.

By: Doctor J

Doctor J — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 23:25:59 +0000

you can send me a private email by using the CC Times Personal Contact Page. You need to click on my name under an article comment, as opposed to an On Assignment article, and it will email to me.
Doctor J

By: Wait a Minute

Wait a Minute — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 20:18:58 +0000

Can you give me your email Dr. J?

By: Doctor J

Doctor J — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:10:25 +0000

@Waitaminute.. Intersting statements. How can they be verified ?

By: Wait a minute

Wait a minute — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:58:20 +0000

Mr. Lawrence is NOT a leader in any sense of the word. He almost completely destroyed his last District (WUSD) with many of the same antics. He (and his team) kept themselves busy running out the strongest leaders at the schools and concentrated power and money at the district office. His assistant superintendent of Ed services whom he brought over from his last district(Roseville), Sue Brothers alone had full-time 3 administrators at $140,000 each, 6 “teachers on special assignment” and 3 secretaries with well over one million in salaries/benefits in her empire and this in a smallish district. The results were a less then impressive 4 straight years of Program Improvement with almost no gains under his ‘leadership”!

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 23:19:33 +0000

I have more concerns about the new superintendent than I do about the personnel. I believe the meeting at SMS and other sites to “get our input” is to keep us happy. I don’t agree we should “flush mdusd” but it’s clear the new guy is not afraid to do what he wants and not be too concerned what parents think.

By: sroofc

sroofc — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:27:23 +0000

MDUSD needs to be flushed out and new people installed. This principal shuffling will slow down the already sllloooow district processes even further. Especially when people are being placed into elementary schools w/ only middle and high school experience and vice versa. We don’t have time or energy to “teach” principals about our sites. We need to hit the decks running when school starts to be able to do all that we are required to do. MDUSD is too large, inbred, and imploding! When Rose Lock states that principals don’t stay @ sites for 20 yrs. she seems to overlook the fact that knowledge of a staff, parent, and student community help, not hinder a school Teachers who have been in one grade for a time are also looked at as in “precarious” positions because they’re stale. As one who got moved last year, a grade level change completely throws off the balance. So instead of constantly refining what I do to be have better delivery, lessons… I’ll spend 3-4 years trying to learn the curriculum to even know what it is I’m supposed to teach. Of course there are stale teachers, but moving them to grade levels doesn’t help that. If I get stale, I’ll know to request a move for myself. There are bad teachers just like in every field. Let those folks go and let the rest do their jobs!

By: changepls

changepls — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 02:21:30 +0000

If this is true, then the Superintendent intentionally put the safety of the Mt. Diablo Elementary students in danger. The ball is in the school board’s court. Are they going to put up with this deliberate disregard for their authority? We all have to ask, what else is being withheld from the school board and the community? This is so disturbing!