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We will hold a regular board meeting on January 10th. The board meeting will begin at 7:00 pm at the Stevenson Administration Building. Click here for the agenda and here to watch the meeting via live-stream.

We will hold a regular board meeting on December 12th. The board meeting will begin at 7:00 pm at the Stevenson Administration Building. Click here for the agenda and here to watch the meeting via live-stream.

We will hold a work session on December 8th. It will begin at 8:30 am at the Heyward Career and Technology Center. Click here for the agenda and here to listen to the meeting via live-stream.

We will hold a regular board meeting on November 14th. The board meeting will begin at 7:00 pm at the Stevenson Administration Building. Click here for the agenda and here to watch the meeting via live-stream.

We will hold a regular board meeting on October 24th. The board meeting will begin at 7:00 pm at Hopkins Middle School. Click here for the agenda and here to watch the meeting via live-stream.

We will hold a regular board meeting on October 10th. The board meeting will begin at 7:00 pm at Stevenson Administration Building. Click here for the agenda and here to watch the meeting via live-stream.

September 12, 2023, Board Meeting — My Thoughts We held a regular board meeting on September 12th. You can view the meeting on YouTube here. I will only address one topic from that meeting. But first, I want to provide some information about our district’s teacher turnover. Teacher Turnover The administration finally provided last year’s […]

We will hold a regular board meeting on September 26th. The board meeting will begin at 7:00 pm at Alcorn Middle School. Click here for the agenda and here to watch the meeting via live-stream.

We will hold a regular board meeting on September 12th. The board meeting will begin at 7:00 pm at the Stevenson Administration Building. Click here for the agenda and here to watch the meeting via live-stream.

We will hold a regular board meeting on August 8th. The board meeting will begin at 7:00 pm at the Stevenson Administration Building. Click here for the agenda and here to watch the meeting via live-stream.

We will hold a regular board meeting on August 8th. The board meeting will begin at 7:00 pm at the Stevenson Administration Building. Click here for the agenda and here to watch the meeting via live-stream.

July 25th board meeting We held a regular board meeting on July 25th. You can view the meeting on YouTube here.  I continue to be nervous about our high number of teacher vacancies. As far as I can tell, we still appear to have way more vacancies than any district in the state. And I […]

We will hold a regular board meeting on July 25th. The board meeting will begin at 7:00 pm at the Stevenson Administration Building. Click here for the agenda and here to watch the meeting via live-stream.

We will hold a called board meeting on June 30th at noon at the Stevenson Administration Building. Click here for the agenda and here to watch the meeting via live-stream.

We will hold a regular board meeting June 27th. The board meeting will begin at 7:00 pm at the Stevenson Administration Building. There will also be a Work Session beginning at 4:00 pm. Click here for the agenda and here to watch the meeting via live-stream.

We held a regular board meeting on June 13th. You can view the meeting on YouTube here. As always, I encourage you to watch the meeting if you can. Teacher Vacancies and Storytelling We have over 300 teacher vacancies. I pointed out that this number is approximately double that of other districts, including those much […]

We will hold a regular board meeting June 13th. The board meeting will begin at 7:00 pm at the Stevenson Administration Building. Click here for the agenda and here to watch the meeting via live-stream.

We held a regular board meeting on May 23rd. You can view the meetinghere (on YouTube). Hiring Issue At the meeting, the board voted 4-3 (two nays and one abstention) to hire someone to fill the Executive Director of Elementary and Early Childhood Education position. To say that this hire raises serious questions would be […]

We will hold a regular board meeting May 23rd. The board meeting will begin at 7:00 pm at the Stevenson Administration Building. Click here for the agenda and here to watch the meeting via live-stream.

We held a regular board meeting on May 9th. You can view the meeting on YouTube here. As always, I encourage you to watch the meeting if you can. Administrative Hires and Transfers The board approved seven administrative appointments/hires. As I have said previously, we are making these decisions with limited information and insufficient data. […]

We will hold a regular board meeting May 9th. The board meeting will begin at 7:00 pm at Dreher High School. Click here for the agenda and here to watch the meeting via live-stream.

April 18, 2023, Board Meeting — My Thoughts We held a regular board meeting on April 18th. You can view the meeting on YouTube here. As always, I encourage you to watch the meeting if you can. Special Education The administration provided a presentation on the special education program, and parents and students gave powerful […]

March 28, 2023, Board Meeting — My Thoughts We held a regular board meeting on March 28th. You can view the meeting on YouTube here. As always, I encourage you to watch the meeting if you can. Virtual Learning Program The administration provided a presentation about the virtual learning program. We heard from the folks […]

We will hold a regular board meeting April 18th. The board meeting will begin at 7:00 pm at the Stevenson Administration Building. Click here for the agenda and here to watch the meeting via live-stream.

We held a regular board meeting on March 14th. You can view the meeting on YouTube here. As always, I encourage you to watch the meeting if you can. Language Immersion Program There was a good presentation about language immersion. As a former foreign language teacher, you won’t be surprised to hear that I believe […]