The Supt Dish
It
is a busy time of the year this spring as it is every spring. Students and
staff are involved in several extra-curricular activities from track, baseball,
softball, tennis, and golf to FFA, One Act Play, UIL Academics and upcoming
field trips. We are very proud of how our students are performing at these
activities. This is also the time of year in which we begin administering state
assessments.
I
would like to commend students and staff for their perseverance during the
recent STAAR and EOC exams this week. In particular, our students and teachers
who were involved with the English I EOC administered on Tuesday. These
students and teachers experienced several technology glitches in which the
students lost all their answers, some more than once. This was very frustrating
and I commend you for your perseverance.
I
was quite pleased to see our new commissioner of education, Mike Morath,
respond to what was a state-wide problem through the new assessment vendor,
Educational Testing Service (ETS). Commissioner Morath, who is a former Dallas
ISD school board member, stated that these technical issues where “unacceptable
and undermine the hard work of our students and teachers.” I commend the commissioner for his quick
response. Whatever the problem was, we are glad that our students taking the EOC
English II exam did not experience many “glitches.”
As
we continue to move forward and plan for next year, we have several
professional development activities that some of our administrators will be
attending in the next several weeks. These include “Digital Learning
Design-Transforming Our Schools” with Alan November and “Embracing
Transformational Leadership.” Our leadership team looks forward to bringing
back several strategies to assist in 2016-17.
Thank
you students and staff for working tirelessly in the pursuit of excellence. You
continue to overcome daily challenges through teamwork and a willingness to succeed.
Educator Angela Maiers (AngelaMaiers.com) once said, “When we dwell in
possibility, we help others to do the same. This helps them dream, hope, and
plan for a brighter future.”
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