Monthly Archives: June 2014
Summary of Budget Impacts on Students
The Oak Ridge Board of Education approved on first reading a revised budget aligned to the general fund balance approved by Oak Ridge City Council on June 16, 2014. Overall School administration and the Board did a decent job with … Continue reading
Tennessee Pulls the Plug on PARCC
Education Week is reporting that the State of Tennessee pull out of PARCC last week. The report is here: Link “Accordingly, Kevin Huffman is resigning as a member of the PARCC Governing Board,” the officials continued. “All staff from the … Continue reading
Inviting City Council to Board of Education Meeting
Though I am just a citizen I am just a citizen I invite each of the seven members of Oak Ridge City Council, candidates for Council, Honorable Mayor Beehan and City Manager Mark Watson to the Oak Ridge Board of … Continue reading
Save Fourth Grade Strings, AGAIN!
The City Council has passed the budget for this upcoming year. I’m not going to comment on that other than to say the school system is short of about $1,250,000. The Board of Education must now resolve the shortage while … Continue reading
Going Forward
On Monday evening City Council approved the budget for this next fiscal year. The portion of the school system’s budget will remain flat-lined with 2012. There was a general agreement for city council and school board to start budget discussions … Continue reading
Say Yes!
Dear City Council, Please fund schools for no cuts. Without an increase the School Board will be forced to make MORE cuts.
Maryville: Already Raising the Bar
Last September the Maryville City Schools began their journey into the twenty-first century classroom though their iReach program. The following was copied from Maryville’s website. Maryville City Schools has embarked on an extraordinary journey to capture a vision that will … Continue reading
Invest in Our Children
Dear Members of City Council and fellow citizens, We are writing this letter in response to the Fiscal Year 2015 budget decisions made during the June 9th Oak Ridge City Council meeting. The Council’s overwhelming vote to maintain property tax … Continue reading
Righting the Ship: View from a Teacher
I know each of us, whether we are taxpayers, members of city council and school board, administrators, parents, students or teachers, all have our view of education. Among those views are our ideas on what results we expect, how do … Continue reading
What’s the Truth About the Graduation Rate
On Monday evening during the public comment and response session, one of the Oak Ridge city councilpersons said that Maryville’s high school graduation rate was 10 percentage points higher than Oak Ridge’s and that Maryville spent less per student. I’m … Continue reading
Mike Mahathy for BOE 