By NICK GRABBE
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Here's a story about the regionalization report, which will be presented soon. Although I haven't read the report yet, I certainly would support a K to 12 regional school district, since the current system really works against vertical alignment K to 12 and clearly increases administrative complexity (and cost). However, my understanding is that the small towns would likely oppose regionalization, out of a desire to maintain autonomy over their schools, and creating a K to 12 regional system requires a vote not only by each SC, but also by town meeting in each town. I find it unfortunate that both Andy Churchill and Farshid Hajir oppose the Amherst School Committee's simple request to get legal advice on our options involving the Union 26 agreement -- it seems kind of ironic that Farshid is concerned about the small town's loss of autonomy if regionalization occurs, yet he opposes a large town's desire to explore the potential of greater autonomy?
http://gazettenet.com/2010/06/08/four-towns-discuss-regionalization-report
Monday, June 7, 2010
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
1 comment:
"it seems kind of ironic that Farshid is concerned about the small town's loss of autonomy if regionalization occurs, yet he opposes a large town's desire to explore the potential of greater autonomy?"
'Irony' is one word to describe those seemingly at odds positions by Farshid... his consideration of Pelaham's interests and his considerations of Amherst's.
'Hypocrite' is more specific if not judgmental and a little harsh.
Farshid failed to consider how empathy might allow him to consider how the policy he pursues affects others and to imagine how they would feel about that. I'm going to go out on a limb here and postulate Asbergers.
For me, the situation became personal the day the coup d'etat occurred and Amherst representatives votes were subverted by a minority of the board that installed the interim super for 16 months on a vote that was jammed through without allowing all the members, including those who did not spend the afternoon at the high school, to come up to speed on the conversations between board members that afternoon.
Post a Comment