November 16, 2011 ECS board meeting

Not yet on YouTube, but on the Access Humboldt Archive website. Go HERE to see the entire meeting. Judy's last.

ETA on Planet Humboldt

A belated story in CR and AH produced "Planet Humboldt" TV news magazine on ETA's struggles with ECS. See the video HERE

See 3:35 for the beginning of the segment.

November 2, 2011 ECS board meeting

Moved to the EHS cafeteria where the sound quality was something to be desired.

See the video of the meeting HERE

Discussion on the Superintendent search begins at 44:39

October 19, 2011 ECS board meeting

Held in the Lecture Hall at EHS.

See the video of the meeting HERE

Susan Johnson's AH debate

See Eureka City School board candidate debate the questions since Judy Anderson did not show up – HERE

October 5, 2011

The Eureka City Schools Board meeting on October 5 can be found at this MARK.

ECS School Board Meeting September 21, 2011

See the September 21 Meeting here

See you at the next school board meeting at the Humboldt County Office of Education (Annex wing) on October 5 at 7pm.

Here is the agenda:

Eureka City Schools Board of Education

Humboldt County Office of Education Board Room (Annex)

901 Myrtle Avenue, Eureka, CA 95503

REGULAR MEETING

October 5, 2011

7:00 p.m.

AGENDA

A. CALL TO ORDER OF EARLY SESSION FOR PURPOSE OF CLOSED SESSION (6:30 p.m.)

B. PUBLIC COMMENT ON CLOSED SESSION ITEMS􀂑

C. CLOSED SESSION (closed to the public)

The Board will consider and/or take action upon the following items:

( 1) Employee discipline, dismissal, release, appoint, accept the resignation of or otherwise affect the employment status of a public employee (GC Sec 54957)

( 2) Conference with Labor Negotiator Interim Superintendent Lanning Regarding Eureka Teachers Association, Classified White and Blue Collar Units, and Unrepresented Employees (GC Sec 54957.6)

( 3) Conference with Real Property Negotiator: Winzler Property (AP#009-044-005), Worthington School Facility for Price and or Terms of Payment (GC Sec 54957.6)

D. 7:00 p.m. RECONVENING OF OPEN SESSION

E. REPORT OUT FROM CLOSED SESSION

F. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG – Mari Holdner, Bus Driver

G. ADJUSTMENT TO THE AGENDA

H. INFORMATION

( 4) Student Representative’s Report

( 5) Superintendent’s Report

• Introduction of New Employees

( 6) Board Members’ Report

I. PUBLIC COMMENT ON NONAGENDA ITEMS􀂑

J. CONSENT CALENDAR – The Board is asked to receive/act

( 7) Approval of Personnel Action: Report #5

( 8) Minutes of the Regular Meeting of September 7, 2011

( 9) Minutes of the Special Meeting of September 14, 2011

(10) Board Policy and Administrative Regulation 5117.1 Interdistrict Attendance

(11) Board Policy3555 Nutrition Program Compliance

(12) Revised Board Policy 5030 Student Wellness

(13) Resolution #11-12-006, American Indian Heritage Month – November 2011

Continued. . .

􀂑 Individual speakers are allowed three minutes to address the Board on each agenda or non-agenda item. The board shall limit the total time for public input on each item to 20 minutes (BB9323(b))

J. CONSENT CALENDAR – The Board is asked to receive/act (continued)

(14) Resolution #11-12-008, School Bus Safety Month–October 2011 (15) Resolution #11-12-007, In Support of Red Ribbon Week, October 24-28, 2011 in Eureka City Schools

(16) Quarterly Report to the Board as Mandated by the State in Regard to the Williams Lawsuit

(17) Letter of Support for Mission: SwimPossible

(18) Field Trip: EHS AVID College Campus Tour/Orientation

(19) Approve 2011-2012 K-3 Class Size Reduction Program

(20) Accept Grant Award – Drive 2 Stay Alive

(21) Proposed Change in the 2011-2012 School Calendar

(22) Accept Bequest – from the Estate of John Dodds Burns Robertson

(23) Amended Classified Management Salary Schedule

(24) Revised Job Description – Department Chair

K. DISCUSSION/ACTION – The Board is asked to receive/discuss/act

(25) Schedule Special Board Meeting for Facility Discussion for November

L. DISCUSSION – The Board is asked to receive/discuss

(26) Eureka High School and Zane Middle School Master Schedules

(27) Capital Outlay Fund 40 Overview

(28) Intent to Change School Name: Zoe Barnum Continuation High School

PUBLIC COMMENT ON CLOSED SESSION ITEMSCLOSED SESSION (continued)

M. REPORT OUT FROM CLOSED SESSION

N. ADJOURNMENT

NOTICE: Any writing, not exempt from public disclosure under Government Code Section 6253.5, 6254, 6254.3, 6254.7, 6254.15, 6254.16, or 6254.22, which is distributed to all or a majority of the members of the governing board by any person in connection with a matter subject to discussion or consideration at an open meeting of the board is available for public inspection in the Superintendent’s Office at 3200 Walford Avenue, Eureka, 707-441-2414.

NOTICE: The district adheres to the Americans with Disabilities Act. Should you require special accommodations, or auxiliary aids and services in order to participate in the board meetings, please contact the Superintendent’s Office in writing three days prior to the meeting at the following address

September 7, 2011

The board meeting is HERE

August 17, 2011

See the August 17, 2011 ECS school board meeting on YouTube here

ECS 2011-2012 Budget

Go here to see the budget as presented to the School Board by Paul Ziegler on July 27

July meetings

In the wake of Gregg Haulk's move to a Southern California district position, the ECS board goes through the process of selecting an interim superintendent for the 2011-2012 school year.

press here for the July 5 & 7 meetings

Grant Principal and English Learner Director Laurie Alexander has accepted the position of Interim Assistant Superintendent of Special Services. Ms. Alexander will assume some of the duties left by Interim Superintendent Lee Ann Lanning.

SPECIAL MEETING

July 5, 2011

5:00 P.M.

MINUTES

A. CALL TO ORDER OF OPEN SESSION

President Anderson called the special meeting to order at 5:00 p.m.

Members Present : Anderson, Taplin, Fullerton, Davis, Beck

Members Absent : None

Staff Present : Haulk, Davis

B. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG

Member Beck led the Pledge.

C. CONSENT CALENDAR - The Board is asked to receive/act

It was M/S by Taplin/Beck to approve the following Consent Calendar item:

( 1) Approve Warrant Distribution Authorization Form CS-1 and Certification Form CS-7 for 2011-2012. Governing Board: ayes 5, noes 0, absent 0. Motion carried.

D. DISCUSSION - The Board is asked to receive

( 2) Interim Superintendent Selection Process

a. Review District Vision and Unity of Purpose

b. Identify Leadership Characteristics and Current Culture of the District

The Board and members of the audience listed their desired qualification for an interim superintendent. It was clarified that the interim superintendent will serve through the 2011-12 SY. The Board will begin the process of a formal superintendent search after the new year.

E. PUBLIC COMMENT ON CLOSED SESSION ITEMS¬

There were no public comments on closed session items.

F. CLOSED SESSION (closed to the public)

The Board will consider and/or take action upon the following items:

( 3) Employee discipline, dismissal, release, appoint, accept the resignation of, or otherwise affect the employment status of a public employee (GC Sec 54957)

( 4) Public Employee Employment – Superintendent (GC Sec 54957)

( 5) Conference with Real Property Negotiator: Winzler Property (AP#009-044-005) for Price and or Terms of Payment (GC Sec 54957.6)

G. REPORT OUT FROM CLOSED SESSION

Fullerton reported that on Items F(3), (4), and (5), there was no action to report. President Anderson announced the Board did not take action to appoint an interim superintendent, but would continue with action to appoint at a special meeting on, Thursday, July 7, at 6:00 p.m.

H. ADJOURNMENT

President Anderson adjourned the meeting at 6:40 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

ORIGINALS SIGNED Recording Secretary, Micki Davis

Gregg Haulk

Secretary of the Board of Education CLERK OF THE BOARD DATE

press here for the July 27 meeting

The meeting deals with the adjusted and approved budget for the 2011-2012 (at 32:45) reported by Paul Ziegler. I encourage ETA to pay attention to the details and tone of Ziegler's presentation.

Moving the district office to the Marshall site and the farewell of Superintendent Gregg Haulk, who is taking a new job in So. California.

My suggestion is that ETA pay attention to the details of the budget and get the print out of the presentation. I will post a link to this page as soon as I can get my e-hands on it.

Haulk resigns 6/28/11

otherwise business as usual

june 1 board meeting

next meeting of June 22 with outline of budget will be up soon. Watch the dance Haulk gives. He is good and there were only three board members that quickly passes next year's budget. As always, there were only a handful of people there – mostly principals from the ECS sites. Jordan was again absent.

June 22 board meeting

Gregg Haulk explains/walks the board throught the 2011-2012 budget. Every union member should take a look at this, and ask themselves how much is set aside for this year's contract negotiations.

May 4, 2011

May 4th meeting now on YouTube, just push this button!

School Board Liaison: Saturday 2:00, channel 11 school board meeting will be aired on a regular basis. They will repeat until a new taping of the latest meeting is aired.

Eureka City Schools Board of Education

3200 Walford Avenue, Eureka, CA

SPECIAL MEETING

April 6, 2011

5:00 P.M.

MINUTES

A. CALL TO ORDER OF OPEN SESSION

President Anderson called the special meeting to order at 5:00 p.m.

Members Present : Anderson, Taplin, Fullerton, Davis

Members Absent : None

Staff Present : Haulk, Lanning, Hartsell, Davis

B. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG

Member Taplin led the Pledge.

C. DISCUSSION - The Board is asked to receive

( 1) Opening of Bid(s) and Call for Oral Bids on Purchase of Jefferson School Site

Member Fullerton announced there was one sealed bid received for the Jefferson Elementary School Property. The bid was $610,000 from the Westside Community Improvement Association.

President Anderson cited pursuant to Resolution #10-11-022 and Education Code Section 17472, the floor was opened for oral bids. The oral bid must exceed, by at least five percent, the highest written bid of $610,000. There were no oral bids made and the final bid was received for $610,000 from the Westside Community Improvement Association. There was one public comment from Emma Nelson who said, “I think it’s great!”

D. DISCUSSION/ACTION – The Board is asked to receive/discuss/act

( 2) Award Bid for Purchase of Jefferson School Site

It was M/S by Davis/Taplin that the Governing Board accept the bid of $610,000 made by the sole bidder Westside Community Improvement Association for the purchase of the Jefferson Elementary School Property and to direct and authorize the Superintendent to take further action as necessary or appropriate to complete the sale of the property, including but not limited to execution of a Purchase and Sale Agreement and Joint Escrow Instructions approved by the District’s legal counsel.

Governing Board: ayes: Davis, Fullerton, Taplin, Anderson 4; noes 0, absent 0. Motion carried with a super majority vote.

E. ADJOURNMENT

President Anderson adjourned the meeting at 5:08 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

ORIGINALS SIGNED

Gregg Haulk

Secretary of the Board of Education

Recording Secretary, Micki Davis CLERK OF THE BOARD

Eureka City Schools Board of Education

3200 Walford Avenue, Eureka, CA

REGULAR MEETING

April 6, 2011

7:00 P.M.

MINUTES

A. CALL TO ORDER OF EARLY SESSION FOR PURPOSE OF CLOSED SESSION

President Anderson called the regular meeting to order at 6:30 p.m.

B. PUBLIC COMMENT ON CLOSED SESSION ITEMS

There was no public comment on closed session items.

C. CLOSED SESSION ONLY (closed to the public)

President Anderson moved the meeting to closed session.

Members Present: Anderson, Taplin, Fullerton, Davis

Members Absent: None

Staff Present: Haulk, Lanning, Davis

( 1) Employee discipline, dismissal, release, appoint, accept the resignation of, or otherwise affect the employment status of a public employee (GC Sec 48918(c) or 76030)

( 2) Conference with Labor Negotiator Superintendent Haulk Regarding Eureka Teachers Association and Classified Blue and White Collar Units and Unrepresented Employees (GC Sec 54957.6)

( 3) Conference with Real Property Negotiator: Winzler Property (AP#009-044-005), Jefferson Property (APN: 004-094-007 and APN:004-102-003), Worthington Property (APN: 016-151-15), and District Office Property (AP#17-015-034 & #17-041-008), for Price and or Terms of Payment(GC Sec 54957.6)

7:00 p.m.

D. RECONVENING OF OPEN SESSION

President Anderson reconvened the meeting at 7:00 p.m.

Members Present : Anderson, Taplin, Fullerton, Davis

Members Absent : None

Staff Present : Haulk, Lanning, Lentz, Davis

E. REPORT OUT FROM CLOSED SESSION

Fullerton reported there was no action taken on C(1) and C(2) and no action to report on C(3).

F. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG – Zoe Barnum High School

Zoe Principal Sheri Jensen introduced student community service Interact Club members who led the Pledge. Each student spoke of the caring staff and open atmosphere of the school and the accomplishments of the Club. Zoe Barnum fine arts teacher Lee Roscoe-Bragg thanked the Board for the opportunity to show the student’s art at the district office. Ms. Roscoe-Bragg spoke of the value of creative arts in education.

G. ADJUSTMENTS TO THE AGENDA

K(24) Job Description: Instructional Coach, was pulled from the agenda.

H. INFORMATION

( 4) Student Representative Report

There were no student representative reports.

Eureka City Schools Board of Education

REGULAR MEETING MINUTES

April 6, 2011 - Page 2

( 5) Citizens’ Oversight Committee Annual Report to the Community

The Citizens’ Oversight Committee’s annual report to the community showed that in the year ending June 30, 2010, a total of $1,441,993 was expended for bond measure projects; $94,468 from Bond Measure T for the elementary schools and $1,347,465 from Bond Measure S for the middle schools and high school. As of June 30, 2010, Bond Measure T projects were completed; the remaining balance in Bond Measure S is $900,828. The COC will continue to serve for one year when Bond Measure S projects are expected to be complete.

( 6) Superintendent’s Report

· The district office was the location for this spring’s first extended Walking Wednesday. Today about 30 students met in the parking lot and were escorted by staff to Washington Elementary. Walking Wednesday will continue each Wednesday in April in honor of Earth Day and the first Wednesday of May and June.

· For the last couple days, representatives from EL Achieve have been visiting EL Achieve classrooms at Alice Birney and Grant. EL Achieve is the program being used to raise student achievement in English language arts. Feedback was very positive.

· The auditors will be at the district office and school sites the week of April 25, 2011.

· Three candidates have filed for the Trustee 2 position: Henry “Hank” Beck, Sharon Pierson, and Gregory Elvine-Kreis. Interviews will be held April 12 at 5:30 p.m. at the district office.

· The Superintendent will be attending the Small School District Annual Conference April 13-15 in Sacramento. This is the first year that ECS has qualified as a small school district.

· Tuesday of next week at 6:00 p.m. the Athletic Boosters Club will hold their annual fund raising event at Cheri Heights Casino.

· The State of California’s budget is still in a state of flux with $11.2 billion made in cuts and another $15.2 billion to go. Brown’s attempt to place the tax extension on the ballot has met with partisan politics. The Proposition 98 funding guarantee is still unknown and the Legislative Analyst feels the reduction to education will be more than anticipated.

· The district is in the process of preparing the 2011-2012 budget for June adoption. This budget includes the anticipated reduction of $350 per student in Proposition 98 revenue.

( 7) Board Member’s Report

The Board had nothing to report.

I. PUBLIC COMMENT ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS

There were no visitor comments.

J. CONSENT CALENDAR - The Board is asked to receive/act

It was M/S by Taplin/Davis to approve the following Consent Calendar items:

( 8) Approval of Personnel Action: Report #15

( 9) Minutes of the Regular Meeting of March 23, 2011

(10) Declaration of Curriculum Materials as Surplus and Authorization to Sell – Outdated Language Arts and Math Curriculum

(11) Short Term Position – Painter Asst/Summer Maintenance

(12) Resolution #10-11-035, Elimination of Classified Management Positions

(13) Quarterly Report to the Governing Board as Mandated by the State In Regard to the Williams Lawsuit

Eureka City Schools Board of Education

REGULAR MEETING MINUTES

April 6, 2011 - Page 3

J. CONSENT CALENDAR - The Board is asked to receive/act (continued)

(14) Board Policy/AR 6142.4, Service Learning/Community Service Classes

(15) Textbook Adoption: Geometry

(16) Annual Report of the Eureka School District Financing Corporation

(17) Approve Correction of Response to Audit Finding

(18) Declaration of Equipment as Surplus and Authorization to Sell

(19) Resolution #10-11-036, Recognizing May 15-21, 2011as "Classified Employee Week"

(20) Resolution #10-11-037, Recognizing May 11, 2011as "Dia del Maestro/Day of the Teacher" (21) Resolution #10-11-038, Revised Date for Observance of Abraham Lincoln's Birth Date

(22) Field Trip: NJROTC Orientation Trip to San Diego

Governing Board: ayes 4, noes 0, absent 0. Motion carried.

K. DISCUSSION/ACTION - The Board is asked to receive/act

(23) Board Policy/AR/E 6174, Education for English Language Learners

It was M/S by Fullerton/Taplin to adopt Board Policy/AR/E 6174, Education for English Language Learners. Governing Board: ayes 4, noes 0, absent 0. Motion carried

(24) Job Description: Instructional Coach

This item was removed from the agenda. Action was taken at the March 23, 2011 board meeting to approve the job description.

L. DISCUSSION - The Board is asked to receive

(25) Report on ECS Student Information Management Systems [SIMS] PowerSchool

Some of the PowerSchool reports that are used on a daily basis include enrollment, attendance, bell schedules, student schedules, and limited access to student discipline logs. PowerTeacher provides seating charts for attendance, grades, lunch information, individual student information, class reports, and web assignments. The Parent Portal allows parents access to their student’s classes, grades, and attendance. Some of the advanced capabilities available that should be used include advanced scheduling and reports, standards-based report cards, full integration with other databases, incident management/health, parent communication, integration with the phone dialer, and web assignments. Some of the issues the system is currently facing are a lack of database consistency from user input errors, possible database corruption, interfacing with CALPADS, orphan records from two PowerSchool databases, custom fields, and user accessibility issues/rights. Staff intends to address these issues through interaction with Pearson PowerSchool specialists, possible reentry of data, in-house training, a new data entry position for new students, and a major mandatory upgrade of hardware/software this summer.

(26) 2011 Summer School Programs

Each summer there is a traditional credit recovery summer school program for secondary students, but with additional Title 1 funds available, elementary principals have developed an elementary summer school remediation program. Kindergarten Academies, a jumpstart program for incoming kindergarten students, will focus primarily on literacy, math, school procedures, and CELDT administration. Grades 1-5 will serve students that scored Below Basic or Far Below Basic on the 2010 California Standards Test. Sessions will be held the first two to three weeks of August, Monday through Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The teacher-student ratio will be approximately 12/15-1 and will use only ECS teachers. Since each site’s teacher participation is voluntary, if there is not enough interest, the program will not be held. Bag lunches will be provided, but transportation will not be available.

Eureka City Schools Board of Education

(26) 2011 Summer School Programs (continued)

There will also be a summer school program for incoming 9^th grade students identified for intervention by placement tests in math and language arts. These classes will be a 15-1 student teacher ratio. The traditional credit recovery model for grades 7-8 will offer math and language arts on campus and science and social studies through either independent study or distance learning classes. Grades 10-12 will offer credit recovery in math, language arts, science, and social studies. The district is required to offer summer Special Day Classes with transportation.

CLOSED SESSION (CONTINUED)

The Board did not continue closed session.

M. REPORT OUT FROM CLOSED SESSION

N. ADJOURNMENT

President Anderson adjourned the meeting at 8:10 p.m.

Watch the meeting on Channel 11 at 2pm every week.

Meanwhile, been reading Ken Robinson. Creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson challenges the way we're educating our children. He champions a radical rethink of our school systems, to cultivate creativity and acknowledge multiple types of intelligence.

April 6

Those of you interested in watching the April 6 ECS Board Meeting, can now tune into channel 12. Mark these on your TV Guide:

Play Date / Time Channel
4/23/11 Sat 2:30 pm AH 12
4/24/11 Sun 9:30 pm AH 12
4/26/11 Tue 8:30 pm AH 12

Also, you can go to YouTube to find the same programing, just click here

March 23, 2011

(Because of a prior commitment, I was unable to attend the March 23 School Board Meeting. The individual I hired to video tape the meeting, was a no-show. Adjustments have been made and the problem has been taken care of for future engagements. Please look to this blog for the April 6th meeting. I encourage teachers and parents to attend the school board meetings.)

March 9, 2011

Superintendent's Report

Gregg Haulk and Richard Lentz at a conference. Lee Ann Lanning covering for the district.

The School Board Report

February 16, 2011

The Superintendent's Report

Superintendent Gregg Haulk gave his report. The book Teach Like a Champion by Doug Lemov is big on the administration's list for teachers to read. I have my copy, but have yet to crack it open. Once I find time to read it, I will comment on what I think. Meanwhile I am reading Hamlet, which I consider the 50th technique that believes it is necessary for students to be able to read and discuss Shakespeare.

I am looking forward to seeing the "new California truancy law" in action. I agree that students out of the classroom is a lose, lose situation for everyone – particularly the student.

The Board Member's Reports

Liaison Introduction

Introduction on becoming the “Liaison”

When I was informed by Patrick Riggs that I had been selected by ETA to fulfill the newly created position of ECS School Board Liaison, I also discovered that a few members of ETA were concerned about whether my reports would remain objectively free from my personal observations. The executive board was rightfully anxious that a Middlemiss report might possibly slant school board content, based on his a reputation of being confrontational, and as one retired administrator labeled, “exercising questionable judgement.”

So allow me to begin this blog by confirming ETA’s fears of Middlemiss, by making this introduction all about Middlemiss.

I first began working at EHS in 1985 as a student teacher. I was 34, living comfortably below the poverty line, insufferably idealistic, and living with a pregnant wife working three jobs. Once I obtained my credential, I took substitution jobs from Fortuna to McKinleyville, and realized that ETA was the union most teacher-empowering, and EHS’s English Department the most supportive of progressive and creative curriculum.

I began working full time in February 1987 the day following the death of English teacher Faye Conner. Because of Faye’s failing health and her frequent absences, her 9th and 10th grade classes were unmanageable. Spit balls covered the blackboard, pencils were imbedded in the ceiling tiles, and paper airplanes littered the outside courtyard. Occupied with the demands of a transitioning teacher, I couldn’t help but bear witness to the lack of a support system for an aging professional – her class had been moved across the hall from the principal’s office (shortening her leash), she was required to turn her weekly lesson plans into the principal, and she was stripped of her beloved elective English classes (demonstrated from the files left behind from her travel experiences incorporated into her curriculum). It seemed obvious to me that Faye was being administratively squeezed from a job she had once cherished.

I again witnessed that same seemingly punitive spirit of nonsupport at the beginning of this school year. The district’s nonnegotiable attitude toward our contract, the mismanagement and non-awareness of our district’s funds, the topdown restructuring of our curriculum, and the continued lack of communication between the teachers and the district office. I watched our teachers (of up to 13 year seniority) still reeling from the prior spring pink-slipping, become disenfranchised from their job and school. I saw unnecessary injury of disrespect inflicted upon dedicated professionals, who gathered and stood as a single force, but staggered from the confrontation exhausted and demoralized. I was determined not to retreat into passive submission, but to try to reach out to our district trustees and attempt to understand their job and their efforts to improve the educational environment of ECS.

This is when I approached Quiteria Perreira with my idea of attending the school board meetings, video taping the proceedings and creating this blog. She was way ahead of me and had already developed the idea within ETA.

When I addressed the school board on February 16, informing them of my selection as the ETA liaison, and of my belief in working and communicating together in an atmosphere free of drama and hostility, I was surprised how nervous I became in a room with no more than 15 observers. It gave me cause to stop and reflect with admiration on those who spoke so eloquently in a full house during our impasse with the district. I said I was neither there to threaten nor intimidate, but to observe as objectively as possible. I believe it is important I not hide my motivation for taking on this liaison duty. I hope to express my honesty at every opportunity, and I think it is important the trustees understand that teachers suffered this past fall because of questionable leadership and a blatant display of disrespect. These things just do not go away.

My intent then in this blog is to be as transparent and straightforward, as I am capable, and to avoid cheap shots easily produced with media techniques. I hope to have various open conversations with the board members following the meetings, and I hope they will notify me when I have not been fair or clear in this blog.

(a side note – I committed to teaching an OLLI class through HSU on Wednesday nights back in November, and I will be unable to observe board meetings for the next three sessions. I am hoping someone takes up the slack for me, and I am arranging for the meetings to be taped during those sessions I miss. The video images will be in part published in this blog and in whole cable cast on channel 8. I will print the times once I have that information)

It is an honor to serve the teachers and ETA as their liaison. Please inform me when my services please or seem lacking. This blog is designed to function as an open discourse, and I can only hope common courtesies will be observed.

Thank you,

Philip Middlemiss

Co-Chair EHS English Department