1:45 PMHmm...so this is a public Facebook post brought to you by an Amherst Middle School teacher (you know, somebody vested in the status quo); and normally I would say 'who cares' as she is one in a hundred or so and certainly entitled to her opinion under the First Amendment.
But what is particularly scarier is she is also part of that
elite insider group known as the
Middle School Principal School Search Committee. You know, that secretive little group outspoken,
overly-public School Committee member (and blogger) Catherine Sanderson was recently purged from.
An anonymous letter-snail mailed to me last week from a school insider indicated
great concern about
not hiring an "
insider" for that ultra-important position of Middle School Principal. Double Hmm...
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1135648190>
These are turbulent times on the Amherst School Committee, made worse by
poor conduct on the part of Committee members associated with ACE. I've been
to several meetings of the Regional School Committee and watched, appalled,
at how Sanderson and Rivkin display open contempt and mistrust of Educators
and Aministrators, attempt to undermine the Committee chair, and are hostile
toward Committee members who don't share their views. They vote as a block,
work together to get their motions forwarded, and communicate behind other
Committee member's backs in open meeting. Adding Spence into this mix would
create an even larger "block" of these like minded folk, who really don't
represent a majority view in Amherst, and choose divisiveness over true
leadership. We need diverse views that represent the community on the
Committee, and there are several candidates that will do this. Read and
learn about all of the candidates and vote!
My Anonymous Snail Mail Letter post
1:55 PM
