Are YOU thinking of running for the Board?

Should I - Shouldn't I? Is that going back and forth in your head? Will I have the support I need? Lets make one thing plain and simple. YOU WILL have the support it needs to get elected. There are MANY people at the ready to help YOU get elected. If you want a committee - you've GOT a committee! WE WILL BE HERE FOR YOU!

Poll Results

Thank You for the highest amount of votes in the least amount of time! In a 4 day span, there were 82 votes.

Results are as follows for people you would like to see run for the Board:
(Only the top 4 are listed)

Darlene Neidlinger: 17 Votes
Steve Hageman: 14 Votes
Lou Giannunzio: 14 Votes
Someone Else: 13 Votes

Video of Changed Meetings

As mentioned below, there was talk of not being able to video tape the meetings that are going to be in different buildings in the District. At the meeting last night the Board approved moving 3 future Board meetings to 3 different buildings in the District. Vic Potter & John Coulter brought up the importance of the meetings being on video. Joyce Phillips responded that - We will try our hardest to get the meetings on tape - not word for word, but real close to that statement. We just wanted to update what we know now after posting that original blog entry earlier in the week.

What are we hearing??

We at MPS Change Is Good have learned some news that MAY be coming out of the Board Meeting on Monday January 15th. Is this another part of Joyce's new campaign?

Board meetings will start moving to different buildings in the District (Walters, Gordon, High School, etc.)

When they are NOT in the Community Room at the Middle School we have learned that the meetings WILL NOT be video taped.
By not video taping, that is just another example of Joyce trying to limit the information that is coming out of her office. How are the hundreds of people who watch the meetings on tv supposed to know what happens at those meetings? We guess time will tell.

Lets Run For The Board!

OK - Are you ready! Lets get serious. Start throwing names out there that would be good for the board. If you know the person that is being talked about, call them and see if they would have any interest in running. If that person says NO, please post here. We need to start figuring out some candidates - FAST. I will try to keep a running log of people who we all suggest - and then update the list when we know if they have been contacted and what their answer is - I will then post that list on the blog and keep updating it once we hear an answer. So lets get busy!!

Some names that have already been thrown out as possible candidates -
Darlene Neidlinger
John Walton
Anita Clark
Steve Hageman
Denise Genise
Lou Giannunzio
Stan Wolk

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A change for '07

Hope everyone loves the new look. We are entering a time of the year that is going to become VERY critical for our district. A campain is coming that will need to be very organized to be successful. A campaign that will start turing the tide for a better future for Marshall Public Schools. And we hope that this Blog can be a useful communication tool throughout this process. Share your ideas with us. If you know of a way that this blog can become more useful in our quest to mobilize a Board that truly puts OUR KIDS FIRST! please email the blog at mpskidsfirst@yahoo.com or share your ideas by posting an entry under this topic. Let's all keep the main thing, the main thing - Keep Our Kids First!

MPS Kids First!

We are trying to change up the look a little bit of the blog. Remember - Change IS Good! You will see 5 "Blog Entries" on the main page. ALL other entries can be found in the ARCHIVE section on the side of the page. You will see at the top of the page a NEW Title. "Kids First Campaign" **The title came from a blogger who posted this catchy phrase - THANKS!** It is OBVIOUS that some people are NOT putting our Kids First - no matter how much they write about it in columns. OUR kids are no longer FIRST! What comes before our kids you may ask...Well that is a good question - It seems small town politics have leap frogged our kids - It seems personal vendettas have leap frogged our kids - It's truly disgusting what is going on...
If you would like to send a personal e-mail to the blog - that you don't want others to see - but would like to get your point across - feel free to send an e-mail to mpskidsfirst@yahoo.com

Good Post from "I have a secret"

Let's not forget about the special education position that became open last summer at the high school. JP as a personal vendetta against everyone at the high school blocked the hiring of a very qualified person. A highly qualified individual was interviewed in August. This person had (i may have this wrong - about 13 years experience). JP would not hire them in at step 3. (fund equity...more $$$ for the board to give to her). What teacher with incredible experience, especially in this field, would want a teaching job at starting teacher wages. MPS did not get this individual...in fact...MPS got no one. The building principal tried extremely hard to work this problem out - the good doctor didn't "make the main thing the main thing". In fact, she didn't "put kids first". A temporary long term sub is in that position, without credentials in special education. This person is absolutely wonderful but not qualified in that particular field. JP does anything she can to cause obstacles for the high school. The three administrators at the high school are wonderful. JP - should take her agenda and stay out of the buildings...there is no need for her to be managing these buildings. (maybe the middle school but the rest were and are doing fine without her). Administrators are in place (before JP) because they are qualified to do the job they have been hired to do. In fact, they have been doing extraordinary jobs before she rode into Marshall. Her job running her own PR campaign should keep her busy enough to be leaving others to the jobs they were hired for. News flash for the board: There were not problems with these building administrations to be fixed quite contrary to what the good doctor has tried to convinced you of. Let her mess up the Foreman issue and cost the district tens of thousands of dollars...isn't that going to be enough damage. Especially when she will not be here to stand up and admit she made a mistake. That is what Hulk did when the elgibility error happened. What an incredible example that wonderful man set for our kids. Kids are constantly asked "why the current supt. does what she does". Can we really afford to have her create any more messes. Now she is wanting employee input for her PR Chronicle articles...we are quite appalled at this request. Why would we want to help an inadequate superintendent to deceive the community and board on her FAILED LEADERSHIP. Employees know her articles are pretty words she wants the community to believe. Who cares what the employees actually see and know. Stay tuned to her upcoming lawsuit against the Chronicle and perhaps the MEA. Many people want to see the survey results go to press. Perhaps she can spend more of the districts funds to invalidate 152 employee opinions. MPS NEEDS HONEST CITIZENS TO RUN FOR SCHOOL BOARD...DEADLINE 2/13/07. Wait to turn in petitions on 2/12/07 - JP likes surprises...she thrives on them.