Excellent article on the HUSD candidates over at the East Valley Tribune
Here is the link to the article with pictures and all. I think Hayley did a very nice job on this.
Here are some quotes she got from me:
“A high level of distrust” between parents, teachers and administrators comes from a lack of communication, Johnston said.
“I think the administration has done an atrocious job at marketing itself to teachers and families,” Johnston said. “It’s created an utter lack of communication between families, teachers and administration, and caused a tremendous problem and culture of distrust.”
Johnston said teachers and families don’t feel supported by district administration, and they need to feel that their opinions matter. He said some parents feel their concerns are being dismissed.
“The way you make parents happy is to listen to them,” Johnston said. “Parents are the customers. An unhappy customer will be 10 times more vocal and will have more memory of their bad customer service.”
Dawn:
Wow. More disheartening comments from the HUSD super. and a couple of her partner-in-crime board members. Lutrey would not comment on the district’s bad image because “There is nothing to comment on”. Really? Has she been under a rock for the past year? And when parents decided to unify and have their voices heard at a meeting they were considered a “mob”? Does Ed not know that he signed up to serve the public? Denise though says that HUSD has a handle on it’s problems…ok, on which problems is she concentrating, and how does she plan to handle them?
I really can’t wait to see the results of this year’s exit interviews. Does HUSD publish facts, or only what they want people to see?
October 19, 2008, 10:24 pm