NIH Advisory Meeting

The next advisory meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 13^th, at North Iredell High School. The meeting will start at 7:00 p.m. Again, the main purpose of the meeting is to allow students, parents, teachers, and others an opportunity to participate in the selection process for the new superintendent. You may not think that the School Board is truly going to listen the public’s input, but if we don’t speak out that just gives the Board members an excuse to do whatever they want.

If the same process is used at this meeting as was used at the SHS meeting, the participants will first be asked to list the priorities that they wish the new superintendent to address. That is what should be the main concerns for the school system. After that, the participants will be asked to list the character traits, experience, or strengths that the new superintendent should possess.

I have another meeting Tuesday night so I will not be able to attend this advisory meeting. I hope several readers of this blog will attend the meeting and then leave some comments so we can get a report of the main emphasis of this meeting.

Public Meeting With Mr. Johnson

The Concerned Citizens Group is sponsoring a meeting with Mr. Brady Johnson, I-SS Interim Superintendent. The meeting is scheduled for Thursday, September 3^rd at 7:00 p.m. The meeting will be held in the media center at Statesville High School. You may park in front of the building or on side of the building facing the football stadium. Please enter through the doors on the front of the building.

This meeting is open to anyone who is interested in the operation of the Iredell-Statesville Schools. At the beginning of the meeting Mr. Johnson will inform everyone how the start of the school year is progressing as well as relate his goals and impressions as interim superintendent. That will be followed by a question and answer period. So, if you have questions about continuous testing, the implementation of the Baldrige plan, the school budget, disciplinary policies, or other school issues that need to be addressed, you will now have a chance to ask Mr. Johnson to respond to your question. Again, everyone is invited to attend the meeting and participate in the process of improving our school system. This meeting is for students, parents, grandparents, teachers, teacher assistants, and other I-SS employees. Let’s all come together for the sake of the students.

Everyone attending the meeting is asked to bring some school supplies to donate to be used in the classrooms. Of course, teachers attending the meeting should not feel obligated to bring school supplies since most teachers already provide supplies for their own classrooms. Teachers attending the meeting will get first pick of the donated school supplies.