District staff should fill openings until teachers can be found
I went to a nearly worthless six hour training this week, administered by several district staff. I thought to myself, …
Florida ties the hands and seeks to cripple our most vulnerable schools
The state of Florida isn't really even pretending it cares about our most vulnerable schools anymore. First it slas…
Surplussed teacher explains how the district is stopping them from finding a job
Sadly the district has not supported or explained what happened to several dozen teachers surplussed at the last minute…
Is Lenny Curry going to appoint Gary Chartrand to the Children's Commission? Ron Littlepage seems to think so.
Why buy a school board when you can buy a mayor? Lenny Curry wants to reorganize the Jacksonville Children's Commis…
Duval County Public Schools says, "we were just following orders" with the last minute surpluses
Actually they haven't said anything despite the Times Union reporting they would address the matter, which is very …
Lenny Curry is just like Vitti, wants to cut libraries
Why buy a school board when you can just buy a mayor. Gary Chartrand probably thought to himself just before he started…
Lenny Curry's chilling words, he wants to be just like Vitti
From Florida Politics On the matter of policy, Curry said priorities were education, public safety, and children’s issu…
The state of Florida is setting up our most vulnerable schools to be taken over by charters.
Have you heard the phrase, first, do no harm? It's part of the Hippocratic oath that doctors take. I feel like the …
Jason Fischer calls for an audit of a budget he helped craft and supported.
Represenative Jason Fischer has called for an audit of the Duval County School board finances after it was reported the…
At this point it's hard to believe anything Jason Fischer says.
This guy is honestly terrible. I don't know if it is that his decisions are based on who gives him money or that he…
Surplussed teacher gives update, HR has yet to contact them.
This is an update from the teacher released at 4:42 p.m. I went to two job interviews but was not offered a position. …
A parent sticks up for teachers at schools that had surprise surpluses. The district should have too.
Teaching is not an easy gig, and each school faces unique problems and challenges, that being said, teachers at our poo…
Dominoes start to fall at the schools that had last minute surpluses
Those teachers that remained behind at the schools most hard hit by the unexpected state mandated surpluses are also fa…
Why is there radio silence over the surpluses from the district?
I sent the following letter to the superintendent and the school board, well the ones that don't threaten to sue me…
For nearly a decades worth of service, one teacher was given a two minute phone call.
Arlington Middle was hit incredibly hard by the surprise teacher surpluses Friday afternoon losing 12 teachers. I spoke…
Teacher resigns before they can be surplussed, says "teachers are more than VAM scores"
At the behest of the state the Duval County school district surplussed several dozen teachers on Friday based on their …