Enrollment at Fremont County School District #24 was down to around 320 students in 2013, 40 short of the benchmark that would provide more state funding to expand programming for students.
“They were expecting the base salaries for all NES schools to be $80,000 or more,” said Michelle Williams, President of the Houston Education Association. Williams represents HISD teachers, and she said some of her members have salary offers less than what they already make.
"If somebody comes in that has a spill or something has happened to their clothes, we are able to wash and dry them right there and get them back to the student," said Sara Shevchuk, principal of Truman Elementary. "The student just feels good about themselves. They get to go home with clean clothes."
When Summer Schultz, the former superintendent of the Dell Rapids School District left and accepted the role of superintendent in Brookings, it set off a chain reaction of superintendents and administrators shuffling around school districts.
The Waukesha School Board voted 9-0 to fire Melissa Tempel because administrators believe her tweet criticizing the decision to ban the Miley Cyrus and Dolly Parton song violated district policy.
“I was fortunate enough to attend the Lab School due to the generous contributions of UCLA donors, and my experience profoundly transformed my worldview,” DiCaprio said in a statement to The Associated Press.
Here's one of the top messages for K12 tech leadership in 2023-24 that bears repeating: You really do have a role to play in every aspect of your district's operations. For example, the cafeteria refrigerators—and the infrastructure that surrounds them—may need your attention.
Superintendent Kirt Hartzler makes a bold claim about Union Public Schools that would fill any leader with pride or envy: "We truly are a high-poverty yet high-performing school district."
Leaders in Idaho and Indiana are leaving their posts during district investigations into matters that have not been disclosed to either the public or, in one case, to the superintendent himself.
