America loves baseball and statistics, either because or for each other. No sport, and by extension its players, is as defined by statistics as baseball. We know baseball’s legendary and mythical numbers the way we know our family’s birthdays – 61 home runs, 56 game hitting streak, 20 wins a…
Tag: Board of Education
Policy lame excuse for Head Start rejection
I intend to write more fully about the Board of Education’s rejection Monday of hosting Head Start program at Poupard. One issue, however, that I wanted to address quickly is the explanation offered by at least two of the four trustees (Cindy Pangborn, Joan Dindoffer, Tom Jakubiec, and John Steininger)…
Role of the Board: The Micromanage v. Rubberstamp Debate
An examination of the role of the Board of Education, an introduction to Policy Based Governance, and a distinction between “micromanaging and rubberstamping.”