Who Will "They" Hire - Part Four

Calls flood school bus hotline - St. Petersburg Times

Another news article.

Here is what got my attention in this article:

"The transportation hotline fielded 1,500 calls Thursday over bus route changes. While the volume has dropped during week, the numbers remain strikingly high."

""Have we gotten to the point of the performance level where we should be, ought to be and need to be? I don't think we have," said board member Doretha Edgecomb, looking beyond the immediate crunch. "One of the things we have really got to work hard on is repairing the public's trust.""

"Davis said he could no longer work 70-hour weeks after fracturing two vertebrae in his back in late June. He wants to turn the job over to someone with the energy to put in the necessary effort at this critical juncture."

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In one of my previous posts, I alluded to the pro's and con's about Mr. Davis. The "cons" were that he went along with the system's practices even when the system's practice did not meet the requirements needed.

For lack of time, I will make a long story short. In the early 90's, my son was at Colson Elementary when Mr. Davis was the principal. My son was provided a "one-to-one" through his IEP because he needed someone to help him learn signing skills and act as an "intervener". Mr. Davis "had to hire someone through the pool". This person had no signing skills and openly stated she was not going to learn them.

From my perspective, the system was more important to "them" than meeting the intent of the IEP which was to meet the needs of the student.

In fairness to Mr. Davis, he worked very hard to compensate for the system. I just wished he could have confronted it.

Apparently the only way to confront the system is to resign.

Sad ending for a long career.