Saturday the School board had a retreat or was it a retreat from the citizens of Clayton

Okay, so I've been away for a couple of days, but I have plenty to tell. I was given some notes from the School board Retreat on saturday at the Professional Development Ctr. I thought it was odd that on of the topics discussed was the "Fair Dismal Act" - termination and nonrenewal of contracts. Hmmm could this had been because the community was sending Heatley and his minions e-mails quoting chapter and verse from this OCGA code when he tried to demote the principals in Clayton. I will venture to say there is a direct correlation.
****Teachers of Clayton- I will advise you to become well versed in O.C.G.A 20-2-940 it may very well save your job. According to Dr. Hendrix teachers are not trained on this and this works to the Board of Ed's benefit. It's in your handbook so read it carefully, so you know what your rights are. Email me at logical.lane@gmail and I will be more than happy to give you some clarification.

Next on the agenda was the shuttle. I was passed some interesting info. If your child goes to a school out of district you can get bus service on a shuttle. There is a work around, of course the county is not going to tell you about and it's perfectly legal. Again email me.

I'm not sure how I feel about this little pearl of information. Our school system is trying to figure out if they want to convert to a charter sytem. That can be good or bad. Basically it seems to me that they want to give each individual school enough rope to hang themselves and also delegate the least amount of power to the school councils.  Hint: You must go to every meeting the Board has and Join your local school council. A charter system can work if the principal and community buy in and the school council is strong, educated in the law and school policies.

Last but not least- there have been some scandals and investigations going on at the school board. It is my understanding that an administrator at the Central office was accused of sexual harrasment of a subordinate. The administrator was not removed from the bldg during the investigation that Heatley conducted. According to a lawyer (which works for the board), an independent investigator should have handled the case to maintain the integrity of the investigation. Thing that make you go hmmm.. Why is it that Heatley is always near when one of his Nupes gets into a scrape?