tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post6693199613078374427..comments2024-03-28T22:51:22.174-07:00Comments on The Turner Report: Ten more teachers leave Joplin R-8Randyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05760019501046060231noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-60400088451357568632015-08-12T08:56:13.556-07:002015-08-12T08:56:13.556-07:00I haven't heard anything, but I will see what ...I haven't heard anything, but I will see what I can find out.Randyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05760019501046060231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-28344232349020091762015-08-12T08:19:28.853-07:002015-08-12T08:19:28.853-07:00Randy, do you know anything about the situation wi...Randy, do you know anything about the situation with Jennifer Dozier retaliating against teachers and moving them to other schools (they have tenure so they can't be fired). Any thoughts? Trying to find some info on that. Word has it, some teachers had some info on Jennifer when she was principal at McKinley and she didn't like that. I'm a Joplin parent and we have some concerns aboutAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-61341428559189945682015-06-05T11:31:33.537-07:002015-06-05T11:31:33.537-07:00There are more and more teachers still leaving by ...There are more and more teachers still leaving by the day. <br /><br />Thanks, Lynda, Randy, and Mike for continuing to ruin my children's education to prove who's important. I've got news for you. It isn't your accomplices on the JPC. We will all remember this for some time to come. Please go away. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-5759020265590574192015-06-04T15:13:43.515-07:002015-06-04T15:13:43.515-07:00@12:29....EXACTLY! !@12:29....EXACTLY! !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-90648309539247186372015-06-04T14:20:29.360-07:002015-06-04T14:20:29.360-07:00The presentation for $100,000 professional develop...The presentation for $100,000 professional development phase 2 with a 3rd planned for how much showed you're to vote yes ask no questions. If it was so successful why didn't huff or landis speak up? No facts or examples to prove its worth. Not for everyone but only 60 people from 600? They left the presenter to spin with no wind to back it up. The vote wasn't against, just against anAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-56492109388979867092015-06-04T13:42:14.622-07:002015-06-04T13:42:14.622-07:00Oh get real. They aren't holding the district ...Oh get real. They aren't holding the district hostage, they are dealing with debris removal. They didn't create this. The resignations will be accepted. New members will be installed. Trust this, the boards hostage days are over. Why does everyone assume the "3" want control? They want a vote. The 3 know that everything should not go one way. That's why they ran and were Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-72230230758634802962015-06-04T13:38:42.560-07:002015-06-04T13:38:42.560-07:0012:07 If you have noticed, it is ONE member attemp...12:07 If you have noticed, it is ONE member attempting to hold the other three Board members hostage. When is Lynda Banwart going to come down to the reality that her desire to have other than the elected Board members make decisions for the schools and thereby the children of Joplin is not in the best interests of the community? And, another thing, why did she take her contact information off Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-25894891344827422692015-06-04T13:13:24.309-07:002015-06-04T13:13:24.309-07:006:23: I agree with you EXCEPT for Jason Cravens. ...6:23: I agree with you EXCEPT for Jason Cravens. He is an excellent professional and cares about the kids and the district. I guarantee you he regrets leaving the High School to go to Administration. Losing him would NOT be a win for the district.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-18472977541723952532015-06-04T12:29:25.195-07:002015-06-04T12:29:25.195-07:00Really? We let one hold it hostage for seven years...Really? We let one hold it hostage for seven years!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-43468086113367765362015-06-04T12:07:00.363-07:002015-06-04T12:07:00.363-07:00What a bitter group of people. Someone doesn't...What a bitter group of people. Someone doesn't get hired, they call out someone by name on this blog. People resign the board, others try to skirt the rules by not accepting their resignations. The situation is getting so bad that one has to wonder when the state will step in. Trust me, no one is going to let three people hold an entire district hostage for very much longer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-57161050911662395192015-06-04T10:16:58.928-07:002015-06-04T10:16:58.928-07:00Advised by rouse? Open his position to others. Bei...Advised by rouse? Open his position to others. Being handed the job by the "retired" side to go along, iis not worth $26,000 a year. Advice that commissioners would need to choose way informed without prior knowledge. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-7029397655293923182015-06-04T09:41:08.624-07:002015-06-04T09:41:08.624-07:00I'd say that was a banwart, landis, steele, hu...I'd say that was a banwart, landis, steele, huff, legal advise scheme. Stae audit reports these folks didn't see fit to obey sunshine laws....read it and weep globe, anson, etc. It's how they have been doing business . Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-55821944563977069452015-06-04T09:26:51.479-07:002015-06-04T09:26:51.479-07:00Why were routine resignations handled in closed se...Why were routine resignations handled in closed session? The Open Meetings Act allows for bodies to handle hiring, firing, promotion and disciplinary action, NOT, repeat NOT, "personnel." What part of hiring, firing, etc., is accepting a resignation. Since slavery was outlawed more than a century ago, the board doesn't need to act, and most assuredly not in closed session. the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-6267806138925356562015-06-04T06:55:33.171-07:002015-06-04T06:55:33.171-07:00I don't know these folks, but dealt with crave...I don't know these folks, but dealt with cravens before huff. At that time he was more than fair. How much is true character or desperation to save their jobs? The same was seen with rohr at the city level. Time will tell.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-69650090533152546172015-06-04T06:23:52.195-07:002015-06-04T06:23:52.195-07:00House cleaning. Tina Smith, Mike Johnson, Jason C...House cleaning. Tina Smith, Mike Johnson, Jason Cravens, Jennufer Dozier and all the Huff following principals. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-89868180239281204962015-06-04T04:18:42.305-07:002015-06-04T04:18:42.305-07:00Tina Smith has known she was in over her head from...Tina Smith has known she was in over her head from the beginning. Fortunately, R8 does not require acumen or even rudimentary skill for top echelon positions. CJ knew he was bottom drawer and therefore surrounded himself with morons like Smith and Johnson. People who not only have no clue as to what they are doing, but as an added bonus, express their fear of being discovered by truculent Disgruntled Xnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-88037817171377474382015-06-03T19:55:08.066-07:002015-06-03T19:55:08.066-07:00I worked for the district for 14 years, then moved...I worked for the district for 14 years, then moved to KC for six. When I returned last spring, I reapplied to the district but no principal ever saw my application. Tina made sure of that. My guess is that I am too expensive to hire. My experience and Golden Apple win means nothing to a district that only wants teachers straight out of college. <br /><br />Why does Joplin want ACT scores? No Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-38115234329628882952015-06-03T19:45:00.235-07:002015-06-03T19:45:00.235-07:00I subbed three days at McKinley Elementary with Ki...I subbed three days at McKinley Elementary with Kindergarteners last school year toward the end of the school year. If you can live with oversized classrooms and five year olds shouting multisyllabic curse words at you, good luck. Not surprised that position is vacant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-62137591276498372762015-06-03T18:53:53.110-07:002015-06-03T18:53:53.110-07:00Jacoby Martin will be teaching 1st grade at Galena...Jacoby Martin will be teaching 1st grade at Galena Kansas not Riverton, his Aunt is a teacher there and his Uncle is the high school principal. Dusty Roadshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02352206097794510507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-23565532154537889692015-06-03T18:18:35.073-07:002015-06-03T18:18:35.073-07:00What no Brandy Landis? What no Brandy Landis? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-18040416683333548132015-06-03T17:20:26.925-07:002015-06-03T17:20:26.925-07:00Thanks, R8, for once again filling our children...Thanks, R8, for once again filling our children's schools with more new faces... It's always a circus with these people. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-75548918939491469162015-06-03T17:19:15.058-07:002015-06-03T17:19:15.058-07:00If Lynda Banwart and her accomplice at the commiss...If Lynda Banwart and her accomplice at the commissioners office have their way, we will all have to leave. There are more than this who have left. It goes on and on. Maybe they think the flight isn't as noticeable if they spread out the resignations that way. In the mean time, the best candidates have joined our departing teachers in other districts where the pay is much better and the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com