tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post9051800971876111989..comments2024-03-29T08:05:28.428-07:00Comments on The Turner Report: Anonymous comment: Morale was low before Huff arrived; Tina Smith working to improve itRandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05760019501046060231noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-80673996834132374902014-05-31T19:27:42.587-07:002014-05-31T19:27:42.587-07:00I think that the anonymous administrator has some ...I think that the anonymous administrator has some things confused. If this is a genuine attempt to explain things, then some real honesty needs to be happening. HUFF is the one who wants headlines, not Turner.<br /><br />Read 180/System 44 is an intervention. A VERY expensive intervention. Is this where all the money that should be going for Title 1 teachers going?<br /><br />Your Reading Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-82420021709024830672014-05-31T15:38:06.730-07:002014-05-31T15:38:06.730-07:00I do not trust that the survey is anonymous, and I...I do not trust that the survey is anonymous, and I am sure that most of the teachers choosing not submit it feel the same way. The results will not be accurate, because only those with positive or neutral comments will be completing them. Perhaps Mr. Turner can post an open forum for teachers and building staff to discuss how they truly feel about the district and the ways in which it could be Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-37957350999585919622014-05-30T20:53:52.761-07:002014-05-30T20:53:52.761-07:00The last time that I took a survey for the Joplin ...The last time that I took a survey for the Joplin School District, then TLC Sarah "I've got a beard" Stevens, took the results to a meeting, told the other teachers in the meeting that the survey was "too negative" and THREW THEM AWAY. They were "anonymous" surveys wanting to know the "happiness" of the building. The other teachers in the meeting wereAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-29547240900375343622014-05-30T11:36:15.587-07:002014-05-30T11:36:15.587-07:00Reading the anonymous administration insider comme...Reading the anonymous administration insider comments about how Turner just doesn't get it and so on, now I have a question.<br /><br />Does Billy Long have any smarter cousins? Because these arguments seem like just the kind of arguments Billy Long would make about Benghazi and Obamacare if he were able to. Which he isn't. His smarter cousin might be a different thing. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-56453413896326648432014-05-30T02:15:30.287-07:002014-05-30T02:15:30.287-07:00The HR survey is a joke. Staff members have absolu...The HR survey is a joke. Staff members have absolutely no trust in you and rightly so. They do not trust the anonymity of the survey regardless of who is administering it. The results will not be valid. Many people in the community do not trust administration either. There is absolutely zero transparency. Most issues are not exposed to the public, let alone addressed. Information presented to theAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-21057904545696384952014-05-30T02:13:08.919-07:002014-05-30T02:13:08.919-07:00The HR survey is a joke. Staff members have absolu...The HR survey is a joke. Staff members have absolutely no trust in you and rightly so. They do not trust the anonymity of the survey regardless of who is administering it. The results will not be valid. Many people in the community do not trust administration either. There is absolutely zero transparency. Most issues are not exposed to the public, let alone addressed. Information presented to theAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-89676802149277145822014-05-29T22:23:14.883-07:002014-05-29T22:23:14.883-07:00Also, you administrators need to acknowledge that ...Also, you administrators need to acknowledge that Turner isn't exactly raking in the big bucks over here. Man is basically supplementing a pension or something. This isn't TMZ. Gets a few donations here and there for a blog which is basically free, sells a few books here and there (which he also frequently offers discounted). You guys are the big fish in this pond. The other comment&Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-8319008075392781162014-05-29T22:20:04.257-07:002014-05-29T22:20:04.257-07:00A little off topic, but I find it interesting that...A little off topic, but I find it interesting that administration worked so hard to get rid of Randy, using inuendo and insinuation about sexual issues, and since he's been gone from the district, one person has been arrested and recently sentence, I believe, for pornography involving students. Another was arrested yesterday. Maybe the district should put more effort into policing the real Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-66775738667251278222014-05-29T21:59:39.643-07:002014-05-29T21:59:39.643-07:00I have never been more pleased to admit that I was...I have never been more pleased to admit that I was wrong. When Mr. Turner was fired, I expected that was the end of the ballgame. Nr, Turner not only had CJ Huff and his business partners lined up against him, but he also was fighting the Joplin Globe. Now that I have read this pitiful attempt to salvage CJ Huff's job, I realize that this game is over. David has beaten Goliath. When the tide Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-4528470697781698892014-05-29T21:47:30.198-07:002014-05-29T21:47:30.198-07:00As one of the earlier commenters that she is respo...As one of the earlier commenters that she is responding to, I actually think this is a better response - at least a step in the right direction. I think there are nuanced points here that should be expanded on - perhaps in blogs of your own - and that over time the tone of anger is lessening and becoming more productive and informative. This is the kind of dialogue that should be happening. I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-43916505061666524552014-05-29T20:49:11.502-07:002014-05-29T20:49:11.502-07:00Excellent comments about a tough situation. If onl...Excellent comments about a tough situation. If only more people, especially Turner, could have a better understanding that the problems are more complex than just "Huff's a bad guy because he fired me".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-13640088777436051162014-05-29T20:29:05.245-07:002014-05-29T20:29:05.245-07:00The only direction the poor ship r8 is turning is...The only direction the poor ship r8 is turning is straight down to the bottom. Way to go, Cap'n Huff! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-18664224939338348522014-05-29T20:27:21.532-07:002014-05-29T20:27:21.532-07:00You're right. Morale has been down for YEARS. ...You're right. Morale has been down for YEARS. About SIX OR SEVEN years. Before that we were successful and were earning competitive wages and had what we needed to work with. Please don't tell us in your condescending fashion that we really don't know how we feel or what is really happening around us. Go back in your hole in the admin building and accept that this district is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-74520628188146489022014-05-29T20:25:57.141-07:002014-05-29T20:25:57.141-07:00The first half of this post did not make it's ...The first half of this post did not make it's way onto this blog post it seems. It said:<br /><br />Perhaps Dr. Huff doesn't address Mr. Turner because it is widely known that Mr. Turner isn't interested in the truth. Rather, he is interested in a headline that results in a paycheck for him. I can't speak for Dr. Huff, but that would be my guess.<br /><br />But to address your Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-90646138877160439582014-05-29T20:23:56.465-07:002014-05-29T20:23:56.465-07:00It seems a strange coincidence that the district u...It seems a strange coincidence that the district used Patron Insight to create their survey in order to know how employees feel, and they did so in the same week that they hired a certain finance company to manage their borrowing process since they burned through all of the moeny already. It was those same two companies, survey and finance, that put together the bond issue after "listening&Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com