Perturbed by Change
At the Huntsville City School board meeting this past Thursday, August 4, Dr. Wardynski offered a report on special education and the system’s ability to meet the requirements of the children’s IEPs...
View ArticleA Call To Action: Resource Room/Classroom Overcrowding
So how many kids are in your child’s resource room? For anyone who doesn’t have a special needs child, the resource room is the primary classroom for children whose disabilities require additional...
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How Many Aides Does It Take To Educate A Superintendent?
Ah one. Ah two. Ah three. Please continue to ask questions of your schools about the staffing of your kids’ classrooms (and if you can, share the information you get with us here). When you ask about...
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Superintendent Continues to Hire Aides for Himself
It seems that I underestimated the superintendent’s need for aides. On a day when the system still needs to fill 15% of their teaching positions. On a day when classrooms are still overcrowded. On a...
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How Do You Justify Aides for Administration?
Editor’s Note: These were the comments that I made to the Huntsville City School’s Board of Education at the board meeting tonight. Dr. Wardynski’s response to my comments was, “I did not state that we...
View Article“Nationally Competitive” or “State Competitive” Salaries
Thursday night, I made some comments to the Huntsville City School Board of Education and Dr. Wardynski asking about the number of aides that Dr. Wardynski has as compared to the aides that my son has....
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Central Office Cuts? HA! Try Expansion
Almost exactly four months ago, I asked a simple question, “Where are the Central Office Cuts?” This really wasn’t a difficult question, but it’s one that remains unanswered. Even though Alta Morrison...
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“A Statement of Priorities” The Wardynski Budget
On Thursday, September 1, Dr. Casey Wardynski and the board held the first of two Budget Hearings for the Huntsville City Schools proposed 2012 budget. (The second and final one will be tonight at...
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Balancing the Budget on the Backs of Kids
Last night, by an unanimous vote, the board approved the 2012 budget. The budget had to be presented to the state by September 15th, so they moved the called board meeting to after the budget hearing,...
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Out of Touch With Reality
So the system has another new senior staff person on board. Dr. Barbara J. Cooper will be starting in October as the new Deputy Superintendent. She’s working out her notice in Aurora, Colorado and...
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Special Education Responsible for 61% of Cuts
As a part of the budget hearings two weeks ago, Dr. Wardynski and Mr. Spinelli told the public that they should email their questions about the system’s budget to Mr. Spinelli. In order to understand...
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School Board Meeting Thursday at 8:30 AM
There will be a special called Huntsville City Schools school board meeting tomorrow (Thursday, September 29, 2011) at 8:30am to discuss the purchasing of Planware – Student Locator, School Boundary...
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New Standard for Evaluation in HCS: We’re Not Being Sued
On Thursday, I had the opportunity to speak with my board member, Dr. Jennesse Robinson, concerning the data that I had shared with her and the board a week before that shows that the system has cut...
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Special Education Presentation at the Board Meeting Tonight
Just shy of two months ago, I posted my findings concerning the reductions in the Huntsville City Schools budget for Special Education. Using numbers provided to me by Mr. Frank Spinelli, CSFO, and...
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Repeating Patterns and Special Education
On Thursday, November 17th, Mr. Aaron King offered an updated report on Special Education to the report that he and Dr. Wardynski presented back in August. While you may not have a child who is...
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More Changes From Wardynski: A Tale of Two Kids
One of the first things that a parent with an autistic child learns to do is minimize change in the daily routine. Your child on the spectrum teaches you this immediately. For example, just as other...
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The Rule of Gold Shouldn’t Outweigh the Golden Rule
Life is an amazing gift. Being up before the sun, looking at the night as it fades away helps to put this into perspective (although, honestly, I’m not a morning person.) The beginning of each new day...
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Why Should You Care About Special Education Funding?
Yesterday I argued that Dr. Wardynski was hoping to divide the city of Huntsville over the issue of Special Education funding. He seems to be hoping that he could silence me and others of his critics...
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Ignoring the Public
I have been asking the same question since September 24th: Why have you cut Special Education by seven million dollars? My question is being ignored. Let’s recap: I started by asking Dr. Robinson...
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Finally a Response of a Sort
At the board meeting on Thursday (December 15th), I stood, again, to ask for an explanation of why the special education funding has been cut by seven million dollars. Here are my comments: I am here...
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