This week I filled out the payroll for the new school for the first time. This is a traditional monthly process in a school and involves going over each employee’s time card and submitting it to the payroll office at the GEC. It’s not a terribly difficult process, but it can take a bit of time. When it was brought to me this month, I had to smile in a pitiful sort of way to see my name only on the payroll. It was sure a speedy payroll to ...
What a Difference a Week Makes
Although the new STEM school is still not much more than a construction site and a lovely cubicle in the district office, many pieces are beginning to come together. This week, the posting went up for the teaching positions for the new school. Great teacher candidates have the next two weeks to apply for the openings. We’ll begin interviewing those candidates not long after the Winter Recess. The early open-enrollment window began on ...
The Beginning of the STEM Journey
Well, the exciting new Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math school began for me today as a cubicle in the district office. It’s hard to imagine all that will happen in the next 273 days before the school opens. What was most exciting in day 1 of this journey was getting a copy of the artist’s rendition of our new STEM school. Somehow, it feels infinitely more real. Now, we have nothing left to do but get every student, teacher, ...
