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STANDARDS REVISIONS
Greetings from Fuddle River Schools. The board met this week to consider a number of important issues.
The first issue concerns the district's continuing standards project. The board began the process when they approved "World Class Standards for Fuddle River Learners." The original standards were evaluated and revised, and last fall the board approved "Second Class Standards for Fuddle River Learners." After a final round of evaluation and revision, the board formally approved the third set of standards, "Third World Standards for Fuddle River Learners."
The board firmly believes that this latest version of the standards is the best and the board has ordered district officials to move forward in implementation of the standards. The new district letterhead and newsletters will prominently feature the title "Third World Standards for Fuddle River Learners," and new district office and school building signs have been ordered.
On another issue, the board voted to move forward on the new peer coaching program for professional development. The board approved the workshop on coaching featuring Bobby Knight. Peer coaches will learn how to draw a technical foul and when to throw chairs.
The board also formally approved a new program to encourage teachers to raise their classroom standards for appropriate and respectful behavior. A pilot group of teachers has successfully upped their standards and in order to encourage their colleagues to do the same, each teacher from the pilot program will wear a button that says "Up Yours."
The final issue the board discussed had to do with the possibility of leasing out detention space to other districts. This practice of leasing punishment space has become very popular with correctional institutions and has resulted in substantial profits for counties, states, and for-profit prisons. Board member Fred Furnley agreed to the need for further discussion. But he reminded the board that, in order to head off the entry of for-profit detention rooms, Fuddle River Schools will need to move quickly on this issue.
And that's it this week from Fuddle River Schools.
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