A retired principal and educator has become the first person to officially apply for Beverley Clark's vacant District 6 school board seat.
Carolyn Bond Morrison submitted an application today that stressed her 45 years in education, including 34 years in the Wake school system. She was most recently director of Peace College's education division before she retired.
Morrison listed several things she'd want to support in order to promote high-achieving schools, including:
* Principals are visible throughout the day at carpool, bus lines, the cafeteria, classrooms, and media centers.
* Principals and teachers consistently respond to parent requests within 24 hours.
* All students and school personnel observe 20 minutes each day to drop everything and read books or magazines of their choice.
Applicants have until noon Aug. 27 to submit their paperwork for Clark's seat. Board members will interview applicants Sept. 8 and could fill the seat that day.
The new board member would serve out the rest of Clark's term, which expires November 2011.
Click here to read Morrison's application.
(Another person applied this week for Clark's seat but was missing a lot of paperwork so it's not officially in yet. I don't have that person's name right now.)
Comments
The bullet points she chose
Thu, 08/20/2009 - 09:07 — woodstockThe bullet points she chose to mention are extremely weak and do not address any of the current and critical education issues facing Wake County...sounds like a she's a shoo-in for the position.
Take another look
Mon, 08/24/2009 - 12:35 — PSDsmith1) Dr. Morrison chose to mention more than a dozen --- the N and O perhaps listed those?. Read her application for the complete list.
2) Dr. Morrison IS in classrooms constantly and in schools regularly supervising young teachers and aspiring administrators. She gets involved beyond the required or expected and would be a great asset to the WCPSS.
3) Dr. Morrison is passionate about education and is a leader of proven ability. She will work tirelessly for the children of WCPSS.
Feasible?
Wed, 08/19/2009 - 23:20 — ExplorisMSParentI like her first two points about increasing principals' visibility in the schools and accessibility to parents. However, I suspect that if they spent all that time out of their chairs or chatting it up with parents, none of their other responsibilities would get done.
I've never had a problem getting responses from teachers within 24 hours. What are others' experiences?
With no offense intended to Dr. Morrison, I have to agree with nctropics; it seems that her bullet points are rather ethereal and lack substance. The fact that she hasn't stepped foot inside a school since leaving Briarcliff in 1997 (unless I'm missing something) makes me uneasy. She's out of touch with the challenges of educating elementary, middle, and high school students in Wake County.
Carolyn
Wed, 08/19/2009 - 21:50 — nctropicsJust say no to Carolyn Morrison.....education has progressed beyond her goals!