So I had to force that last bit into “S”s a bit so I could complete the consonance trifecta but it was totally worth it. On Monday, September 18 at 7 p.m., School Committee meets in person at Case House. You are invited to watch the proceedings either in person or online (online has no access to public comment) while
Read moreAnd here we are, Weston, on the cusp of skipping the “rising” part of our descriptors (having a “rising” x-grader) and accepting that another summer of joy with our owlets is coming to a close. Sniff! Oh wait, we’ve still got two weeks of summer left AND a trip to Maine in there–we are not Texas which started last week.
Read more. On Thursday, July 13 at 6:30 pm, you can catch our hard-working School Committee in action. You can choose to attend in person (recommended if you would like a chance to comment) or online. Here, in no particular order except agenda order, are the items of note to the Owl: Now, I have recently had commentary that my factual
Read more. Tonight, Monday June 5, at 6:30 pm is the second-to-last School Committee meeting of the 2022-2023 School Year. It is super hard to believe, no? Well, it is easier to believe around the Owl burrow because there are two “rising juniors” as they like to now be called who have major senioritis during exam week. Yes, I know, no
Read more. Weston’s School Committee is made up of five volunteer members who serve three-year terms and are tasked with overseeing the annual school budget, developing school system policies, hiring and reviewing the performance of the School Superintendent and advocating for the school system with residents and Town Government. As we all know, this year has been more complicated than most
Read moreAs noted in the Owl on April 3, the School Committee Interim Superintendent Search Committee (SCISSC and pronounced “Sisk” except not really, and it was dissolved) named three interim school superintendent finalists. And has sent out some very detailed information about interview dates and times (today, by the way) and public forums and decision dates, etc. The date of selection
Read more. On Monday, April 3, at 6:30 pm School Committee has a regular meeting in person (high school auditorium) and on zoom, what is now popularly called a hybrid meeting. Isn’t it amazing how our vocabularies have changed in the last three years? I still cannot use the word “cohort” without inwardly cringing. It’s an extremely full agenda as per
Read more. So I’m not sure anyone has noticed but we have a lot of high emotions in town right now about interim superintendents, standards-based grading, and teacher contracts. And while we all know that Weston is unique, we are not alone. Our neighbor to the south, home to the best college on this planet, is facing some similar stuff (minus
Read more. Weston School Committee and the Weston Education Association teachers union, along with an appropriate number of legal advisors where “appropriate” is not going to be defined by me, begin a new journey this week on March 22 and March 23. Yes, it’s time for a state-assigned mediator to take a crack at healing our wounds. School Committee declared an
Read more. Today while perusing some gorgeous orchids at the Chicago Botanic Garden (the Owl is visiting the Grand Owl), the bat phone (the strigine phone?) started pinging like crazy. A glance showed a number of messages with rumors of who had applied for the role of Interim Superintendent. Full disclosure: Not me. Other full disclosure: it is not the Owl’s
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