The following, copied email, was sent on Monday, November 4, 2013:
Socastee Family, Dr. Elsberry, Members of the Horry County Board of Education, and Selected Media,
The consortium, of which Horry County Schools is a member, was named a finalist in the Race to the Top - District competition for a federal grant in late November 2012 (last year) but was not successful in getting it.
The consortium's latest attempt, a second round, was initiated in August 2013. Applications were due October 3, and winners are to be announced in December 2013.
The 2012 Executive Summary document required evidence concerning stakeholder engagement and a minimum level of 70% support from teachers in districts without collective bargaining, the same requirements as the 2013 Executive Summary document. See http://www2.ed.gov/programs/
Since Horry County Schools did not have any meaningful stakeholder input in 2012, and it did not even attempt to get teacher support of a 70% quantifiable nature, no vote, whether by open or secret ballot, I am wondering how it presented this "evidence" in last year's application.
I am also wondering how it could have even been considered a finalist, not having done any of this in the first round of the competition.
I suppose I need to see last year's application. Should I make this another Freedom of Information Act request? I would not want to be bothersome to the district. However, I, like Anderson Cooper, want simple answers to simple questions. The one thing he and I have in common is we want the truth.
The following article from the Huffington Post in November 2012, written by the seven district superintendents in our consortium who are members of the Digital Promise League of Innovative Schools, highlights our consortium and its being named a finalist. Especially note paragraph 4. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/
Does anyone have any advice on what I should do to get the answers that I deserve as a professional educator, one who our district claims was meaningfully involved in this latest round? I do not know what it claimed about me in the 2012 application, and I am just a little bit curious.
Professionally,
Bobby
Socastee Family, Dr. Elsberry, Members of the Horry County Board of Education, and Selected Media,
The consortium, of which Horry County Schools is a member, was named a finalist in the Race to the Top - District competition for a federal grant in late November 2012 (last year) but was not successful in getting it.
The consortium's latest attempt, a second round, was initiated in August 2013. Applications were due October 3, and winners are to be announced in December 2013.
The 2012 Executive Summary document required evidence concerning stakeholder engagement and a minimum level of 70% support from teachers in districts without collective bargaining, the same requirements as the 2013 Executive Summary document. See http://www2.ed.gov/programs/
Since Horry County Schools did not have any meaningful stakeholder input in 2012, and it did not even attempt to get teacher support of a 70% quantifiable nature, no vote, whether by open or secret ballot, I am wondering how it presented this "evidence" in last year's application.
I am also wondering how it could have even been considered a finalist, not having done any of this in the first round of the competition.
I suppose I need to see last year's application. Should I make this another Freedom of Information Act request? I would not want to be bothersome to the district. However, I, like Anderson Cooper, want simple answers to simple questions. The one thing he and I have in common is we want the truth.
The following article from the Huffington Post in November 2012, written by the seven district superintendents in our consortium who are members of the Digital Promise League of Innovative Schools, highlights our consortium and its being named a finalist. Especially note paragraph 4. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/
Does anyone have any advice on what I should do to get the answers that I deserve as a professional educator, one who our district claims was meaningfully involved in this latest round? I do not know what it claimed about me in the 2012 application, and I am just a little bit curious.
Professionally,
Bobby
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