Daily Archives: 09/28/2011

(Community Matters) This evening’s sunset signals the Jewish New Year and Rosh Hashanah

L’shana tova tikatevu

(Community Matters) from Playbook

CNN/OCR: “How much of the time do you think you can trust the government in Washington to do what is right — just about always, most of the time, or only some of the time?” “Just about always” clocks in at 2% — statistically unchanged from Dec. ’08. The shift came in the next two categories, with a 10% point swing from “Most of the time” (now 13%) to “Only some of the time” (77%). “Never” is statistically static at 8%.

(Community Matters) AISD has a long history of opting for secrecy over disclosure. I fear this has become SOP. It predates our current superintendent. I get the periodic need for this or the consistent need as relates to individual personnel matters & complex financial negotiations; however, there appears to have been nothing served by yesterday’s withholding. The costs appear to far outweigh any illusionary benefits unless “showing them” has become some perverse win.

Admittedly, there could have been behind the scenes play of which we aren’t aware. Perhaps there was still disagreement among staff or the board about how far to go at Monday’s meeting. If so, this should leak. The benefits of explaining outweigh the costs.

(Community Matters) Very difficult to understand this in the middle of the US standing up for Israel in the UN Palestinian state dispute.