(Two New BOSC Sheriffs In Town)

Both men I have crossed paths with, in my opinion are interesting selections they will work well as a team for shaping better school board policy and governance as executive school board commissioner leaders. One of the two I hope will promote more weight on transparency and descriptions of the board members sub-committee functions i.e. ID names posted on the BCPSS web site for BOSC sub-committee chair, vice chair and the board members leaders of the committee group system revealed. We the public need to see from the BOSC for the publics sake, and the school community to receive and even greater Open Access governance forum being held citywide for having a better awareness public process.

I hope to see the disappearance perception once and for all of the iron curtain BOSC disconnect and general publics fear disappearance of not being a approachable board from beyond the central executive office on the fourth floor and/or also beyond the first floor general public school board room meeting area.

With these two new BOSC executive team we should begin to see a increased demand for a better functioning quality school system operations and school system operations department staff for a better operations support system and for creating better students academic resources and increased academic achievement outcomes from a results-driven school system. More quality school system operations services deliverables coming out and from the school system departments services level.

I see both of these two BOSC executive team leaders providing on demand hands-on oversight deliverables, show cause on demand, from the now school system operations leader AAA and his executive cabinet. Let's see what happens.

If they don't begin to do more questioning of aaa instead of being a rubber stamp, it won't matter. It is amazing that aaa talk about parent involvement and then discounts the parental input at the board mtg.

(Inside ED post @Emjay)

You are again Echoing the repeated very loudest public Echo of them all finally becoming more obvious to parents, public, and school community members. Becoming more aware that what is being demonstrated by AAA actions but cloaked by his conflicting community and public AAA spoken words.

AAA talks and speaks in the public face of and about parent involvement, increased parent input and then his behaviors greatly marginalizes, discounts, and under-values the intelligent, responsible, and independent thinking parental participation and critical input not only at the board meetings, but the CEO's intent is to dummy down parents and even spreaded more by his parents counter- intelligence directives tactics lead and carried out by Mike & Mike in the Office of Partnership, Communications & Community Engagement. All folks with children in this district public school system better wake up fast!!!!!!

Intelligent common sense parents who are independent thinkers are his greatest fear because they will less likely not be YES people.

Can you be more specific about how AAA discounts efforts by parents to be more engaged? I've only just begun to notice how communication from parents has to transmit through the school's principal so if the concern is about the principal then there is no response from AAA. He puts so much responsibility in the hands of principals which is only effective if he/she is an effective leader. We have a dud who can talk and say what people want to hear so growth at the school is severely impaired.

(Post reply @ CCP)

CCP your quote, "I've only just begun to notice how communication from parents has to transmit through the school's principal so if the concern is about the principal then there is no response from AAA."

First, you are way too far behind this SY 2008-2009 in the parent information access learning curve. We are now in the fourth SY quarter and by now you should have been much further along in being linked to a in-school parent organization group, I for a fact know that City College has one of the largest PTA secondary school group membership units in our public school district, to address your query before that PTA unit in a meeting setting is the correct venue for you not here @ InsideEd.

Here is the major concern we have to ask you. Are you a PTA parent member? Have you attended any of the scheduled PTA unit meetings in SY 2008-2009? I know for a fact the City College PTA unit president is doing the job for the interested and engaged parents at City! What are you doing for joining in the parent membership, participation to help your self and other parents and the PTA at City change to over come and take the responsibility out the hands of the principal and put it into your hands in how to forward your communication?? Use the school systems Command Center contact as a resource to forward your K-12 major district school system parent concerns and complaints.

Can you be specific in your response in telling us how the school's principal takes away your leadership ability to act alone and/or do for self and for the benefit of other school parents?

I know I am jumping in late but wasn't this suppose to be about the new Chair and Vice Chair? And has anyone seen the posting for nominations for replacement Board members. Shouldn't that be out already?