Posted on July 29th, 2017 by
Thomas E Kennedy
New Best & Brightest promotes teachers to be hired based on youth SAT/ACT grades The Best & Brightest Teacher Bonus program has been controversial from the moment it was rolled out. Proponents claim the program is to help attract and retain highly qualified teachers in Florida. To qualify for the bonus a teacher must have […]
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Posted on July 26th, 2017 by
Thomas E Kennedy
VAM Alternative option presented to CCSB Kennedy: it is a more common-sense solution to a senseless law On Tuesday, July 25, 2017 during our Special School Board Meeting, Director of Research and Accountability, Amy Crowell presented an alternative option to the State of Florida’s Value added Model (VAM) for the teachers’ evaluation process in Citrus […]
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Posted on July 21st, 2017 by
Thomas E Kennedy
Teacher: Public Schools Matter I encourage you to read this excellent editorial by Citrus County teacher Donald Whitaker that runs in Saturday’s Citrus Chronicle. Except from the editorial: “Teachers strive to be the shining light down the future’s uncertain path, yet we cannot do this alone. We need parents to support us and our discipline […]
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Posted on July 18th, 2017 by
Thomas E Kennedy
Back to school TAX FREE August 4th-6th, start planning your purchases now! Florida’s annual back-to-school sales tax holiday will be August 4th-6th, 2017. The Sun Sentinel reports that Floridians will save an estimated $33.4 million in taxes during the three-day shopping extravaganza.
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Posted on July 16th, 2017 by
Thomas E Kennedy
LifeSouth: ‘emergency’ need for donations LifeSouth Community Blood Centers is facing an emergency need for all blood types and encourages the community to donate. Summer is historically a slow time for blood donations due to travel and school breaks, while the need to help patients in local hospitals remains constant. This summer continues to be […]
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Posted on July 13th, 2017 by
Thomas E Kennedy
Find – M’ Friends hope train at CRHS Visiting our schools in the summer you always see and learn neat things. Today I saw two. One was a set of shoes pull-overs with scrubbers on the bottom the staff use when wax-stripping floors. I spent many a summer stripping and waxing floors as a teen […]
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