I had not planned to blog today, or even the remainder of this week....Unless some dramatic occurred..
I have heard from more people in the Buna Public Schools than in a while.
Most are concerned about the scores that the schools and the school district received. And while many, or the people in the community themselves are not throwing a fit on social media concerning the "D" that the Buna ISD received from the State of Texas, I am hearing from them.
More than I expected.
As one wrote me and said...." How, seriously, how did Vidor get a "B" and Buna get a "D" from Texas?"
Another one wrote me and said, " I know people wrote you about moving their kids to other schools, I really wonder if my husband and me should start looking? Who?"
( I really no longer know?)
And the parents in the Buna Community are more upset than you know.
I often catch more flak that actual people still working for the school. People just vent, and I let them. Often they have kids in the schools and they are afraid that some teacher, some administrator will take it out on their kids.
One more wrote, " Buna is like Beaumont and Port Arthur ISD on the state points? Did I read that right?"
And then, I received this..." Kery( Mispelled my name, I am Irish, two "Rs" ) stay after them on 62, my property taxes are G*d Damn high and this is the shit they try and pull ?"
( I've edited the messages)
Let me remind everyone who works for the Buna ISD, heck, any government entity. You work for the taxpayer. Yes, they don't own you, but they pay your salary. And sometimes, those of us around the schoolhouses, administration buildings forget that.
And I know teachers, you feel like you have been set up to fail. I know this, and I know if I was having to deal with the new testing system, I would be feeling the same way. And don't get me started on the money from and to testing companies and the Texas Legislature.
- Last night, at the board meeting there was considerable concern and questions asked of the Supt. of Schools concerning the number of teacher that the Buna ISD has without certification.
I've been asking that question for a while now.
Generally, not always, when a person get a degree in what traditionally is an area that is a teaching area, when the person graduates from university, they have already done their student teaching and when they walk across the stage at the college, the state is in the process of issuing them a teaching certificate. Or it was in the past.
More and more, it seems like someone is getting an English or a history or another core academic degree and looking around to see if they can do something other than teaching. It's only when they go into teaching, later they get a certificate.
Don't get me wrong, many of these get a certificate later turn into good teacher. And even graduating with a certificate, many people leave the business within 5 years. Colleges just do not do a good job of preparing people to teach. And most of you reading this, do not understand what the job really is like. And as I have said, I could not do it in 2025. ( I promised Mr. Thomas Vaughn I'd tell teaching stories one day in a blog, so those are coming, some of you won't believe some of these stories coming, many happened when I was teaching in Magnolia and Dayton.)
And I wonder what is going on? I have heard from people with certificates in academic fields in which people without certificates were hired over them.
Contrary to general thought, I really, really want the Buna ISD to do well. You have remember where I retired from. I have a personal interest in the district doing well.
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