Buna ISD and Excuses....

 " Excuses are like assholes.....Everyone has one....And they all stink......"

I am going to digress before I talk about Buna Schools, briefly. 

Thank you to the person who sent me a cover from the band, My Morning Jacket covering Lou Reed's, Velvet Underground's " Oh Sweet Nuthin'"  Plus Gov't Mule and Grace Potter covering " Gold Dust Woman."  I don't know how they knew I was a big fan of guitarist/singer Warren Haynes?

But, this is not what the blog is about.....

So, apparently, at the Buna ISD's School Board meeting last evening the building principals were allowed to address the recent scores from the State of Texas. 

Bad scores, let me remind you. 

And excuses were made. 

It seems they used the same " Shop-Worn" excuse " The scores don't define us."

Then, they used COVID as an excuse.....Hell, that was 5 years ago, you should have "righted the ship" by now.  Other districts have.....

Bullshit......Hell, I'm calling double Bullshit, tell someone outside of Buna ISD looking at the district. They're literally looking at the district going, " They ain't learning shit there are they?"  They again look at Buna's scores and then look at Port Arthur ISD's, Beaumont ISD's, West Orange-Cove ISD's and Buna is like them......Perhaps even worse in a rural setting. 

Scores are how people look at a district. Yeah, the system sucks, but it's what we got. Sometimes, even if we don't like it, we got to work within said system.  You keep poor scores, guess what, the State of Texas comes in and takes over. 

Then, some were saying that this was " Only a hiccup."  

And looking at the scores going down over the last 3 years,  That don't look like no damn hiccup to me. Three years is a trend. And I know the politicians have to say this, God-forbid they say, the feckin' truth.... 

And with continual poor scores, don't tell me the Texas Education Agency doesn't have Buna Schools in their sights.  I'm telling you, it is starting to get close to the TEA coming in and taking over the district....

There is also seems to be a problem with classroom management.....That's a fancy-ass term for controlling the kids in your class. 

A concept, literally foreign to me. 

And I know kids are "different" in 2025. But I'd figure out a way that I am in charge. They may think I'm a demon from Hell, but we are going to be in control. 

I am wondering how much this is due to teacher hiring practices of the school district?  How many non-certified people are teaching in the district?

You can't control the kids, you cannot teach.  

Literally, that is Rule #1 of teaching school.  

Seriously, and I know after reading some of the pieces I write you may think to the contrary,  but, I really seriously want to see the Buna ISD do well. Sometimes when I see what is going on I wonder if I worked there like a damn dog for "nuthin'."