Part 2: School 2026

 I don't know about schools anymore. 

I was looking at the school district and the number of people who now work for the district. And I ask the question....

What the Cornbread feck do these People Actually Do? 

And the people who come in and are supposed to be an Instruction Coach? 

I can just about one trying to tell me how to teach...." Feck you and the clap dripping mule you rode in on."  I've forgotten more about teaching than you'll ever know....

It reminds me of the FDR make work projects during the Great Depression, part of the old New Deal. 

I don't know, perhaps this is part of the plan all along? ( Go deep thinking about what I just wrote....Think DARK...Very Dark....)

And the thing is, if these folks had been hired for the actual classroom, I'd be all for it, fewer kids in each class? Have high school classes look like graduate seminars? Hey, I'm all for that too.... 

And more and more people are in education that really don't have much, if any interaction with students. Heck, I wanted to be with the kids. When they put me with 12th graders, I thought, "It ain't much better than this. "  

For years, the Ole Govteach was a supporter of the Public School. The older I get, the more I wonder if it is accomplishing its purpose anymore?  

The world is changing. Rapidly.  And from this seat, the Public School is not keeping up....And it is going to be so far behind what is needed......And the thing is, Gen Z, Gen Alpha is seeing this.....Many are starting to question, " Do I need this?" And parents are too. 

I see commotion after commotion going on and none of them are being handled well, by anyone. From the School Board on down. It is like the Board is afraid of their jobs. And I hear from patrons who say this all the time.  

Then, I keep thinking there will be a group of candidates who will run for the Board, a group serious about change. A group who will doing something about the tax rate. When I saw a surplus of $2.5 million over the last year, I wondered why not do something about the rate? Instead I see new folks being hired into jobs, again, I am not sure what you actually do?  And why do we need it now? Is this just more bureaucracy? 

I know there is a Board Election in Nov. 2026......I wonder if anyone will run again, or if they will, and why?  

I wonder what actually is going on up there?  

And at the same time say, " Thank you Jesus I am not there." ( I know, cussin' and praying in the same blog....If you have not realized I am more complicated than I look.)

I know today, with today's kids, I couldn't do it. 

There are fewer kids in America. Gen Z is small, Gen Alpha is small. Neither is expected to reproduce at rates needed for schools to grow.  And this part of Texas is not growing. One good bump downward in the oil market and this entire area is in trouble. So, why do our schools need to grow building wise? Buna is probably at the point it is done with growth. It'll always be a 3A school. 

I look at people doing battle with the local school district....Including one going to battle regular on Social Media concerning their child. 

And I wonder if in the end it is a " Lost Cause."

And I am reminded...Lost Causes are the only ones worth fighting for.....

I wonder if there needs to be a complete revamp of what we call " Public Schools?"  The way it is going I wonder if we are really missing the point in 2026? 

How much is AI going to change us in the future? Will there be anyone who wants to teach? How many people didn't have and still are not certified? How long in 2026 can we actually expect these teachers to remain in the profession? I know I owe my nephew a phone call and he's teaching in West Texas. I am going to encourage him to do something else. He is miserable where he is teaching.....And the thing is, I would too.  It is no longer a profession I recommend to people. It is only going to get worse, not better. 

I don't know. I dread the blogs I will write in 2026 concerning the school. I truly do.  I wonder what school will look like in 5.....10.....15 years?

And, I will start to get really dark in my next blog or two.....