Is It Time Buna ISD?

 When, I was hired by the Buna ISD back in the day, I knew very little about the school. 

I needed a job, and I was offered what was back in the day, a " Plum Position." The Gov/Eco job. And either you are cut out, made if you will to teach seniors, or you are not. 

I made sure, it was where I was supposed to be. 

I literally and I've said this many times before, expect Buna to be a short stop on my career. I literally did not expect to remain there most of my teaching profession. 

Buna should have let me go more than once.....I should have left Buna on my own, more than once. 

There were a number of us who worked hard to make Buna a good high school. 

I wanted you to be able to be the best wherever you went next in your life. 

When I retired, I felt good about what I left at Buna High School. I felt good about all the district K-12. I bragged about the school. Recommended it to people. 

As I have said recently, I no longer do. 

It is and I clean up my language here, it is a mess. 

Old names from the community are leaving, or they are moving their children to other school districts. Heck, I even tell people to homeschool their kids. 

There will be people who will send me ugly notes saying that I am too negative about the district. 

But, from where I sit, I see and hear nothing but negativity. 

Unless you are from here, teachers do not want to teach in Buna ISD. And say what you will, and this may sound ugly, it limits the intellectual ability of the district. It limits the talent of the school district. I am sorry, if just does. 

I did a count of the number of people teaching in the district that I taught and I was somewhat shocked at how many teachers I taught....And while it is good they want to teach in their home school, well, sometimes you need new blood. And part of it is, if you suck as a teacher, and you are from the community, well, it is harder to get rid of you. 

Now, I am not saying you need to get rid of everyone from here, but this hiring friends of friends, especially those without the correct certification, well, it has to end.  I know people who have applied with the correct certification, who were passed over for friends, without certification. 

I am going to writing this and take a few days off. 

It could be time to just " burn it all down" and start over. 

New administration. New school board. Get rid of teachers who either don't have a certification or can't get the correct certification. 

My understanding is maintenance is losing leaders, workers, and those still there are looking to get out. I do not think many of you understand how important maintenance, cafeteria, janitorial  are to a school district. Without them, the whole place will fall apart. In more ways than you know....

I don't know what it will cost Buna ISD, but you may need to bite the bullet and just "clean house." Already there are serious patron questioning where the money is going. What do some of these people hired actually do? If so, BISD had a $2.5 million surplus last year, are you making sure that you are burning any surplus this year? 

Unless the community gets serious, I am afraid it is going to get worse.......