Comments on: Sheffield responds to ‘Rumor Tuesday’ at Nov. 9 Board of Education meeting http://rockrivertimes.com/2010/11/10/sheffield-responds-to-%e2%80%98rumor-tuesday%e2%80%99-at-nov-9-board-of-education-meeting/ The Rock River Times - THE VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY SINCE 1993 Thu, 16 May 2013 22:09:49 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: John Penn http://rockrivertimes.com/2010/11/10/sheffield-responds-to-%e2%80%98rumor-tuesday%e2%80%99-at-nov-9-board-of-education-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-1510 John Penn Thu, 11 Nov 2010 22:32:28 +0000 http://rockrivertimes.com/?p=27464#comment-1510 "We cannot win this for our kids or our community if we arent unified as a team, Sheffield said. What it all comes down to is this: I am Rockford Public Schools. You are Rockford Public Schools. We are Rockford Public Schools. Together, we can achieve victory in the classroom.", Dr. LaVonne Sheffield 8/29/2009 Collaboration is a key management skill...but we see that anyone in the public community that disagrees with Dr. Sheffield is referred to as crazy, a vocal minority, as someone that does not support our children's education...and even racists. Considering that is how she treats her critics in the public arena...just how do you suppose she treat critics within her employment...or cabinet? She has fired and repositioned several principals, fired nearly 600 teachers because she could, and demoted Dr. Patrick Hardy from one of the top positions in her Cabinet to Principal...is it any wonder why those in her employment are fearful. Yet Dr. Sheffield tells them to call her when they have a problem or concern. If you were employed under her reign, would you? 16 educators signed the anti-teacher manifesto Sheffield signed. Not only are the two authors Michelle Rhee and Joel Klein gone but so is Ron Huberman, chief executive, Chicago Public Schools Chicago Public Schools announced he will resign his $230,000-a-year-job effective Nov. 29...perhaps Dr. Sheffield will wake up and start to build that unified team...or join Rhee, Klein, and Huberman. Either solution would be a significant improvement. “We cannot win this for our kids or our community if we arent unified as a team, Sheffield said. What it all comes down to is this: I am Rockford Public Schools. You are Rockford Public Schools. We are Rockford Public Schools. Together, we can achieve victory in the classroom.”, Dr. LaVonne Sheffield 8/29/2009

Collaboration is a key management skill…but we see that anyone in the public community that disagrees with Dr. Sheffield is referred to as crazy, a vocal minority, as someone that does not support our children’s education…and even racists.

Considering that is how she treats her critics in the public arena…just how do you suppose she treat critics within her employment…or cabinet? She has fired and repositioned several principals, fired nearly 600 teachers because she could, and demoted Dr. Patrick Hardy from one of the top positions in her Cabinet to Principal…is it any wonder why those in her employment are fearful. Yet Dr. Sheffield tells them to call her when they have a problem or concern. If you were employed under her reign, would you?

16 educators signed the anti-teacher manifesto Sheffield signed. Not only are the two authors Michelle Rhee and Joel Klein gone but so is Ron Huberman, chief executive, Chicago Public Schools Chicago Public Schools announced he will resign his $230,000-a-year-job effective Nov. 29…perhaps Dr. Sheffield will wake up and start to build that unified team…or join Rhee, Klein, and Huberman. Either solution would be a significant improvement.

]]> By: Jerry H http://rockrivertimes.com/2010/11/10/sheffield-responds-to-%e2%80%98rumor-tuesday%e2%80%99-at-nov-9-board-of-education-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-1503 Jerry H Thu, 11 Nov 2010 03:11:07 +0000 http://rockrivertimes.com/?p=27464#comment-1503 Of course she skipped the sports. There were really none to report. All the teams were out of the playoffs in one form or the other. I guess she could have talked about the NIC 10 champion female golfer not being able to golf in the sectionals due to a school rep not being there. But pretty sure she wanted to slip that one under the rug. Nope not much to talk about in the sporting arena. Of course she skipped the sports. There were really none to report. All the teams were out of the playoffs in one form or the other. I guess she could have talked about the NIC 10 champion female golfer not being able to golf in the sectionals due to a school rep not being there. But pretty sure she wanted to slip that one under the rug. Nope not much to talk about in the sporting arena.

]]> By: arlys mills http://rockrivertimes.com/2010/11/10/sheffield-responds-to-%e2%80%98rumor-tuesday%e2%80%99-at-nov-9-board-of-education-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-1490 arlys mills Wed, 10 Nov 2010 16:07:52 +0000 http://rockrivertimes.com/?p=27464#comment-1490 If all we need to do is ask, why is it necessary to file Freedom of Information Act requests to get information. It seems to me, if Dr. Sheffield would just share the information the district would not have to spend $45,000 to deal with the requests. Dr' Sheffield, I am asking for a copy of Patrick Hardy's response to the action taken when he sought another job. True, a lot of gossip has occurred involving this incident so please put it to rest by showing us the letters. If all we need to do is ask, why is it necessary to file Freedom of Information Act requests to get information. It seems to me, if Dr. Sheffield would just share the information the district would not have to spend $45,000 to deal with the requests.
Dr’ Sheffield, I am asking for a copy of Patrick Hardy’s response to the action taken when he sought another job. True, a lot of gossip has occurred involving this incident so please put it to rest by showing us the letters.

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