Sunday, December 30, 2012
Friday, December 28, 2012
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Rumors, Speculation and Fact
In writing this blog I have been careful to
distinguish between rumor, speculation and fact.
One of my blog colleagues is now accusing me of
perpetuating a rumor.
As it was put,
“If we have enough credible evidence to put people
on leave, let's get it over with, tell the people what happened (and treat us
all like grown-ups and tell us the truth), and move on. That would put one
conspiracy theory in the local blogosphere to rest...that being, that the
principal was put on leave for a pocket knife incident. Nothing could be
further from the full truth (although, I'm sure that didn't help). Apparently
I'm guilty of being a psychic.”
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Nembirkow Named Acting Superintendent
Basan Nembirkow has been named acting Superintendent of Southbridge schools.
Nembirkow has been an educator for more than 35 years. He previously headed the 7,500-student Chicopee Public Schools.
From 1996 to 2002, Nembirkow served as Superintendent of Schools in Greenfield, Mass. and was Assistant Superintendent in the 30,000-student Durham, NC School District from 1993 to 1996. He has also held a number of interesting educational posts around the world, among them a 12-year stint at the United Nations International School and an educational consulting post with the Republic of Kazakhstan.
He holds a Bachelor's Degree in English and Social Studies from Rowan University and a Master's Degree in Intercultural Education from Rutgers University.
Monday, December 24, 2012
Sunday, December 23, 2012
Which Came First…?
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| Tammy Perreault |
On Friday , December 21st, we learned
that Southbridge Middle/High School Principal Tammy Perreault had been put on
administrative leave.
This fulfilled a prediction made by Dennis Martinek
on his blog Speak
Out Southbridge. On December 13th he wrote
in an article titled “As
if things in Southbridge couldn’t get any worse”,
“Tomorrow, or early next week, you will hear some rather shocking news that few
people I’ve spoken with saw coming.”
In a follow up article published in the same blog
today, “Another
one bites the dust in Southbridge”, he confirmed that it
was Ms. Perreault’s suspension to which he was referring. In response to one
commenter on the article he wrote, “This is half of the big news that I was
telling you was coming.” To another he wrote, “…I have to say, I knew, but
decided to hold-off until something could be verified,..”
This chronology of events raises a troubling issue.
Friday, December 21, 2012
Perreault Put On Administrative Leave As SMHS Principal:
Perreault Placed on Leave As SMHS Principal: Greg Leach Assumes The Position
Ken O'Brien
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Initial reports are that Southbridge Middle High School Principal Tammy Perreault has been relieved of her position by temporary acting Superintendent Terry Wiggin. She has been placed on administrative leave.
Reports are that Assistant Principal Greg Leach has been named to fill the role for the time being.
More details will be forthcoming as made available.
UPDATE - Ms. Perreault was escorted from the SMHS premises by temporary acting Superintendent Wiggin and two other central office administrators.
UPDATE - Ms. Perreault was escorted from the SMHS premises by temporary acting Superintendent Wiggin and two other central office administrators.
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Candidates For Acting School Superintendent Emerge In Southbridge
As The O’Zone previously reported, the Southbridge
school committee is considering two candidates to serve as acting
superintendent pending resolution of the allegations regarding current
superintendent Eric Ely.
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
A Tale Of A Table And A (Vice) Chair
Once
upon a time there was a railroad depot in downtown Southbridge.
When
the railroad no longer came to town somebody said, “That would make a nice
central location for our senior citizens to get together.” And so it was. And
during the days people got together in the main room and shared their stories.
And in another room the men would get together around the pool table for a
friendly game.
Monday, December 17, 2012
Tea Party Nation Responds To Sandy Hook
I couldn’t make this up.
Tea Party Nation has
published, and apparently endorsed, a screed by Timothy Birdnow on how we should
respond to the tragedy in Newtown, CT.
One of my favorite nuggets of advice from this piece of scatology says, “Had George Zimmerman been
at the front door instead of some mechanical card reader those children would
still be alive.”
Pizza, Palaver and Planning In Southbridge
Mark Ashton wrote, “Maybe the timing was finally
right, or the stars were properly aligned for a change.
Maybe it was a matter of putting enough information into enough hands in enough offices and organizations that their group efforts could no longer be ignored.
Maybe it was just the free pizza.
Whatever the reason, or reasons, last Wednesday’s Master Plan Visioning Meeting in Southbridge Town Hall drew….nearly a hundred people…”
Maybe it was a matter of putting enough information into enough hands in enough offices and organizations that their group efforts could no longer be ignored.
Maybe it was just the free pizza.
Whatever the reason, or reasons, last Wednesday’s Master Plan Visioning Meeting in Southbridge Town Hall drew….nearly a hundred people…”
Sunday, December 16, 2012
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