Sydney McGee
Scott Parks Public Education Wish List
Scott Parks of the Dallas Morning News has a wish list for Texas education. Some highlights follow: Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Education Columnist Scott Parks: • Thought leaders in public education will abandon the zany notion that all children must be prepared for college. They will refocus on how to [...]
Now there’s an idea
At the risk of being accused of beating a dead horse: Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Education Columnist Scott Parks: School board members, especially in the suburbs, are not wily politicos. Most are community volunteers with busy lives and jobs. What they know about district affairs comes from the superintendent and [...]
If it’s all McGee’s fault, why are they settling?
So it looks like we’ll never know after all. I still think that the principal’s handling of this situation warrants a “growth plan”equal to that of McGee’s. Lawson had already collected her data/evaluation before the museum trip but they weren’t revealed to McGee until after the trip. That, in of itself, is no big deal. [...]
McGee says “no but…”
Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Latest News: FRISCO – The elementary school art teacher entangled in a fight with the Frisco school district turned down the district’s settlement offer Thursday morning. Sydney McGee’s lawyer said he submitted a counter-proposal to the district, but he declined to discuss the proposal. Maybe we’ll [...]
Quiet money
Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Latest News: FRISCO – The elementary school art teacher embroiled in a public fight with Frisco ISD has until noon Thursday to approve a settlement deal or the district will start the process to fire her, Superintendent Rick Reedy said Monday night.The proposed agreement calls for [...]
Moral High Ground
There seem to be quite a few people who were willing to give Sydney McGee the benefit of the doubt until she posed for a photograph at the Dallas Museum of Art. Because of this, many people seem to believe she has lost the moral high ground. I’ve been thinking about this and trying to [...]
Partial Exposure
Frisco ISD has provided their version of the McGee timeline. Timeline Regarding Proposed Non-renewal Of Art Teacher Contract (October 12, 2006) Due to constraints imposed under State law, public school districts in Texas are at an extreme disadvantage in publicly discussing personnel matters that may involve employee privacy and ethical considerations. However, since an employee [...]
Either Or
EITHER Syndey McGee is a champion of the arts and the Frisco school district composed of neanderthals seeking only to please a culturally repressed parent OR Frisco ISD has been unfairly and unwarrantably attacked by a sensationalist press manipulated by an incompetent educator interested only in preserving her job. Sorry, while there are plenty of [...]
Creating a perfect storm
Congratulations to the Dallas Morning News for finally presenting “the other side” of the McGee story. Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Collin County Education: McKinney ISD in 1998 to end her employment as a second grade teacher at Glen Oaks Elementary School. Under the arrangement, Ms. McGee received a positive recommendation [...]
McGee will show hers if Lawson will
Frisco district wants to open art teacher’s personnel file: FRISCO — The Frisco school district wants to open an art teacher’s personnel file to the public to defend itself against her claim that she was reprimanded for allowing a fifth-grade student to see nude art. Frisco district wants to open art teacher’s personnel file: Superintendent [...]