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Spotlight on District 109

Widespread support for the No Confidence petition will hopefully convince the Board of Education that we do not want them chosing our next Superintendent.

Just a quick post today to remind everyone about the Board meeting tonight.  So far, after just one week, we have received tremendous support for our petition.  I'd like to share a few comments we have received:

"District 109 has failed to properly educate and prepare children for the rigors of high school, their special ed program is criminal, it teaches dependency, not independence, too much waste by this board and administration, it is time for them to go."

"The board that has to work with the superintendent should choose their  superintendent. I'm also unhappy with the current appointee."

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"This district is not the the district I enjoyed growing up in Deerfield in the 60s and 70s."

"Given the level of disconnect between so many teachers, parents and other residents and the current administration and the board that hired the current adminisatration I feel a new superintendant hired by the current board would be coming to the plate with two strikes against him or her - I support finding an interim superintendant - probably getting that person in the role before the end of 2012, dismissing the current superintendant at that point and starting the search for a permanent superintendant after the board elections next spring."

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"Dr. Goier was an extremely poor choice for Superintendent. This fact, along with an ongoing display of poor judgment and a demonstrated lack of understanding of the current issues facing students and families proves that this Board is ill-equipped to make sound hiring decisions on behalf of the District. It is unfortunate that I have NO CONFIDENCE in this board."

Again, thanks for your support, and remember, this is a marathon not a sprint.  Expect this effort to last until the Board recognizes what the community wants.

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