Some things I learned while living with a charter school administrator, Part 3

Some more things I learned while living with a charter school administrator.

That students come and go. That parents will enroll children, at least temporarily, get the local truant officer off your back.  That the military does not consider the E-schools graduates, and the education they receive,  as qualified to join the service.

That the E-schools are special, cutting edge, and high tech.  But results are hard and expectations should be lowered.  It is not fair to expect results based on the students they enroll.  If they are unsuccessful, they should change the testing.  If they are unsuccessful, they should open blended learning schools.  Or, insert the excuse of the month here…..  The theory goes, sooner or later, if Ohio throws enough money at the schools, they are bound to figure it out.

That charter schools come and go.   Administrators and teachers are recycled and show up somewhere else.  Keep the building, change the name.  Jump from White Hat to Connections or K-12.  Only the best and brightest in this system.  Its a living,  Honor and ethics are preferred but not required.

My personal favorite;  that you can have an affair with you underlings and then promote them.  That you can be promoted by having an affair with the superintendent.    You can have the same person you sleep with complete your evaluation. Then you can be superintendent.  That the board remains clueless.  In a corporate world, leadership like this will get you fired, not promoted.

That the State of Ohio is paying over a billion dollars for this model.  Six billion dollars to date.  Pretty soon you are talking about real money. 

That this model will not succeed.