We want to introduce our followers to a relatively new parents' blog!
The blog is from Hinsdale/Clarendon Hills School District 181, our neighbor to the northwest. Howdy neighbor!!
Their district is very similar to Pleasantdale in many ways. In fact, it sounds like their superintendent is just as incompetent as ours!
We have so many favorite blog posts over there that we can't even see straight!! We will try to highlight a few every now and then.
Our very own former middle school assistant principal Joni Sherman is now over in D181 at Clarendon Hills Middle School (CHMS) serving in the role as assistant principal. Frankly, we were shocked she landed a job there because we thought Hinsdale parents had pretty high expectations!
This is a quote about Joni's hiring from the D181 website...
Clarendon Hills Middle School Principal Griffin Sonntag commented, “Mrs. Sherman is a passionate, educational leader who excels at building relationships with all stakeholders. She brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to our school community that will benefit the students of Clarendon Hills Middle School for years to come." Superintendent Dr. Renée Schuster shared her support for Sherman as well, commenting that she is “a proven leader with expertise in the improvement of instruction, particularly in the area of mathematics.”
We're not sure how Hinsdale administrators came up with these quotes.
"A passionate, educational leader who excels at building relationships with all stakeholders..."
Seriously?? (cough, cough) Pleasantdale students, parents and teachers were thrilled to see Joni go; second only to the overwhelming exuberance and sigh of relief the entire district felt when our asleep at the wheel principal Meg Pokorny retired. Our joy overshadowed the fact that Joni gave the district only three days notice that she was quitting and took a vacation day on her last day of employment. Buh bye!
Our favorite quote was from Dr. Schuster about Joni being "a proven leader with expertise in the improvement of instruction, particularly in the area of mathematics."
Apparently Dr. Schuster and their board of education had not seen Pleasantdale's latest math scores when they hired her.
Our middle school math scores did nothing but plummet during Joni's tenure here.
But hey, since Hinsdale is our neighbor, we want to say "Good luck to CHMS...and thanks for taking Mrs. Sherman off our hands!"
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