Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Pleasant Dale Park Update

Well, that didn't last long!

The preschool director, Miss Jacquie, has resigned leaving the preschool program without a teacher for the second time this year. Staff members are scrambling to fill the void until they can find someone with knowledge and practice in the Jolly Phonics curriculum.

They should have never messed with the most stable, affordable and longstanding program they had by letting a phenomenal teacher go, dumping nearly everything in the classroom, jacking up the price and promising something they could not deliver on. 

On a more positive note, Matt Russian is at the helm as acting director. Matt is the one of the best remaining assets the park has. Hopefully he can right the ship that seems to be constantly floundering. 

Good luck, Matt, we're rooting for you!


1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Time will tell if Matt can right the ship, or becomes one of them. It's all about power and money at the park. What do we expect when a one day a week employee, who didn't do a good job with the seniors, became the director's friend. Together, they push out a qualified supervisor of recreation to get her job, and later on did the same tactic with the Preschool director, so she can have the ultimate power. Still the money issue was not totally resolved as the new preshool teacher, who was a friend of the director, was getting paid very good. The last step of Ms.C. agenda is to help get rid of her old friend and the board relative teacher. And this is how our park operates!!