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Community Update #1
From:
S Bushart Dear Eanes friends:
As the mother of four children who
have attended Eanes schools over the past twenty years, I've
appreciated the opportunity to volunteer many hours in our
wonderful school district. You've seen me in the classroom and
the carpool lane, at fund raisers and also as a Boy Scout den
mother of not one but two dens.
During these twenty years, I've
seen our schools experience rapid growth and change. In the
course of volunteering, many questions have come up regarding
activities in both our classrooms and our boardroom, questions
which I've attempted to get answers for. At first, I simply
asked. Then when again and again I didn't get direct answers, I
began filing public records requests.
Why I am sharing these
public records now
Here in our area, we have an election soon to choose our
new state representative, and our Eanes trustees are considering
a bond election vote in May.* Education in America is now
front page news; ABC's 20/20 even devoted an hour to public
schools on January 13, with a focus on finance and academics,
reflecting a new national interest.
It seems crucial that I share some
of the information I have gathered over the past two
years relating to our school district. The most practical way
to do this appears to be to via the internet in a series of
emails to members of our community, starting with this one to
you now. I ask you to review and forward the information
presented to your friends and family in our community--and to
our board and administrators--with or without your comments. I
am including factual backup with each sufficient that that you
can make up your own mind based not on hyperbole or spin but on
facts and truth. Armed with facts and truth, we can work
together to improve our Eanes schools.
Of the questions on the table,
let's start at the top:
Why isn't our Eanes superintendent
certified as an educator in Texas?
The document below** is our
superintendent's certification record in Texas from the State
Board for Educator Certification. As you can see for yourself,
in every applicable category, Mrs. Wellman's certificate reads
"invalid" and "expired, expired, expired, expired, expired."
How can this be? How can our board of trustees have allowed our
great school district to be run by someone with an "invalid" and
"expired" Texas educator certificate?
You might be asking, "How
important is a single document?" Next time you're driving
around town, would you prefer having a current Texas driver's
license or one that reads, "invalid" and "expired, expired,
expired, expired, expired"?
Wishing all the best for our
children, our parents, our teachers and our taxpayers,
Susan Bushart
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