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Audio recordings of nine Eanes ISD board interviews
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Note: These audio recordings are user-friendly (unlike the
audio recordings posted by Eanes ISD)and were recorded by
Dianna Pharr on August 10, 2009 during the Eanes ISD board
meeting as a public service.
Highlights from
interview of new board member James (Kal)
Kallison:
"I'm a major data seeker."
On being a board member:
"It means being very accessible to the community
... getting out and finding the kinds of needs
the community has ... devoting a lot of your
time and attention ... to the needs of the kids
in the school district ... families that have
children in the district and otherwise... make
sure the people in this room ... don't make
decisions in a vacuum.
On governance:
(The decision making process) "should be
inclusive, open ... invitations to the public to
speak on controversial issues such as special
needs, that kind of thing.
"There's a lot of money involved ... (Board
members should) make sure dollars are spent
wisely."
"The process should be inclusive and open."
On children:
(Board members should) "make sure our schools
are safe, our students are physically safe;
they're emotionally safe."
"I've seen a lot of kids in the district get
lost in the cracks because they don't have an
edge ... In between the TAKS-driven instruction
and athletics you have all these other venues
that are very important and I think a lot of
times those things get short-changed."
"A lot of different populations need to be
served ... gifted ... at-risk ... special-needs
...
"There should be a mechanism that would allow
every kid (to be) part of the Eanes community
and I don't think that happens all the time."
Breaking News ...
(posted
2:45 p.m. Monday, August 10,
2009)
Eanes ISD appoints Dr. James (Kal)
Kallison to open board position.
August 10, 2009 - 2:45 p.m. -
I was the lone member of the
public in attendance at today's
board meeting -- except for one
brave mom who brought her two
young Boy Scout sons to observe
for an hour or so. The
media did not attend.
The meeting lasted from 7:30
a.m. until about 2.30 p.m.
After deliberating in closed
session, the board appointed Dr.
James (Kal) Kallison to the
open board position. After listening to the
nine interviews, I agree with
the board's choice.
Unfortunately, the board
deliberated in closed session so
I cannot report the specifics of
their deliberations.
