It is that time of year again when school boards begin to evaluate their districts' superintendents.
Knox County Public Schools has already been at work and turned in an evaluation that boasts a perfect score (72 out of 72 possible points) for superintendent Walter Hulett. That's a pretty good score. You can only score higher if your teacher offers extra credit.
Earlier in the year we profiled Hulett's performance evaluation in "Rewarding Failure". In our assessment, the evaluation was a bunch of fluff that praised the CEO of the district despite the horrid performance of the schools in Knox County.
Stay posted for more information. In the coming days we will obtain this recent performance evaluation and uncover recent performance data for Knox County.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Knox County superintendent's perfect score?
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Fact Check: Instructional Leadership?
This is an excerpt from the 2009-2010 Knox County Public Schools superintendent performance evaluation:
A 6.0 is a perfect cumulative score on the evaluation meaning every school board member rated the superintendent at this score.
Do these test scores reflect a perfect 6.0?
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| % of students meeting ACT benchmark scores in 2009-10 The fact is these percentages don't reflect instructional leadership. |
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
More education issues in Knox County Public Schools
The Knox County Public School District popped up frequently in the press and in this blog after the school system ended a long-standing student transfer agreement with the Corbin Independent School District in January.
That squabble has now degenerated into a lawsuit in Frankfort District Court.
Now, Knox is back in the press, again, but this time a totally different issue is involved.
With virtually no notice, the Knox County Board of Education voted this past week to merge the Lynn Camp High/Middle School with West Knox Elementary School to form one P to 12 school.
In the process, comments captured in the Times Tribune make me wonder if there is an attempt here to maneuver around state laws regarding such things as the state accountability program and the laws regarding the authority of superintendents versus School Based Decision Making Councils (SBDM).
The Knox County superintendent actually discussed how the merger could maneuver around No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and other federal school accountability laws.
