A New Beginning

Our new Superintendent/Administration, and the recent defeat of the Bloomfield Hills School District bond proposal, has actually provided an opportunity for a "new beginning" for the District. The selection of Fielding Nair as the District's partner in facilitating the community's collaboration on a common vision for "21st Century instruction" allows us the opportunity to build community consensus by first agreeing on the appropriate educational strategy for the district, and then building the appropriate facility requirements (whatever they may be) around that. This will provide everyone in the community (who is willing to engage/participate) an opportunity to understand what is required to optimize the high school education of our District's "learners". This same process can ultimately be applied to education at all grade levels in the District.

In the business world it is "People, Process, Technology, Facilities". I think the same holds true, to a large degree, in the world of education. I have never been more encouraged in terms of our potential to reach consensus as a community. That's how I see it.