Dr. David Lawrence

Dr. David Lawrence given a disgraceful contract

The “contract” for DPS Superintendent Lawrence- that no one’s talking about

If the Dayton Public School board was playing poker- they were doing it with all of their cards on the table and no money to bet. This contract isn’t so much a contract but the actions of some wildly confused folks who think that they are power brokers. Dr. David Lawrence is a poker player, Read More

Vote NO on Dayton Issue 6

Why Dayton voters should vote NO on Issue 6

At the South Dayton Democratic Club candidates forum, I sat and listened to multiple democratic candidates rail against school vouchers, charter schools and public dollars being funneled away from our public education system. Oh, and yeah, they are still questioning why our school funding formula is still unconstitutional since 1999. So why is the Dayton Read More

The danger of inviting headhunters into your zoo

The community input meeting was set to start at 5:30 pm at Riversedge Montosori today. It started at 6. Mama Nozipio was very unhappy- she thinks it’s disrespectful to not start on time and I’m right there with her. It’s almost deja vu- the same room where 7 years or so ago, the board presented Read More

The battle between excellence and excrement at Dayton Public Schools

I’m going to recognize an anniversary to begin this post, it’s August 20, 2016, and bid packages were due for an ad agency to help Dayton Public Schools with their communications and marketing to herald a new dawn of a new superintendent. A superintendent that was chosen by a process run by a superintendent search Read More

Saint David Lawrence, Chief of Innovation, Dayton Public Schools

Dayton Public Schools seems to have a double standard

It’s been a long time since the Dayton Public Schools had a school board that’s collective IQ was over 75. I’ve seen presentations made to them- with slides with “Lorem ipsum” text still on the slide– that they actually allowed to continue. I’ve watched a board member actually argue that the only reason to make Read More