| School District 227's Problems were man-made and now they will be solved by man In the past, our district 227 problems were man-made, and today, they will be solved by man, which means the men and women of our community working with and supporting the new school board. Today, we have moved from non-transparency to an information-age-collaborative-data-driven board of education in the interest of continuous improvement. Our new beginning in public participation of the full board and community is the voice of God speaking. In the process, the best ideas will be heard and win in the best interest of children and all the people. Today, everyone in the school district is free to publicly participate, voice their opinions, have their questions answered without delay, and are respected as participating citizens in a democracy. We are now a part of the democratic process in school improvement, collaborateion at open board meetings. We can now bring meaning, clarity, consistency, honesty, integrity, and success out of denial, delaying tactics, non-collaboration, non-transparency, dishonesty, muzzling targeted board and community members, lack of clarity, lack of professional district evaluation, inconsistency, and failures of the past. Today, we are now pushing our district toward full board and community participation in returning our schools to the people in accountability, collaboration, democracy, and excellence in public education. Accountability is one of the most frequently heard words when discussing public education today. It means taking our fair share of responsibility for outcomes. Today, we are pushing to institute board policies that will improve student achievement levels and collaboratively engage the full school board and school district community to achieve this goal. Democracy, community empowerment, and power to the people is as old as America itself. Today, we are on the road toward rebuilding a highly successful school district and in restoring equity and excellence in public education that will re-attract students and families back to our community who have left for better schools. Success is measured by improved student achievement levels. On May 17, 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court acknowledged Brown Vs. Board of Education as one of the most momentous decisions of the twentieth century that unanimously held that racial segregation of children in public schools violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The decision to outlaw segregation in public education in the United States put the Constitution on the side of racial equality and galvanized the nascent civil rights movement into a full revolution. On May 17, 1954, another historic day in America, the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed segregation in public education in the United States. Fifty- nine years later, in district 227, on April 9, 2013, we elected a new school board who were about equality in education and public participation for our full board and public tax payers as representatives of the children and people of our community. On Friday, May 17, 2013, the fifty-ninth anniversary of the Brown Decision and the date of our deliverance from over a decade of suppression, failure of our children and debauchery of our district 227 community, School Board 227 met in another meeting at the District 227 Administrative Offices at 20550 South Cicero Avenue in Matteson, Illinois. We could not help from remembering the similarities that linked these events in the history of our republic. David E. Morgan, Ph.D., Educational Leadership |
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