The beauty of fall – outside and inside our schools What a great time of year this is. The cooler temperatures mean that leaves are beginning to descend and t-shirts make way for sweatshirts. I enjoy the changing seasons but, as I get older, I don’t enjoy the winter near …
I absolutely love the first week of school. For me, the opportunity to be part of greeting our students and staff, and capture some of the moments that make school special, is hard to beat. It is priceless to observe the annual ritual of a young mom dropping off her …
It is Monday of the last week in our temporary digs for Lincoln Public Schools District Offices. Boxes adorn the hallways of the building and the corners of all our offices as we make plans for the final packing. Those of us residing on the third floor of the new …
On April 17, we called together close to 90 people from all walks of Lincoln life for the Superintendent’s Facility Advisory Committee. The purpose was to begin the conversation regarding Lincoln Public Schools facilities and infrastructure planning for the future. As a district that is rapidly growing and coming to …
Greetings. Earlier this week at the Lincoln Board of Education meeting, Lincoln Public Schools took a significant step forward on our way to creating the digital classroom. The approved purchase of the McGraw-Hill reading series ($3+ million for K-6) offers our teachers an opportunity to teach digitally to augment the printed …
The six-inch snow surprise last week probably altered my reputation as an anti-snow-day caller. With the snow coming late into the evening and early morning hours, there was little time for the city to get any of the side streets cleared. While I am sure our students appreciate the days …
It is hard to believe that another year is in the books – but looking back I believe 2012 was another very good year for Lincoln Public Schools in virtually all areas. Our academic achievement was up as was the graduation rate. We finished most of the ten-year facility projects …
Happy holidays – wishing everyone a great new year. I wrote the following article as a guest editorial that ran in the Lincoln Journal Star on Sunday, Dec. 23 – and I thought others might enjoy reading it. Steve Elementary age children from one of our schools in Lincoln sent …
This is my favorite time of year and I want to wish each of you a happy and joyous holiday with family and friends. Each year at this time I look forward to a little slower pace and time with family (we are expecting our first grandson any day now) …
Nice title, eh? Actually, it was the title of my recent TedX Talk – presented earlier this week at the second annual TedX event in Lincoln (affiliated with TED Talks, a nonprofit website that features a broad variety of thousands of online speeches). This year’s talk gave me the opportunity …
