Greg Spradling, principal of Durango High School, announced today that he will leave his position in June. Spradling originally came to 9-R in 2001.
intending to stay only five years. Members of the DHS PAAC issued a statement saying "His resignation gives the student population and parents at Durango High School the opportunity to move forward in a new direction. Mr. Greg Spradling has done some good things for the high school and we wish him well in his new endeavors."
The DHS Parent Athletic Advisory Committee has been in the news recently concerning 9-R Administration snafus regarding failures to follow agreed upon policies. See Durango School Talk for a history of stories relating to the PAAC controversy.
Meanwhile, the 9-R Board met tonight in Executive Session for the superintendent's mid-year evaluation. Given recent protests, many community members hope Barter's midyear evaluation will be made public. Read a Durango Herald editorial on why public officials should be reviewed, and why the results should be made public.
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Best Wishes and Good Luck, Greg
I feel that the PAAC statement was very good. Greg has worked hard for the high school. However, as with most people in most jobs, there comes a time when it is appropriate to move on to a new opportunity. That always seems to work best for both the employer and employee.
We with children at DHS can look forward to change and new opportunities. I look forward to it.
Good luck, Greg.
~Nick
http://www.durangoherald.com/asp-bin/article_generation.asp?article_type=news&article_path=
/news/07/news070131_5.htm
31 January 2007
Durango Herald
By Chuck Slothower
"Some parents have called for the removal of longtime Superintendent Barter and high school Principal Greg Spradling. But no member of the school board, which supervises Barter, has publicly raised the possibility of dismissing her or Spradling."
State Report Card for DHS
http://reportcard.cde.state.co.us/
reportcard/pdf/2006_1520_2318_H.pdf
Safety and Discipline Total Incidents Reported
2003-2004
124
2004-2005
247
2005-2006
249
Incidents reported doubled.
Academic Growth of Students Declined
My daughter will enter high school next year. I can only hope the new principal will start a positive tradition of applauding the freshman class rather than the booing which has been condoned over the past few years.
Dr. Barter,
In the best interest of the district, do the right thing . . .resign and let 9-R have a fresh start and move in a different direction. Please.
Well, since Deb Uroda wanted to publicize this site I had to come back and revisit it. I don't see the problem as the school district administration does. If we were being listened to, we wouldn't have to go online.
I've looked at some of the entries...they don't seem offensive to me. Not nearly as offensive as the letter to the editor in today's (2/28) Durango Herald.
"The lady doth protest too much, me thinks".........
(Mrs. Uroda that is, not Queen Gertrude!)
I think Ms. Uroda has it wrong. The Administration show poor citizenship when they refuse time after time to allow discussion or listen to this community. Poor Citizenship, cyber bullying? Pretty harsh words coming from a Public employee hired to be a liason between the school and public. Ms. Uroda's job is not a venue for her to spew allegations about this community.
Thanks for turning me on to this website Deborah.
I can see your interpretation of this blog is biased
and you in turn are accusing these individuals of similar behaviors of your own.
Ms. Uroda's blatant disregard for caring individuals concerned about education is obvious. I hope she writes another letter soon. She has revealed Poor Citizenship by writing this one and perhaps here in the problems lie
I don't subscribe to The Herald and would love to know what the Letter to the Editor today (2/28) was about. Can anyone tell me?
Thank you.
Mr. Spradling did the right thing. He should have stepped down over that unspeakable incident in 2002.
Years of education reforms have failed to lift the performance of U.S. high school students, according to a gloomy set of numbers that stunned educators and brought calls Thursday for more urgency.
http://www.sptimes.com/2007/02/22/Worldandnation
/Advanced_courses_may_.shtml
Could preventing a high school student from holding a job if he doesn't have good grades keep him from dropping out? Would offering a struggling middle schooler extra counseling and after-school programs keep her on the path to graduation? What about giving high school students more access to college-prep classes and high-level career training? Could that stop them from leaving before they earn a diploma?
http://www.sacbee.com/101/story
/125864.html
9th grade enrollment at Durango High School in 1999 was 420 students.
Graduation in 2003 was 335 students.
The percentage graduating was 79.80%.
The Annual lost potential earnings for non graduates at Durango High School, compared to 90% of the graduation rate was $309,600.
The high cost of not graduating from High School? Coloradans lose more than $3.4 Billion each year in potential earnings.
We let down just over 20% of our graduation class of 2003. I hope my kids graduate.
http://www.coloradosmallschools.org/docs/Reports/drop%20Out%
20Report%20pdf.%20web.pdf
He is the sacrificial lamb.
The Patsy.
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