Educationally Speaking - Two tough decisions coming up

Wise decision making typically includes having a thorough knowledge and understanding of the opportunities and challenges, awareness and evaluation of multiple solutions and a willingness to decide. Absent any of these components, wise decisions typically do not occur.

In the next few months, the Board of Trustees will be placed in the position of having to make difficult decisions related to two critical items. One is the 2010-2011 district budget and the other is the direction the school district chooses to take relative to implementing 21st Century Learning Concepts. The wisdom of the Board...