Needham Public Schools Superintendent's Blog
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Needham's Community Steps Up... and Students Benefit
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I shared the following remarks at the Needham Steps Up Benefit at the Sheraton on October 7 th : Several years ago I beg...
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Budget Priorities for the 2011-12 School Year
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Believe it or not, the Needham School Committee and school administration are gearing up for a new budget season. While one budget year con...
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Here’s to Summer Vacation.
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A recent TIME magazine lamented the lazy days of summer for children, observing that a two-month reprieve from books, classes, and testing i...
Monday, May 24, 2010
Pomp and Circumstance: One Dad's View
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At approximately noon on Sunday, May 17th in Washington, D.C. my wife and I officially became parents of a college graduate for the first ti...
Friday, April 2, 2010
Personnel is Job # 1
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When I first became a high school principal years ago my superintendent, Anthony Bent, told me: “Daniel, the most important w...
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Cyberbully: What’s the school’s response?
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The untimely death of a South Hadley (Massachusetts) teenager has prompted concern throughout the Commonwealth abou...
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
First the bad news...
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This week I will ask the Needham School Committee to vote on a budget plan totaling $46,059,078 for the 2010-11 school year (Fiscal Year 201...
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