Our Loss at Belmond-Klemme

After not quite eight months of working with Diane Trampel, she has permanently left her position as the Business Manager of Belmond-Klemme CSD.  Diane worked for our schools for 23 years, originally for Klemme and then for BK when the schools merged.  In our short time together, we had the opportunity to share in many conversations of school, philosophy, family, and countless other topics.  In such a short time it was easy to realize that she was committed to family and friends, cared for her school, and knew that life was a gift.  Her family, friends, colleagues, and acquaintances will grieve her absence in our lives, but we will also cherish and respect the time we were able to spend with her.

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Get it together...whatever "it" is

As I sit here following a cancellation of classes today and the same for tomorrow, the many scheduling issues that need to be addressed have accumulated.  It is hard to imagine that there is ever "time" for educational leadership among all of the duties that are continually happening in a district.  That's actually an easy copout...if someone is serious about their position, they find a way to do it.  Maybe what I'm concerned with is finding the right "system" to make it all work.  People's time is so valuable but they are also so needed for conversations and decision-making.  Finding the time to meet with small groups of people is as hard as making the decisions.  With so many things flying around and seeming somewhat random, how does a person organize them into a pattern that makes sense and prevents - or at least limits - the omissions that may occur?  And when that pattern gets established, what happens with a disruption like snow days?  Not my typical item here...just have more questions than ideas this evening.

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