Minority hiring a school priority
One of the priorities the school board and I have this year is to further increase our efforts to hire more teachers from underrepresented minority backgrounds.
A task force of citizens and school leaders has met and identified up to a dozen strategies we will be pursuing. These include marketing ...
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What will archeologists find here?
I once had a professor who was fond of going on archeological digs in the Middle East each summer, where, under the hot sun, he would help to excavate clues about the people who used to live there. On the wall of his classroom wall he had mounted a vertical "slice" consisting of the materials he ha ...
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Dad was great teacher of life
KC at the Bat
by Ken Carpenter
Fathers Day is Sunday June 15, and as it approaches, my thoughts once again turn to the man that had such an impact on my character, career and my life. I can't think of another individual in my life that had such an impact.
I was extremely fortunate to have li ...
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Internet helps with bird watching
A few years ago, a friend introduced me to a couple who live on a ledge outside a window in the Cleveland Terminal Tower. No, of course they aren't a human couple. In fact, they are a couple of birds. Not your common ordinary birds, this is a pair of falcons. They are named SW and Buckeye.
When I ...
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Compassion must be developed
"Don't Sweat the Small Stuff," by Richard Carlson, has some very insightful suggestions on how to deal with everyday life. The book is worth reading and most of it is well worth sharing with others.
I want to share two of the book's chapters, one dealing with developing our compassion, the other ...
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Media April Fools pranks timeless
April Fools Day has come and gone, but we wanted to share some of the most (in)famous April Fools pranks; spotted on the Internet by a reader.
#1: The Swiss Spaghetti Harvest: In 1957 the BBC news show Panorama announced that thanks to a very mild winter and the virtual elimination of the dreaded ...
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Small towns are America's heart
The editor of the Shelton (Nebraska) Clipper once shared some of his amusing thoughts about life in small towns with television commentator Charles Kuralt. What he said about his town applies to some in our area, too.
He told Kuralt that a person knows they live in a small town when:
* You are ...
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We didn't know we weren't safe
As I look forward to my 61st birthday, I reflect on how the past 55 years of our lives have changed, only because I don't remember much of the first six years. Is that normal?
The reason I ask this question is that I sense that as a society we have become paranoid about everything we do and what ...
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IB a good deal for Oberlin schools
Since today is tax day, we are especially cognizant of where our public dollars go. As a taxpayer and a public servant, I am particularly interested and sensitive to public spending. Recently a couple of citizens have asked about the cost of bringing International Baccalaureate to the Oberlin Schoo ...
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