As a working professional, I cannot tell you how many staff meetings I have been summoned to over the course of my career. Sometimes it was to introduce a new leader, or a new product and sometimes - if we got lucky they feed us food...More than 2,000 district employees, ranging from administrators to teachers to cafeteria workers, converged on Peoria's Civic Center.
District officials and city leaders touted the new catch phrase for the school year, "tapping into remarkable." They spoke about ways employees can improve the atmosphere in schools.
"The point is that everyone is a district employee. Everyone plays a role. We are a team here, and so all team members need to know what is expected of them. If they don't hear it in one message sometimes the message can be clouded or maybe turned around," said 150 superintendent Dr. Grenita Lathan.
Among other changes, administrators spoke about financial adjustments the district plans to make during the upcoming year.
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What does this sentence mean, "If they don't hear it in one message sometimes the message can be clouded or maybe turned around," This PJS quote baffled me--maybe if I had heard what came before or after this statement, it would have made more sense. Why would anyone want to cloud a message if someone didn't hear it in the first message? It would make sense if it had read, "If they don't hear it in one message, sometimes the message can be restated to make it clearer."
I've got Dr. Lathan's speech on video, if that will help. Hope to have it up on YouTube tomorrow. Had some audio problems via Civic Center or whomever (No media audio box until 20 min. into program).
Sounds like the "event" had several sponsors.
ok, sorry for delay in getting the clip on YouTube...seems it took forever to process. I finally had time to check on it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsJM4rxFc8g
1st part of audio not the greatest, but then gets better.
I am passing along information Elaine Hopkins received from a FOIA—she is busy, so she asked me to pass it on. She requested information as to how much the district paid to move all the new hires to Peoria. The total was $52,885 for seven people, with Lathan the most expensive at $17,652. That move also included 'cars' at $4,612.
The invoices were all for Federal Warehouse. Whether or not Federal contracted with other companies is not indicated. Perhaps the district has a contract with Federal because the invoices show that the district received a hefty discount. Somebody named Shari Malcome was the sales coordinator. I am just passing on information in the interest of transparency. I tried to find the post about staff, but settled for this semi-related post.
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