Dr. Chappelow talks about professional development, reducing the size of classrooms and hopes for curing Cancer.
Yesterday, Dr. Chappelow addressed the tax levy; reaching for excellence as a district and other issues as well. This is part 2 of a two part series, interviewing heads of schools. Next is Sister Lucie Nordmann, President of Villa Duchesne Oak Hill. Patch: Would you ask for staff members to pay for some professional development opportunities out of their own pocket? And they have already. We’ve had a couple of people go to important conferences, and for different reasons tied to the strategic plan. They paid their airfare and we’d pay the conference fees, overnight arrangements. We’ve done that for our staff. Patch: The role of technology in education. How big, how important is it to Ladue? I think we are getting to the point--how do we do…
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Dr. Marsha Chappelow addresses the new tax levy, the Ladue Education Foundation and other timely issues.
The series continues with in depth interviews with the heads of schools in the Ladue-Frontenac Patch. Previous interviews were with Anita Reznicek, president of St. Joseph's Academy and Lisa Lyle, head of school at MICDS. After Thanksgiving, Patch will go one-on-one with Sister Lucie Nordmann, president of Villa Duchesne Oak Hill and Andy Abbott, head of school at John Burroughs. Patch: Ladue will be going for a 49-cent tax levy. How important is this, and what does it mean to the future of the Ladue School community? Marsha Chappelow: We want to maintain an overall 15 percent fund balance which the board has set for this year. That will help us with our obviously increasing expenditures, just like a home. We have no control over our …
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6:22 pm on Saturday, November 19, 2011
I'm confused. The district's enrollment this year is less than the previous year and she's talking about adding classrooms? Now, they want to expand the high school? Taxpayers better get ready for the next bomb which will be free laptop computers from the children of millionaires, billionaires and corporate plane owners. If kids need a laptop, it should be considered just like any other school … more ›