by Kevin | Nov 17, 2011 | Administration, Food, Just Because…, Restaurants, The Principal's Lounge, Wine and Cheese
Last night (November 16, 2013) one of my favorite hangouts closed. I suppose it is weird that my first post in over a year is about a wine lounge but the closing got me thinking about the places we go in our daily lives and who we let in our interpersonal circles when...
by Kevin | Mar 12, 2011 | Administration, Schools, Students, The Principal's Lounge
I will be turning 43 years old this year. One more year gone and another year wiser. Of the many duties we administrators are charged with, the one that probably takes up the majority of our time and energy is to maintain discipline among the student body and keep the...
by Kevin | Feb 20, 2011 | Administration, Schools, Technology, The Principal's Lounge
There is a war going on. It’s a war being waged on two fronts and has been the longest running war in my recent memory. One that threatens to totally annihilate the other side and drive them to extinction. What war might you ask? The war between the increase of...
by Kevin | Feb 20, 2011 | Administration, Education, Golf, Just Because…, Schools, The Principal's Lounge
“Find your Happy Place, Happy!” said Chubbs. You know I had to get my first golf reference in sometime didn’t you? There is a time each day where I reach the point of no return with external stimuli. When so much noise, talk, emotions, and elements of the job reach...
by Kevin | Feb 10, 2011 | Administration, Schools, Students, The Principal's Lounge
Often times in an educator’s career we talk about the rare moments that keep us coming back to work each year. Those rare moments where through all the struggles, hardships, joys, and pains make it all worthwhile. How many times have you been there at the precise...
by Kevin | Feb 1, 2011 | Administration, Schools, The Principal's Lounge
Districts are cutting budgets. Schools are cutting budgets. Workplaces are asking workers to do more with less. People are being asked to do more for less. It sure does seem like the operative formula for saving money in schools and districts is: resources (R) – money...
