The Never Ending Story (9/7/10)

I had the opportunity to work with the School Guidance Counselor today because she asked me to be on the C.I.S. team.  I have had prior experience doing this because when I was a high school teacher, I was the chairperson of the SAT teacm which is now changed to CSI.  I went to the meeting and was congratulated on my internship by Dr. Drew who remembered me from two years ago.  We discussed how the committee should get started for the year, so we decided to focus on the list of students whose names have already been turned in.  Mrs. D, the School Guidance Counselor had the names of five students.  She also stated she would send and email out to teachers to get them to identify any problems in new students.  The meeting was very brief and we decided to meet again next Thursday after we've received som input from the teachers.  I can see that there is a big difference between the way this committee operated in high school than elementary school.  There was also some discussion concerning our methodic approach.  Dr. Drew stated what was used last year, has been proven to be unsuccessful , so they are considering using another method.  This never ceases to amaze me.  The school system is notorious for hyping up a new program, spending a ton of taxpayer dollars on it, then abandoning it after it is proven to be unsuccessful.