Post by title1parent on Jul 1, 2009 6:13:28 GMT -5
Dear Indian Prairie Community,
As someone who has spent the past 30 years working in Indian Prairie, I have
come to truly love our community and I am humbled by the opportunity to serve as
your superintendent. In each of my roles over the past three decades -- teacher,
assistant principal, principal, and deputy superintendent, I have been fortunate
to witness an incredible level of parent involvement and I have always
appreciated how deeply our community cares about our children and their
education. I truly believe it is one of our greatest strengths. Now is the time
for our district to build on that strength as we move forward.
As superintendent, I will focus on student achievement, finances, and
communication. There are questions in these areas that need to be asked. How can
we make sure each student achieves to the best of his or her ability? With a
volatile economy, how can we continue to deliver an outstanding, cost-effective
education for our students? I am fortunate to be able to call on wonderful
administrators, teachers, support staff, and community members to help me
address these areas. Collectively, we will continue to prioritize doing what is
best for our students.
In the area of communications, I plan to provide you with regular updates
through 204 E-News. As a way of increasing the transparency of our work, at the
end of August we will launch a new online area of our website called BoardDocs.
I'll bring you more information on that topic later this summer.
I recognize that we have dealt with some difficult and controversial issues in
the past few years. I hope that we, as a community, can come together and move
forward. I am counting on your support as we all work on behalf of our most
important investment -- our children.
Sincerely,
Kathy Birkett
Superintendent
As someone who has spent the past 30 years working in Indian Prairie, I have
come to truly love our community and I am humbled by the opportunity to serve as
your superintendent. In each of my roles over the past three decades -- teacher,
assistant principal, principal, and deputy superintendent, I have been fortunate
to witness an incredible level of parent involvement and I have always
appreciated how deeply our community cares about our children and their
education. I truly believe it is one of our greatest strengths. Now is the time
for our district to build on that strength as we move forward.
As superintendent, I will focus on student achievement, finances, and
communication. There are questions in these areas that need to be asked. How can
we make sure each student achieves to the best of his or her ability? With a
volatile economy, how can we continue to deliver an outstanding, cost-effective
education for our students? I am fortunate to be able to call on wonderful
administrators, teachers, support staff, and community members to help me
address these areas. Collectively, we will continue to prioritize doing what is
best for our students.
In the area of communications, I plan to provide you with regular updates
through 204 E-News. As a way of increasing the transparency of our work, at the
end of August we will launch a new online area of our website called BoardDocs.
I'll bring you more information on that topic later this summer.
I recognize that we have dealt with some difficult and controversial issues in
the past few years. I hope that we, as a community, can come together and move
forward. I am counting on your support as we all work on behalf of our most
important investment -- our children.
Sincerely,
Kathy Birkett
Superintendent