Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Oh, for cryin' out loud!
From the Star:
"The dismissal of a Thornton Fractional North High School principal who was found sitting in bed with a drunken math teacher at a 2001 leadership conference was upheld Tuesday by a Cook County judge.
"Principal Steven Toth was accused of retrieving a beer for the already intoxicated teacher while she was swimming in a hotel pool and later was observed by two other female staff members sitting in bed with the drunken woman and his assistant principal."
Actually, Toth wasn't even at North yet when we were, but I thought the story might be of some interest anyway.
(I am not sure how long this article will be available, but I e-mailed it to someone, so I have the entire text saved for the time being. If you want it, e-mail me.)
"The dismissal of a Thornton Fractional North High School principal who was found sitting in bed with a drunken math teacher at a 2001 leadership conference was upheld Tuesday by a Cook County judge.
"Principal Steven Toth was accused of retrieving a beer for the already intoxicated teacher while she was swimming in a hotel pool and later was observed by two other female staff members sitting in bed with the drunken woman and his assistant principal."
Actually, Toth wasn't even at North yet when we were, but I thought the story might be of some interest anyway.
(I am not sure how long this article will be available, but I e-mailed it to someone, so I have the entire text saved for the time being. If you want it, e-mail me.)
Another free resource
Graduates, a new-ish site, is trying to
The founder says: "I started Graduates.com to help you keep in touch with friends from school. The site lists over 200,000 schools from over 200 countries.
Graduates.com has very little advertising and we don't charge a fee. I plan to keep the site free forever because I believe people should be able to keep in touch without paying service charges of US$25-$65 a year."
The problem with the free sites, like graduates and this blog are that they rely almost solely on word-of-mouth. Pay services, especially Classmates, do a lot of advertising, get the most attention, and attract the most members. I wish I knew a good way to lure people to the free sites so that we could stay as connected as we choose to without shelling out fees to do so.
Consider joining graduates and spreading the word.
The founder says: "I started Graduates.com to help you keep in touch with friends from school. The site lists over 200,000 schools from over 200 countries.
Graduates.com has very little advertising and we don't charge a fee. I plan to keep the site free forever because I believe people should be able to keep in touch without paying service charges of US$25-$65 a year."
The problem with the free sites, like graduates and this blog are that they rely almost solely on word-of-mouth. Pay services, especially Classmates, do a lot of advertising, get the most attention, and attract the most members. I wish I knew a good way to lure people to the free sites so that we could stay as connected as we choose to without shelling out fees to do so.
Consider joining graduates and spreading the word.
Monday, November 21, 2005
Some good news out of North
From the Northwest Indiana Times:
"A trend of rising test scores at Thornton Fractional North High School led a college entrance exam organization to study the school's environment and its methods. The school's ACT data shows that TF North students are beating the odds... TF North is one of only two high schools in the nation with high-minority and poverty rates that saw rising ACT scores and a large number of college-bound students...."
Read the whole article.
"A trend of rising test scores at Thornton Fractional North High School led a college entrance exam organization to study the school's environment and its methods. The school's ACT data shows that TF North students are beating the odds... TF North is one of only two high schools in the nation with high-minority and poverty rates that saw rising ACT scores and a large number of college-bound students...."
Read the whole article.
