Want a PhD? Come to Lawrence

Yes, in Lawrence we make it easy to advance on the job.

Recently I wrote about the Lawrence Public Schools administrators doing their school work towards their doctorate degree during work hours and I love it when the telephone starts ringing with additional information.

Some said, “I was glad to see you write about administrators in Lawrence doing their doctoral program work during school hours.  We have one here at the South Lawrence East School, Principal Dina Hickey.”  The caller went on to say that she comes in to work at 9:30 AM every morning and does nothing but sits at her computer all day (her back turned to the door of her office) and works on her doctorate.

Meanwhile students are running wild in the corridors.  So much so that teachers are hiding behind closed doors as classes change.  Then she yelled at the teachers at the last monthly faculty meeting, complaining that if she disciplines the kids it makes the teachers look like they have lost control.

Has she stopped to think that if she puts a little effort at doing her job, things are bound to work better?  Let’s face it, she is getting paid to lead.

I wonder in what she is getting a doctorate.  I know: Grant-writing!  That’s where the money is, they get to work in the administration building and they don’t have to deal with pesky kids.