But the majority of it...well, I know now I did the right thing in coming here.
Just drove through a torrential rain storm...could barely see and the roads flooded. Had forgotten what it was like in summers in the sunshine state. Pulled over to a KFC to have something to eat and am hoping it blows over.
Went by an "Anytime Fitness" health club. There was a sign on the front door threatening "members" with $150 fine if they let non members in. I didn't stay long and didn't bother talking to them.
Drove over to the Roper YMCA in Winter Garden. Eighteen miles. Just too damned far.
Our first faculty meeting lasted all morning, four hours. In other schools, that would have felt intolerable. Not this time.
I have never seen an admin like Mr. McCue. He kept things moving, upbeat, and relevant and gave us frequent breaks. He also realized that he could defer some issues until later and so he spared us that. His method, indeed his whole philosophy puts almost every other principal I've dealt with to shame. It's plain he respects his staff. Rather than the ":my way or the highway" regimen, he made it plain that vision and method is shared at Clermont Middle. He wants OUR input, wants us to have ownership. Yes, there was some discussion of test results but even his approach to that was different. He looked for the silver lining in every dark cloud.
Cannot say I have seen anyone like him, ever, not even at Rock Middle.
One part of me is still skeptical, thinking the whole thing will dissolve into a blur any moment and return to the CEO/textbook tyrant mode.
somehow I just don't see that happening here. But as I just said...time will tell.
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