Well, this Ann Helms story pretty much puts a bow on it: Peter Gorman has betrayed the families of CMS.
By opting to end the incident reports CMS sends to board members detailing violent and disruptive acts at CMS, Gorman has enshrined spin over reality. But it makes a weird sort of sense: In Gormanland, if we do not talk about violence, it does not exist. Ergo, teachers will be more easily forced into dangerous classrooms against their will. See? Simple.
And how does having the EdCenter order teachers around comport with the decentralization kick Gorman repeatedly paid lip-service to? It doesn’t. Instead of having strong principals responsible for putting together strong teams of educators and making them answerable for the results, Gormanland merely has some middle-managers on an org chart. This is a total step backward for CMS.
We always knew that Gorman’s first task as superintendent was to get a big bond passed in 2007. What we did not know is that he would immediately turn his back on the public once that money was secured.
The final jab? Should Gorman actually follow through on his plans to bury bad news and try to order the system’s best teachers into dangerous classrooms, CMS will implode long before all that money is spent.
