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School Administrator, January 2021

“People like to use the phrase — ‘put out fires all day long.’ I’ll refrain from that — as fighting fires I know nothing about, but the people who do fight fires are heroes and I’d never want to minimize what they do. But you get how the day went anyways.”

From “Random Thoughts From a School Superintendent” by Travis Jordan, superintendent, Beulah Public School District 27, Beulah, N.D., on his blog Beyond Measure


“The average parent’s science and math knowledge ends at about the sixth-grade level (according to research) and technology was often the biggest challenge of remote learning.”

From “Lessons Learned as Schools Reopened” by Gladys Cruz, superintendent, Questar III BOCES, Castleton, N.Y., on her blog From the Desk of Gladys Cruz


“My first task when I wake up each morning is to check to see how many teaching positions we have unfilled for the school day. … [W]e could possibly get to a point where we may not have enough qualified teachers in QCSD classrooms to meet your educational expectations, certainly not mine.”

From “A Glimpse Behind the Curtain: Seeking Balance Between Safety, Live Instruction” by William Harner, superintendent, Quakertown Community School District, Quakertown, Pa., on his blog Super Blog


“[A]dults will not be successful in de-escalating a stressed child if the adults are equally stressed. So, the best way to help our children through this crisis is to help ourselves!”

From “The Importance of Self-Care” by Theresa Alban, superintendent, Frederick County Public Schools, Frederick, Md., on her blog Off the Cuff with Dr. Theresa Alban 


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