Just the names and faces are different

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   Steve Price started as the Hazelwood School District's new superintendent in July. Since then, he hasn't had much time to relax.

Price has been busy working on programs and learning the ways of the Hazelwood district and St. Louis.

Before school began, he warned Associate Superintendent Mary Piper that she would be extra busy.

"I told Mary she was going to be running the district for a while," Price said with a laugh. "I've been going out, taking a ton of time to meet people."

After seven months, he found similarities and some differences between Hazelwood and his former district of Middletown City Schools in Ohio.

QUESTION: You have been the Hazelwood School District superintendent for seven months. Any surprises?

ANSWER: Not really. A lot of issues and challenges that we faced in Ohio are the same. Just the names and faces are different. The big difference is the size. Hazelwood has over 18,000 students. Middletown had 7,000.

http://www.stltoday.com/suburban-journals/metro/education/article_329d26d0-d10e-5edf-856a-a90bc7bf51ed.html

Commentary: What an ignorant thing to say.

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Middletown News Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Prominent MUSA Citizen Joined: Apr 29 2008 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 1100	Post Options Post Reply Quote Middletown News Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Just the names and faces are different Posted: Jan 31 2011 at 10:50am
	Steve Price started as the Hazelwood School District's new superintendent in July. Since then, he hasn't had much time to relax. Price has been busy working on programs and learning the ways of the Hazelwood district and St. Louis. Before school began, he warned Associate Superintendent Mary Piper that she would be extra busy. "I told Mary she was going to be running the district for a while," Price said with a laugh. "I've been going out, taking a ton of time to meet people." After seven months, he found similarities and some differences between Hazelwood and his former district of Middletown City Schools in Ohio. QUESTION: You have been the Hazelwood School District superintendent for seven months. Any surprises? ANSWER: Not really. A lot of issues and challenges that we faced in Ohio are the same. Just the names and faces are different. The big difference is the size. Hazelwood has over 18,000 students. Middletown had 7,000. http://www.stltoday.com/suburban-journals/metro/education/article_329d26d0-d10e-5edf-856a-a90bc7bf51ed.html Commentary: What an ignorant thing to say.
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VietVet Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List MUSA Council Joined: May 15 2008 Status: Offline Points: 7008	Post Options Post Reply Quote VietVet Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Jan 31 2011 at 12:00pm
	Will be interesting to monitor the progress from Hazelwood. How long before Price gets on the "we need more money- let's have a levy" kick? Anyone want to predict when Stevie will lay a little love on the Hazelwood property owners? Anyone want to predict how long Stevie will last before he has the citizens, teachers and admin. ready to run him out of town? Let's see if he has learned anything at all from his experiences here. I feel sorry for the Hazelwood folks and their district.

SupportMiddletown Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List MUSA Resident Joined: Nov 01 2009 Status: Offline Points: 181	Post Options Post Reply Quote SupportMiddletown Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Jan 31 2011 at 6:15pm
	You guys are at it again. Steve Price has moved on, you should too.

VietVet Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List MUSA Council Joined: May 15 2008 Status: Offline Points: 7008	Post Options Post Reply Quote VietVet Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Jan 31 2011 at 7:41pm
	Sorry Support, didn't know you had placed a moratorium on the Price discussions.

Smartman Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List MUSA Citizen Joined: Jun 14 2008 Status: Offline Points: 299	Post Options Post Reply Quote Smartman Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Jan 31 2011 at 8:46pm
	Good Lord here we go again! Gotta love your negativity Vet,,,you are truly a piece of work.

Bobbie Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List MUSA Citizen Joined: Jun 05 2009 Location: Middletown Status: Offline Points: 288	Post Options Post Reply Quote Bobbie Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Feb 01 2011 at 10:52am
	You may not like negativity - but it is a relevant conversation. This could clear Price's name if he goes there and is successfull. Not to mention we can then reflect on what the issues are here that need to be fixed rather then just placing the blame on one person.

VietVet Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List MUSA Council Joined: May 15 2008 Status: Offline Points: 7008	Post Options Post Reply Quote VietVet Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Feb 01 2011 at 11:40am
	Call it negativity if you want Smartman, but I merely stated facts as to my comments on the damage done by Price while he was super. Also the fact that as time went by, Price started wearing out his welcome in town, even with some of his initial supporters. Hell, the school board, who usually turns and looks away, finally got enough of the downward trend. Price will probably take most of his job philosophy he had here to this new assignment. No reason for him to change in his own mind. Now, if making factual statements has led to my being negative, so be it. If the actual deeds of the Price regime caused a bad scenario, how else would a rational person react, other than to be negative. Others (specifically you), may find a bit of sunshine in almost any situation ( rose-colored glasses disease again). I don't if it ain't there. I'm a frikkin' realist, and I call it and react to it as I view it and as I actually think it is. I don't see any "rose colors" in what Price did to the schools nor what the current clowns are doing to my hometown. So I'm truely a piece of work huh? Hell, that's a compliment to me. I've been called worse in my life. Frankly, I don't give a dam what people think of me now.