http://ghsprincipal.edublogs.org/2009/06/25/saying-goodbye/ Superintendent of Schools writes about learning and school management in rural Western New York. Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:20:06 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 http://ghsprincipal.edublogs.org/2009/06/25/saying-goodbye/comment-page-1/#comment-5367 Tonia McAllister Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:50:03 +0000 http://ghsprincipal.edublogs.org/?p=457#comment-5367 I just wanted to say here, to Bill, and to anyone reading this blog. Bill will be missed. I have known Bill in many different capacities since he came here to Randolph. Bill was one of the founders of Character Counts in Randolph. Unless he was at a meeting out of the district or something major came up, he has been at every meeting. He is a great contributor, has a great heart for our kids and for RCS and the surrounding community. As a parent of two boys in the Elementary/Middle School I have had contact with Bill from a parents perspective, and was always thrilled at his even temperment, his ability to take my shy, quiet son who would rather die than be picked out of a crowd and made the center of attention for anything, and ask to come up on the first day of school and punch the principal! My son actually did it, but he never told us of course, to him, nothing really happened that first day. When Bill told me that my son punched him that day at the BOE meeting, I almost stopped breathing for a minute, but then Bill just smiled and explained. He was thinking about my son, even then, giving him a boost to his confidence and self-esteem, and letting him do something that probably every other child would have loved to do (nothing personal Bill, I am sure). I am not sure I ever thanked you for that Bill, I was too stunned when you told me, but I have seen him grow these past two years in the middle school in ways that I could never have imagined. I appreciate what you did, every day, to make him feel comfortable and an "insider" instead of the outsider he thinks he is. LIfe's decisions don't always seem fair, and they are most times very hard to make. I am so thrilled for you with this new position. I wish you and your family all the best. I am sure we will see you at sporting events thru the years. Thanks for all that you have contributed here. We will miss you. I just wanted to say here, to Bill, and to anyone reading this blog. Bill will be missed. I have known Bill in many different capacities since he came here to Randolph. Bill was one of the founders of Character Counts in Randolph. Unless he was at a meeting out of the district or something major came up, he has been at every meeting. He is a great contributor, has a great heart for our kids and for RCS and the surrounding community. As a parent of two boys in the Elementary/Middle School I have had contact with Bill from a parents perspective, and was always thrilled at his even temperment, his ability to take my shy, quiet son who would rather die than be picked out of a crowd and made the center of attention for anything, and ask to come up on the first day of school and punch the principal! My son actually did it, but he never told us of course, to him, nothing really happened that first day. When Bill told me that my son punched him that day at the BOE meeting, I almost stopped breathing for a minute, but then Bill just smiled and explained. He was thinking about my son, even then, giving him a boost to his confidence and self-esteem, and letting him do something that probably every other child would have loved to do (nothing personal Bill, I am sure). I am not sure I ever thanked you for that Bill, I was too stunned when you told me, but I have seen him grow these past two years in the middle school in ways that I could never have imagined. I appreciate what you did, every day, to make him feel comfortable and an “insider” instead of the outsider he thinks he is.
LIfe’s decisions don’t always seem fair, and they are most times very hard to make. I am so thrilled for you with this new position. I wish you and your family all the best. I am sure we will see you at sporting events thru the years. Thanks for all that you have contributed here. We will miss you.

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