Wow! I started writing in this space ten years ago as a new Gowanda high school principal– I called the blog G-Town Talks with no idea it would lead to anything more than a couple of information sharing articles. This blog became the space I used to process my own thinking, communicate with our school community and connect with other educators. I also hoped I would influence thinking and gain feedback from readers.
Here I am ten years later, four years as that HS principal and an 8 year superintendency at Randolph Central under my belt. I started as the superintendent at Springville-Griffith Institute Central School District on March 7. Again I will use this space to process thinking and to communicate and connect with our school community. Hopefully I will influence thinking as a school leader and hear back from readers.
My main purpose in writing here will be to demonstrate transparency. There are lots of changes in the works and one of the surest ways for change to succeed is to clearly communicate what we’re planning and why. I heard loud and clear from the members of the interview committees–“trust us with information! Let us hear from you when something’s happening, not through the rumor mill or on Facebook” (goodness knows that’s NOT a reliable source of factual information!). When possible, I will share what’s happening here and then link it to Twitter (@kimberlymoritz), send to employees via email, and hope that the Springville Journal picks up anything of interest to their readers.
In the coming weeks, I’ll post here about our new principal of special programs position and what we hope to accomplish through that work, our planned 2016-17 intervention changes, and I will break down the components of the capital project we’re hoping to bring before the voters in early Fall 2016.
We are also bringing back a traditional newsletter, with the first issue to be delivered the week after school begins. ALL of our families and taxpayers, including those who do not access information electronically, deserve to see all of the great things happening here at SGI!
I’d love to hear what you’re thinking!
I think (hope!) the Journal prints that this weekend? I agree, it’s very important that we recognize everyone. We can definitely do so on the website and possibly in the Fall edition–we’re going to try to make sure we’re not “out of date” on our news printed there.
Thanks very much for commenting here!
Great to finally have a superintendent who reaches out to communicate with the SGI community. One thing I’d like to see on the SGI website and newsletter (glad you’re bringing that back) is a list of all the honors and scholarships that were awarded on Awards Night and at commencement. Would be great to recognize so many great kids in academics, music, sports, character building, vocational skills, etc., and also the many generous people who provide those scholarships.