Smarter and Harder

Eli and Tim interview one of PPS' greats, Brian Dodge.  Brian is a math teacher at Portland High School who has been teaching Calculus AB and BC.  

Eli and Tim talk about the focus groups for the Superintendent search committee.   It was not inclusive/equitable in the least.  Instead of getting everybody together in one room to disucss concerns/ideas, people were separated by language.  From the outside, it appeared that they segregated residents by skin color.   Is this how we model inculsive and immersive behavior to our educators?   

Eli and Tim discuss their ideas on the purpose of education as a way to help, perhaps, the hiring committee for the new superintendent of schools.

Eli and Tim record live at Brookside Food & Drink.  Eli explains why $3 million went unpaid for years to MainePers retirement for PPS employees.  Also, there's a new lawsuit coming for PPS from the PDE for favoring affinity groups.  Could this be what gets  the Figdor out of PPS' ass?  

Eli is beside himself.  Xavier somehow finds more money?  He gave $500 bonus' to only two PPS school staffs.  Also, somebody thinks Xman deserves a retirement party.  You can't make this stuff up!

Eli takes Tim to school on making sense of how PPS has decided to tackle Xavier's departure.  Why does it take 2 people to do the job of 1 after all these years?

Xavier does the right thing and calls it quits.  Eli gives his take on next steps to help right the ship that Emilie and X-man have run aground.  

Eli and Tim give a standing ovation to the teachers who stood up and called out the incompetence of Emily Figdor and Xavier Botana.  

Eli goes off on figuring out how PPS cannot figure out how to pay teachers.   Also, Figdor loses her spot as leader of PPS school committee.

Eli keeps a cool head, as usual.   Tim goes off, as usual.  An active shooter hoax at several high schools in Maine has brought to light the importance of SRO's.