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I came home rather depressed after attending this year's TAS
B Summer Leadership Conference. If it had a theme it was "Ho
w to save our failing public school system." There were a co
uple of good presenters but overall the mood was panicky and
militant. One of the presenters praised districts that spen
d money on billboards to advertise their schools. In order t
o earn my hours I attend these TASB conferences but my exper
ience is that it is an organization that is not really dedic
ated to public education but simply self preservation of the
ir own interests, region service centers, and I might even s
ay they are trying to open the door for Common Core. Are the
re any board members that read this that could suggest anoth
er conference? I am not interested in earning hours through
TASB or an ESC. What else is available? I won't return to TA
SB and I was re-elected this year so I'm interested in findi
ng a better conference/way to earn my hours. Sticking your h
ead in the sand and pretending there aren't problems (STAAR,
the coming T-TESS, teacher protests and mass exiting) isn't
being proactive.

I would advise TASB to ask why students are leaving public e
ducation rather than ask taxpayers to spend money on billboa
rds. This Go Public Campaign just illustrates the problems t
hat are driving students into charter and private schools. I
would love for TASB to take a stand like NEA has against Ar
ne Duncan. How about TASB stand up and just say no.

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