I am very fond of our new NVUSD logo by the way. It is a large improvement on the old grapes/vineyard thing. Everything in Napa is grape related. This new logo at least represents learning! But when studying the Mission Statement of NVUSD, I would LIKE to say that it seems genuine, well-founded, and based on data. Further, it is FORWARD thinking. Really and truly, I barely have time to study the efficacy of their Statement but they certainly have a well thought-out website. When we see this:
Transforming lives by instilling and inspiring lifelong learning in every student...I feel it is a rather lofty statement but who can blame this team of thinkers and planners? Our district is really TRYING - especially with our new Superintendent. She is very forward thinking. The Statement above seems to fit her and her passion. What I do not really understand is how this is happening - across all domains within our district? It is my hope to transform lives but I am not sure sometimes, if I am even getting them to fix their video on Zoom or how to explain why they can not seem to share a Google Doc, or worse yet, understand why they "were in my waiting room for 12 minutes but I did not let them in." Time will tell if NVUSD has transformed lives. Right now, we are just trying to keep our sanity while teaching to worried, masked participants in the back of the room, and digital children in the front of the room.
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Jason
3/10/2021 11:37:09 am
Agreed! It is beyond difficult to know if we are doing as much good as we hope. In fact, I would say that most of our work is just trying to bring a sense of “normalcy” right now— and that’s impossible to quantify.
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