Good things are happening, but the district needs to get the word out
I think we need to take a good hard look at ourselves; we need to take a good hard look at the great things that are going on in DPS. One of the steps we’ve taken recently is securing some consistency and solidity moving forward, especially in terms of our teaching and administrative staff. I think that needs to get out there into the community. I think that consistency is key. Community members want to see that. They want to see the churn and upset and chaos that’s been a part of this school district for the last 18 months, two years, stop. I think that message needs to be out there and some consistent messaging about DPS’s commitment to education, commitment to the children of Dayton needs to be consistently — again, consistently — messaged out to the community.
Come in. The doors to the school district are open. I know the community doesn’t always feel that way because it hasn’t always been made to feel that way, but the doors are open. Come in and see what we are doing. Make an appointment with a school principal. Make an appointment with the superintendent. Come in and talk to us. Talk to a board member. You elected them. Talk to a board member and come in and see what you can do to help us, see what you can do to support the school district — because it is your school district, and the public school district in any community is the foundation of that community. I encourage you to come in and see what’s there.