今天的选举是我见过的中文学校最规范，最专业最公平的一次。
Jeromy不光提出这么好的建议，而且亲自履行，使得整个过程井井有条，非常有秩序. 所有的家长都赞不绝口。 从董事会发出真是通知到今天不过几天时间，决定采用Jeromy的提议也不过是一两天的事。 在这么短的时间内能做的没有一定的能力，经验和头脑是不可能地。感谢Jeromy的同时我非常遗憾这么好的人才不是董事会成员。
借这个网对老金同志表示我的感谢和敬意。衷心希望Jeromy能严肃地考虑为学校做更多的奉献。
Saturday, June 9, 2007
各位家长，敬请留意中文学校以下事实
请大家不要忘记参加今天的听证会。 会议时间是11点到1点，地点为Kirkland主校址的餐厅。
各位家长，敬请留意中文学校以下事实:
1． 在现任校长周琳任职之前，中文学校历经十年，逐步发展成长，在校生已达近千人次。中文学校已经被 accredited by the Northwest Association of Accredited Schools (NAAS). Source: http://www.nwchinese.org。中文学校已有一个运行良好的行政管理体制。周琳在她的简历中所讲：first time established a functional school management team 不符实。
2． 自周琳担任校长以来，在学生人数并没增加多少（约170人)的情况下，已先后增加了:
a. 两个副校长职位;
b. 还计划另增添一名行政副校长；
c. 一名专管email的assistant；
d. 一名专管e-magazine 的专职人员；
3． 学校现有教师约79人，工资支出每学期约为$5.6万。平均每名教师每学期收入约为$700；学校现有行政人员约6人，工资支出每学期约为$1.17万。平均每名行政人员（不包括校长）每学期收入约为$2,000。Source: http://www.nwchinese.org fall semester financial statement
4． 去年学校为期十周的署期班(每天十一小时)，周琳作为summer program 的 general manager, 一共在三个校区的时间加起来不足8小时，却拿走近一万元的报 酬(工资加奖金)。
周琳在去年署期班的平均每小时收入约为 $1,250。
5． 去年学校署期班的纯利润约为$9,000。 仅仅是2005年summer program 的纯利润(约$27,000) 的1/3. 今年署期班更是难以为继，至今只能勉强开出一个校区。
6． 现任校长周琳利用学校电子邮件在未经董事会和当事人同意的情况下，把她与董事及22人家长团来往关于学校的问题的讨论信件加以删改后发给全校家长。在全体家长一再质问下，一个月后终于在法律的压力下道歉认错。http://nwcssaga.blogspot.com/
各位家长，敬请留意中文学校以下事实:
1． 在现任校长周琳任职之前，中文学校历经十年，逐步发展成长，在校生已达近千人次。中文学校已经被 accredited by the Northwest Association of Accredited Schools (NAAS). Source: http://www.nwchinese.org。中文学校已有一个运行良好的行政管理体制。周琳在她的简历中所讲：first time established a functional school management team 不符实。
2． 自周琳担任校长以来，在学生人数并没增加多少（约170人)的情况下，已先后增加了:
a. 两个副校长职位;
b. 还计划另增添一名行政副校长；
c. 一名专管email的assistant；
d. 一名专管e-magazine 的专职人员；
3． 学校现有教师约79人，工资支出每学期约为$5.6万。平均每名教师每学期收入约为$700；学校现有行政人员约6人，工资支出每学期约为$1.17万。平均每名行政人员（不包括校长）每学期收入约为$2,000。Source: http://www.nwchinese.org fall semester financial statement
4． 去年学校为期十周的署期班(每天十一小时)，周琳作为summer program 的 general manager, 一共在三个校区的时间加起来不足8小时，却拿走近一万元的报 酬(工资加奖金)。
周琳在去年署期班的平均每小时收入约为 $1,250。
5． 去年学校署期班的纯利润约为$9,000。 仅仅是2005年summer program 的纯利润(约$27,000) 的1/3. 今年署期班更是难以为继，至今只能勉强开出一个校区。
6． 现任校长周琳利用学校电子邮件在未经董事会和当事人同意的情况下，把她与董事及22人家长团来往关于学校的问题的讨论信件加以删改后发给全校家长。在全体家长一再质问下，一个月后终于在法律的压力下道歉认错。http://nwcssaga.blogspot.com/
Friday, June 8, 2007
From Board
Although I do not agree with the resolution of Board's decision and message below as the owner of this blog. In the spririt of this blog, I post this per Board Chairman's request.
Dear NWCS parents and teachers,
I am writing on behalf of the Board to close out an issue happened on May 7th at 8:42PM when our Principal, Lin Zhou, used School Admin Account sending an email entitled "Note to the NWCS parents: please take a look at those emails" to all NWCS members which exposed an on-going discussion among board members and a small group of parents. The Board has privately criticized Zhou Lin for what she did, because she set a precedent in the school. Although the discussion among a small group of less than 30 parents and the Board is not confidential to all parents, the inappropriateness of Lin's action includes: 1) using our School Admin Email Account to forward such a discussion to about over 1000 members without prior consultation to the Board; 2) forwarding the messages with no introduction or explanation of the topics under discussion and with no signature line; and 3) forwarding edited information that triggered confusions and mistrust.
We are happy to see that Lin Zhou has admitted her mistake and apologized to related party, the school and the Board. She also promised not to repeat this kind of mistake again in the future. The board has accepted her apology and decided to close this issue. Admittedly, the Board has not handled the entire incident in an optimal way during the past month. Let's all put this incident behind us and move forward to build a better school for our children and community. Now, the board and the school are focusing on finishing this semester and starting to operate the summer program. I, hereby, call actions to all members to continue working hard with our teachers, the admin team, and the board to open the next page of our school. I want to call for re-focus on our volunteerism and promoting Chinese language and culture. Your participation in our school at all levels are much needed and appreciated.
Thanks!
Peter Huang, Ph.D., PMP
Chair, NWCS Board of Directors
Dear NWCS parents and teachers,
I am writing on behalf of the Board to close out an issue happened on May 7th at 8:42PM when our Principal, Lin Zhou, used School Admin Account sending an email entitled "Note to the NWCS parents: please take a look at those emails" to all NWCS members which exposed an on-going discussion among board members and a small group of parents. The Board has privately criticized Zhou Lin for what she did, because she set a precedent in the school. Although the discussion among a small group of less than 30 parents and the Board is not confidential to all parents, the inappropriateness of Lin's action includes: 1) using our School Admin Email Account to forward such a discussion to about over 1000 members without prior consultation to the Board; 2) forwarding the messages with no introduction or explanation of the topics under discussion and with no signature line; and 3) forwarding edited information that triggered confusions and mistrust.
We are happy to see that Lin Zhou has admitted her mistake and apologized to related party, the school and the Board. She also promised not to repeat this kind of mistake again in the future. The board has accepted her apology and decided to close this issue. Admittedly, the Board has not handled the entire incident in an optimal way during the past month. Let's all put this incident behind us and move forward to build a better school for our children and community. Now, the board and the school are focusing on finishing this semester and starting to operate the summer program. I, hereby, call actions to all members to continue working hard with our teachers, the admin team, and the board to open the next page of our school. I want to call for re-focus on our volunteerism and promoting Chinese language and culture. Your participation in our school at all levels are much needed and appreciated.
Thanks!
Peter Huang, Ph.D., PMP
Chair, NWCS Board of Directors
抛砖引玉吧
From parent:
读了中文学校的博客,被大多数人的参与精神所感动.一直认为中文学校是一个藏龙卧虎龙腾虎跃的地方,所以能力有限的自己对中文学校的事情一直很少过问,只是力所能及的在女儿的班里帮帮忙.最近中文学校的事情纷纷扬扬,有的家长在博客里号召大家积极参与,献计献策.想想很有道理.西北中文学校作为学习中国文化,传播中国文化,弘扬中国文化在西雅图地区搭起的平台,我们应该积极得参与监督尽力建好,否则把孩子们送来我们做家长的是否有些失职.
听来看去现在中文学校的问题是否可以由以下几点入手解决:
1,明确Board, Admin 和PTA 的关系和作用.
Board成员应有多数家长选举产生(这就是说家长们都要参与才会产生代表家长们利益的Board).Board应担负着任免监督Admin的职责,要避免和Admin有利益关系.
Admin应是代表家长(学校)利益的Board为保证学校的正常运营,以有给的方式招聘的管理人员.(在不久以前我想有许多家长和我一样以为除了教师们象征性的有点收入以外,其他人员都是做公益事业的义工,从心底敬仰他们呢.)所以Board应对Admin有绝对的监督权和适时的任免权.
PTA顾名思义是家长们和老师们之间的纽带,在帮助老师们完成教学任务的同时代表着家长们起着 ”Watch Dog”的作用.集资是PTA的另一重任,集到的资金为学生为学校或者为社会公益事业做了什么事情应有明确的交代,万不可以集资3万8集资花费3万7一了了之给他人留有遐想余地,干了好事最好和大家分享一下.
2.招聘有爱心愿奉献的人进Admin
君子爱财,无可厚非,但要取之有道.
西北中文学校作为孩子们学习中国文化,华人文化交流聚集的社团应以办好教学, 文化交流,发展壮大为主不应该成为个人淘金的地方,因为西北中文学校这个平台是西雅图地区广大热爱中国文化的人们共筑的.如果有人认为自己能力很强自己的时间很贵重,那么最好的办法是自己另外起灶搭台大显身手,成功的先例大家有目共睹.是块金子在哪儿都能放光不是.
3.净化教师队伍
我们有非常优秀且热爱我们孩子的老师,所以我们的孩子才愿意来学中文,我们的家长才不计酬劳的在各个班级帮忙.
由于学校出现了一些问题,有很多老师认为得到了不公证的待遇是很可以理解的,但是请老师千万不要以此释放到教学上,对不起孩子们就过了.说到底我们大部分老师不也是为了爱好和奉献来教孩子们的吗.
4.加强财务监督实施透明管理.
西北中文学校的家底爆了光 对于计算功底雄厚的家长们来说,学校的财务收支瞬间脑中就会成型:约千名学生年进饷……,支出老师和校舍的开支……,支出Admin的工资……算下来怎么也应是绿字,可怎么就变成了红的呢……,对了还让高年纪的每个学生买了”语文报”,图书馆可供租借的电影书籍也越来越丰富,为庆祝春节停课两周准备了丰富多彩的节目门票售价$……PTA还成功的集资……家长们的遐想空间越来越大,难免的猜想和流言就会活跃起来.如其让留言蜚语玷污管理团队的廉洁,加强财务透明度让大家都明明白白为好. 西北中文学校不是有自己的网站和e-news吗.
说来说去也许有人会说光讲奉献透明没有好处谁干啊,那您千万歇好.我想大部分家长还是有能力有爱心和见义勇为的,三个臭皮匠怎么着也能顶个诸葛亮吧.
谢谢你的时间.
于丽萍
读了中文学校的博客,被大多数人的参与精神所感动.一直认为中文学校是一个藏龙卧虎龙腾虎跃的地方,所以能力有限的自己对中文学校的事情一直很少过问,只是力所能及的在女儿的班里帮帮忙.最近中文学校的事情纷纷扬扬,有的家长在博客里号召大家积极参与,献计献策.想想很有道理.西北中文学校作为学习中国文化,传播中国文化,弘扬中国文化在西雅图地区搭起的平台,我们应该积极得参与监督尽力建好,否则把孩子们送来我们做家长的是否有些失职.
听来看去现在中文学校的问题是否可以由以下几点入手解决:
1,明确Board, Admin 和PTA 的关系和作用.
Board成员应有多数家长选举产生(这就是说家长们都要参与才会产生代表家长们利益的Board).Board应担负着任免监督Admin的职责,要避免和Admin有利益关系.
Admin应是代表家长(学校)利益的Board为保证学校的正常运营,以有给的方式招聘的管理人员.(在不久以前我想有许多家长和我一样以为除了教师们象征性的有点收入以外,其他人员都是做公益事业的义工,从心底敬仰他们呢.)所以Board应对Admin有绝对的监督权和适时的任免权.
PTA顾名思义是家长们和老师们之间的纽带,在帮助老师们完成教学任务的同时代表着家长们起着 ”Watch Dog”的作用.集资是PTA的另一重任,集到的资金为学生为学校或者为社会公益事业做了什么事情应有明确的交代,万不可以集资3万8集资花费3万7一了了之给他人留有遐想余地,干了好事最好和大家分享一下.
2.招聘有爱心愿奉献的人进Admin
君子爱财,无可厚非,但要取之有道.
西北中文学校作为孩子们学习中国文化,华人文化交流聚集的社团应以办好教学, 文化交流,发展壮大为主不应该成为个人淘金的地方,因为西北中文学校这个平台是西雅图地区广大热爱中国文化的人们共筑的.如果有人认为自己能力很强自己的时间很贵重,那么最好的办法是自己另外起灶搭台大显身手,成功的先例大家有目共睹.是块金子在哪儿都能放光不是.
3.净化教师队伍
我们有非常优秀且热爱我们孩子的老师,所以我们的孩子才愿意来学中文,我们的家长才不计酬劳的在各个班级帮忙.
由于学校出现了一些问题,有很多老师认为得到了不公证的待遇是很可以理解的,但是请老师千万不要以此释放到教学上,对不起孩子们就过了.说到底我们大部分老师不也是为了爱好和奉献来教孩子们的吗.
4.加强财务监督实施透明管理.
西北中文学校的家底爆了光 对于计算功底雄厚的家长们来说,学校的财务收支瞬间脑中就会成型:约千名学生年进饷……,支出老师和校舍的开支……,支出Admin的工资……算下来怎么也应是绿字,可怎么就变成了红的呢……,对了还让高年纪的每个学生买了”语文报”,图书馆可供租借的电影书籍也越来越丰富,为庆祝春节停课两周准备了丰富多彩的节目门票售价$……PTA还成功的集资……家长们的遐想空间越来越大,难免的猜想和流言就会活跃起来.如其让留言蜚语玷污管理团队的廉洁,加强财务透明度让大家都明明白白为好. 西北中文学校不是有自己的网站和e-news吗.
说来说去也许有人会说光讲奉献透明没有好处谁干啊,那您千万歇好.我想大部分家长还是有能力有爱心和见义勇为的,三个臭皮匠怎么着也能顶个诸葛亮吧.
谢谢你的时间.
于丽萍
Thursday, June 7, 2007
Jeromy Jin is going to volunteering to get the numbering machine
This is from Jeromy. Please read this and post your thought
"Thanks for responding to my suggestion positively. Numbering the forms could be done easily either by:
1) writing in by hand one by one or
2) using a hand-held automatic numbering machine, which is sold at Staples, to accomplish it.
If nobody objects, I am volunteering to get the numbering machine and have the forms properly numbered on Saturday morning. I just need to have someone bring the printed forms to the school's cafeteria by 9 and I should have them done in time for the meeting.
To distribute the forms properly and ensure one survey form per family, I am suggesting that PTA recruit a dozen or so parent volunteers and acquire student names listed by class/grade in advance. The volunteers will be pre-assigned per class/grade and given the number of forms matching the number of students on each given list. Each parent can claim a form per his/her kid's class/grade from the volunteer, who will then cross out the name of the student once his/her parent has got the form. (Any unclaimed forms must be returned at the end of the meeting.) This can be done pretty quickly as the volunteers will work simultaneously. The keys for its success are:
a) recruiting enough volunteers in advance and pre-assigning them to classes/grades per student name list;
b) getting student name lists by classes/grades from Admin;
c) making signs (such as Grade 1A, etc) which will direct parents to appropriate tables to get the forms; and
d) asking the school Admin staff to cross out on the lists the name(s) of any younger sibling(s) whose parents will claim the form under their first child’s name. This last measure will prevent us from giving out more than one form to any family. (This may not be an issue if the number is not too significant.)
Let’s work together to have the process done correctly and to minimize any potential skepticism and misunderstanding!
Jerome Jin"
(Dated 5p.m. June 7th, 2007)
PS: Please come to NWCS cefeteria by 10:30a.m. this coming Saturday in case volunteers are in need to assist the process. Thanks!
"Thanks for responding to my suggestion positively. Numbering the forms could be done easily either by:
1) writing in by hand one by one or
2) using a hand-held automatic numbering machine, which is sold at Staples, to accomplish it.
If nobody objects, I am volunteering to get the numbering machine and have the forms properly numbered on Saturday morning. I just need to have someone bring the printed forms to the school's cafeteria by 9 and I should have them done in time for the meeting.
To distribute the forms properly and ensure one survey form per family, I am suggesting that PTA recruit a dozen or so parent volunteers and acquire student names listed by class/grade in advance. The volunteers will be pre-assigned per class/grade and given the number of forms matching the number of students on each given list. Each parent can claim a form per his/her kid's class/grade from the volunteer, who will then cross out the name of the student once his/her parent has got the form. (Any unclaimed forms must be returned at the end of the meeting.) This can be done pretty quickly as the volunteers will work simultaneously. The keys for its success are:
a) recruiting enough volunteers in advance and pre-assigning them to classes/grades per student name list;
b) getting student name lists by classes/grades from Admin;
c) making signs (such as Grade 1A, etc) which will direct parents to appropriate tables to get the forms; and
d) asking the school Admin staff to cross out on the lists the name(s) of any younger sibling(s) whose parents will claim the form under their first child’s name. This last measure will prevent us from giving out more than one form to any family. (This may not be an issue if the number is not too significant.)
Let’s work together to have the process done correctly and to minimize any potential skepticism and misunderstanding!
Jerome Jin"
(Dated 5p.m. June 7th, 2007)
PS: Please come to NWCS cefeteria by 10:30a.m. this coming Saturday in case volunteers are in need to assist the process. Thanks!
A parent's proposals
This is left by an anonymous parent which deseveres everyone's attention.
Agree that BOD meeting should be open with advance announcement. Also when BOD decides to ask/hire/invite some people outside the board to do things vital to NWCS like "leading the effort to get our Open Hearing logistics together", announcement should made BEFORE their work with brief explanation about why they are chosen and whether they are paid or not, certainly NOT AFTERFACT. This at least would eliminate legitimacy problems caused by secrecy.
Many people have been volunteering in NWCS. Some are visible (like June Hu, some of 22 concerned parents, and others). But majority of them are invisible. However if it means you have more say about how to govern the NWCS because you volunteer more or just in merely more visible way, your MOTIVATION of volunteerism become questionable. In my eyes, that TAINTs the spirit of volunteerism.
Another thing we should look at is the payroll list. I do think payroll list should be PUBLICIZED every half year. Information should include name with simple explanation about what position he/she holds in NWCS. The exact compensations of any key employees like Principal, Vice Principals, Treasurers etc. should also be publicized. Also BOD should make any contract work (like accounting, cleaning, etc.) public. We used to have information about names of teachers for each class and names of administration members as well as BOD members's names available Online. Why has it stopped for last two years? Can we restore that?
In conclusion, TRANSPARENCY and COMMUICATION are the key issues here. If we make sure transparency of governing NWCS and constant commuication with total members of NWCS, it would help to eliminate any misunderstanding, so called "22 concerned parents" issue and "throwing tantrum" behavior.
There is a email calling for "some tangible proposals". In summary, I give my proposals:
1. BOD meeting should be open with ADVANCED announcement.
2. Payroll list (with names and exact compensations for key employees) should be publicized.
In the end, I thank every teacher/staff for his/her deligent work to teach our kids and all volunteers to keep NWCS going.
Agree that BOD meeting should be open with advance announcement. Also when BOD decides to ask/hire/invite some people outside the board to do things vital to NWCS like "leading the effort to get our Open Hearing logistics together", announcement should made BEFORE their work with brief explanation about why they are chosen and whether they are paid or not, certainly NOT AFTERFACT. This at least would eliminate legitimacy problems caused by secrecy.
Many people have been volunteering in NWCS. Some are visible (like June Hu, some of 22 concerned parents, and others). But majority of them are invisible. However if it means you have more say about how to govern the NWCS because you volunteer more or just in merely more visible way, your MOTIVATION of volunteerism become questionable. In my eyes, that TAINTs the spirit of volunteerism.
Another thing we should look at is the payroll list. I do think payroll list should be PUBLICIZED every half year. Information should include name with simple explanation about what position he/she holds in NWCS. The exact compensations of any key employees like Principal, Vice Principals, Treasurers etc. should also be publicized. Also BOD should make any contract work (like accounting, cleaning, etc.) public. We used to have information about names of teachers for each class and names of administration members as well as BOD members's names available Online. Why has it stopped for last two years? Can we restore that?
In conclusion, TRANSPARENCY and COMMUICATION are the key issues here. If we make sure transparency of governing NWCS and constant commuication with total members of NWCS, it would help to eliminate any misunderstanding, so called "22 concerned parents" issue and "throwing tantrum" behavior.
There is a email calling for "some tangible proposals". In summary, I give my proposals:
1. BOD meeting should be open with ADVANCED announcement.
2. Payroll list (with names and exact compensations for key employees) should be publicized.
In the end, I thank every teacher/staff for his/her deligent work to teach our kids and all volunteers to keep NWCS going.
Let's hear what L Chen and Charles Ma have to say to the
Here are couple of email replies from parents of NWCS to some of the member of the 22 parent group ( I doubt that all the original 22 parents agree with them).
"Dear Mr/Ms Li,
Thank you for your volunteer work at NWCS, as what many others did.
Yes, the administrative stuff prepare the pay checks for the teacher. Yes, they copy the materials, Yes, they prepare the contest and prepare trophies and certificates. Yes, they find a replacement when a teacher is ill. However, these are their jobs. These are their responsibilities. These are what they are paid for. They are not doing us a favor. They get the salary for it. No matter how well they have done their work, it is not an excuse for anyone among them not to follow the rule. The school can operate no matter which one leaves.
OK, I believe the vice-principal have answered many phone calls regarding the summer program. That is because she is vice-principal. That is because someone else didn't answer and let her answer. Anyway, she and the other admin members are in the school's payroll and receiving money for doing their jobs. If she has done much beyond the contract requirement, that is because she does so volunteerily and no one forced her to do it.
I don't know how you count the working hours. And, many parents (including you) did the volunteer work and their pay is $0 per hour, well below WA's minimum hourly wage. If she feels her salary is unfair, why didn't she leave? No one forced her to stay at NWCS!
Kennedy's words of blind trust have been criticized by many scholars and the other people, and his this sentence was part of the cause why the US got involved in the Vietnam war. We parents have the responsibility to supervise the school oeration and Kennedy's words cannot be used to let us give up this responsibility. If we parents and society as a whole do not ask what NWCS can do for the students but just ask what we can do for NWCS, then, why we should do for the school? Why the school should exist? Am I the school's slave?
From L Chen"
"I’m not anonymous, I usually even have my whole signature in my email. Here I also add my phone numbers.
I didn’t write the email you referred, but I agree some of points there.
1. We hired the administrative staffs to do the job. If they work to our satisfactory level, we thank them. However, they are NOT do a favor to the school. I believe it’s quite obvious.
2. People are selfish by nature. We parents need to have a mechanism to supervise and monitor the administrative staffs to make sure they do the jobs and spend the money we paid on the education of our children - I believe this is what many parents are looking for.
What do you think of these two points?
And again, welcome everyone to the forum to discuss further: http://nwcsparents.8.forumer.com/index.php
Charles Ma"
“It is sad to see that some of the parents including some board members forget the priority from time to time.
Personally I see it might be a victory to Simon's ego but certainly a loss to NWCS. The fact that Zhou Lin is forced to offer apology again, regardless it is justified or not, proves that the current administration is ready to close their chapter.
As a parent, I am sincerely grateful that the current administration resists all the pressure/interference and keeps the whole school running till the last day of the school year. That is a big favor to all of us.
A worried parent,
Shen Jun
”
"Dear Mr/Ms Li,
Thank you for your volunteer work at NWCS, as what many others did.
Yes, the administrative stuff prepare the pay checks for the teacher. Yes, they copy the materials, Yes, they prepare the contest and prepare trophies and certificates. Yes, they find a replacement when a teacher is ill. However, these are their jobs. These are their responsibilities. These are what they are paid for. They are not doing us a favor. They get the salary for it. No matter how well they have done their work, it is not an excuse for anyone among them not to follow the rule. The school can operate no matter which one leaves.
OK, I believe the vice-principal have answered many phone calls regarding the summer program. That is because she is vice-principal. That is because someone else didn't answer and let her answer. Anyway, she and the other admin members are in the school's payroll and receiving money for doing their jobs. If she has done much beyond the contract requirement, that is because she does so volunteerily and no one forced her to do it.
I don't know how you count the working hours. And, many parents (including you) did the volunteer work and their pay is $0 per hour, well below WA's minimum hourly wage. If she feels her salary is unfair, why didn't she leave? No one forced her to stay at NWCS!
Kennedy's words of blind trust have been criticized by many scholars and the other people, and his this sentence was part of the cause why the US got involved in the Vietnam war. We parents have the responsibility to supervise the school oeration and Kennedy's words cannot be used to let us give up this responsibility. If we parents and society as a whole do not ask what NWCS can do for the students but just ask what we can do for NWCS, then, why we should do for the school? Why the school should exist? Am I the school's slave?
From L Chen"
"I’m not anonymous, I usually even have my whole signature in my email. Here I also add my phone numbers.
I didn’t write the email you referred, but I agree some of points there.
1. We hired the administrative staffs to do the job. If they work to our satisfactory level, we thank them. However, they are NOT do a favor to the school. I believe it’s quite obvious.
2. People are selfish by nature. We parents need to have a mechanism to supervise and monitor the administrative staffs to make sure they do the jobs and spend the money we paid on the education of our children - I believe this is what many parents are looking for.
What do you think of these two points?
And again, welcome everyone to the forum to discuss further: http://nwcsparents.8.forumer.com/index.php
Charles Ma"
“It is sad to see that some of the parents including some board members forget the priority from time to time.
Personally I see it might be a victory to Simon's ego but certainly a loss to NWCS. The fact that Zhou Lin is forced to offer apology again, regardless it is justified or not, proves that the current administration is ready to close their chapter.
As a parent, I am sincerely grateful that the current administration resists all the pressure/interference and keeps the whole school running till the last day of the school year. That is a big favor to all of us.
A worried parent,
Shen Jun
”
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Jerome's Letter
Jerome Jin has made some great sugestions regarding the June 9 hearing. Please share with us if your have any commends and suggestions too.
"Dear Board and PTA,
Thank you, first of all, for giving us parents an opportunity to have some inputs regarding the hiring of next term principal at NWCS. It is a good idea to solicit comments by conducting a survey after the public hearing. In order to make its results fair, truthful and reliable, I suggest that the following two check-and-balance measures be taken to avoid potential irregularities.
1) All survey forms must be numbered numerically, which will track the total number of forms handed out and more importantly allow each participant to check, later on if necessary, whether his/her form is in the pool for reference.
2) The survey forms should NOT given out freely as to ensure one parent one vote. Due to the time constraint, I suggest that the forms be distributed through students in the class. In this way, each family will more likely have just one vote/voice (except for those families with more than one child attending the school, if done correctly, even this can also be avoided). Therefore, the results are less likely to be biased in favor of or against any particular candidate.
Keep up the good and hard work and thanks for considering my suggestion!
Jerome Jin
Concerned Parent of NWCS Student"
"Dear Board and PTA,
Thank you, first of all, for giving us parents an opportunity to have some inputs regarding the hiring of next term principal at NWCS. It is a good idea to solicit comments by conducting a survey after the public hearing. In order to make its results fair, truthful and reliable, I suggest that the following two check-and-balance measures be taken to avoid potential irregularities.
1) All survey forms must be numbered numerically, which will track the total number of forms handed out and more importantly allow each participant to check, later on if necessary, whether his/her form is in the pool for reference.
2) The survey forms should NOT given out freely as to ensure one parent one vote. Due to the time constraint, I suggest that the forms be distributed through students in the class. In this way, each family will more likely have just one vote/voice (except for those families with more than one child attending the school, if done correctly, even this can also be avoided). Therefore, the results are less likely to be biased in favor of or against any particular candidate.
Keep up the good and hard work and thanks for considering my suggestion!
Jerome Jin
Concerned Parent of NWCS Student"
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
董事会的通知
西北中文学校全体会员:
在西北中文学校二十二位会员家长的请求下, 西北中文学校董事会决定根据校规第十款第二条的规定召开全体会员特别大会。会议主要议题是对校长候选人进行公开听证。欢迎符合本校校规规定的会员家长及教师们踊跃参加这次会议。
会议将由校董事会和家长会联合主持。每位校长候选人将在会上就其教学管理理念与经验等发表演说，各位候选人还可就当选后如何针对本校实际情况进行改进的实施解决方案与措施等发表自己的意见和纲领。会议将安排专门的提问时间，供与会人员与候选人探讨共同关心的问题。所有与会人员将于会后填写一份调查表，对每个候选人进行评估。评估结果将向全体会员公布并提交董事会作为选拔新校长的参考。
校董事会和家长会鼓励所有会员家长及教师积极参加本次会议并发表意见。
董事会将在会前向与会成员提供候选人履历简介
。
时间：6/9/2007 星期六，上午11点至下午1点
地点：Lake Washington Technical College (Kirkland campus) 咖啡厅
主持人：孙本经（董事会副主席），胡晓君（家长会主席）
议程：
1. 候选人演讲，限每人5分钟（按候选人姓氏拼音为序）。
2. 提问（所有演讲结束之后）。
为了让更多会员有机会提问并让所有候选人有同等机会回答提问，特作以下规定：
a. 提问会员须按排队顺序进行提问，提问前须自报姓名及孩子班级。
b. 每人每次只可以提一个问题，如还有其它问题，则需重新排队。
c. 对同一候选人的连续提问不得超过3个（包括所有提问人）。
d. 提问时间以1分钟为限，回答时间以2分钟为限。
3. 与会人员填写评估表，然后交由调查人员对评估结果进行统计。
To all Northwest Chinese School (NWCS) members,
With the suggestion from 22 NWCS member parents, the NWCS board has decided to hold a “Special General Membership Meeting” as defined in the NWCS by-law at http://www.nwchinese.org/organization/bylaws.htm, article X, section 2. The purpose of this meeting is to hold an open hearing for all NWCS principal candidates. All valid NWCS member parents and teachers as defined in the NWCS by-law are welcome to attend this meeting.
The NWCS board and Parent Teacher Association (PTA) will jointly host this meeting. During the open hearing, all principal candidates will present their experiences, ideas, agendas, and solutions related to NWCS, as well as possible changes they would like to make if they get the job. There will be a question and answer (Q&A) session following the presentations. After all the hearings, a survey will be conducted among all the attendees. The survey results will be
published and provided to board directors as one resource to help their decision on appointing the new principal.
The NWCS board and PTA strongly encourage all NWCS parents and teachers to attend this meeting and provide your opinion.
The following is the meeting logistics.
Time: 6/9/2007, Saturday, 11:00am to 1:00pm
Place: Lake Washington Technical College (Kirkland campus) cafeteria
Hosts: Mr. Benjing Sun (VP of the Board) and Ms. June Hu (PTA chair) Agenda: 1. Candidate presentation: Every candidate will have 5 minutes to do the presentation. The order of presentation is determined by the alphabetic order of candidate last names.
2. Q & A: After all the presentations, a Q & A session starts. To allow more members to ask question and give every candidate an equal chance to answer questions, below is the format of Q & A session.
a. Each member who has any question will wait in a FCFS queue for his/her turn. Before asking a question, the member should report his/her own name and the NWCS class # of his/her child.
b. Each member can ask only one question each time. Then he/she must go back to the end of line for the next opportunity.
c. A maximum of 3 questions can asked to the same candidate consecutively.
d. Each question time is limited to 1 minute and the answering time is limited to 2 minutes.
3. Attending members fill up the survey form and turn it into a group of PTA volunteers who will count the results. The board will distribute the bios for the candidates before the meeting.
西北中文学校校长候选人家长评估表NWCS principal candidate evaluation form 候选人姓名 总体印象 Overall impression motivation & passion
教学及管理经验Educational & management experience
发展远景Vision for NWCS
实施计划Development plan on improving quality of education
职业道德和价值观Ethic and Morality
其他意见Additional comments
Please evaluate each area for each candidate with the following score: 1 - not satisfied, 2 - somewhat concerned, 3 - fine, 4 - satisfied, 5 - excellent, blank – no opinion.
This survey result will serve as a reference resource in decision making on principal appointment. It will not replace the principal appointment process as defined in NWCS by-law.
The survey is anonymous. Its result will be published to all NWCS members.
在西北中文学校二十二位会员家长的请求下, 西北中文学校董事会决定根据校规第十款第二条的规定召开全体会员特别大会。会议主要议题是对校长候选人进行公开听证。欢迎符合本校校规规定的会员家长及教师们踊跃参加这次会议。
会议将由校董事会和家长会联合主持。每位校长候选人将在会上就其教学管理理念与经验等发表演说，各位候选人还可就当选后如何针对本校实际情况进行改进的实施解决方案与措施等发表自己的意见和纲领。会议将安排专门的提问时间，供与会人员与候选人探讨共同关心的问题。所有与会人员将于会后填写一份调查表，对每个候选人进行评估。评估结果将向全体会员公布并提交董事会作为选拔新校长的参考。
校董事会和家长会鼓励所有会员家长及教师积极参加本次会议并发表意见。
董事会将在会前向与会成员提供候选人履历简介
。
时间：6/9/2007 星期六，上午11点至下午1点
地点：Lake Washington Technical College (Kirkland campus) 咖啡厅
主持人：孙本经（董事会副主席），胡晓君（家长会主席）
议程：
1. 候选人演讲，限每人5分钟（按候选人姓氏拼音为序）。
2. 提问（所有演讲结束之后）。
为了让更多会员有机会提问并让所有候选人有同等机会回答提问，特作以下规定：
a. 提问会员须按排队顺序进行提问，提问前须自报姓名及孩子班级。
b. 每人每次只可以提一个问题，如还有其它问题，则需重新排队。
c. 对同一候选人的连续提问不得超过3个（包括所有提问人）。
d. 提问时间以1分钟为限，回答时间以2分钟为限。
3. 与会人员填写评估表，然后交由调查人员对评估结果进行统计。
To all Northwest Chinese School (NWCS) members,
With the suggestion from 22 NWCS member parents, the NWCS board has decided to hold a “Special General Membership Meeting” as defined in the NWCS by-law at http://www.nwchinese.org/organization/bylaws.htm, article X, section 2. The purpose of this meeting is to hold an open hearing for all NWCS principal candidates. All valid NWCS member parents and teachers as defined in the NWCS by-law are welcome to attend this meeting.
The NWCS board and Parent Teacher Association (PTA) will jointly host this meeting. During the open hearing, all principal candidates will present their experiences, ideas, agendas, and solutions related to NWCS, as well as possible changes they would like to make if they get the job. There will be a question and answer (Q&A) session following the presentations. After all the hearings, a survey will be conducted among all the attendees. The survey results will be
published and provided to board directors as one resource to help their decision on appointing the new principal.
The NWCS board and PTA strongly encourage all NWCS parents and teachers to attend this meeting and provide your opinion.
The following is the meeting logistics.
Time: 6/9/2007, Saturday, 11:00am to 1:00pm
Place: Lake Washington Technical College (Kirkland campus) cafeteria
Hosts: Mr. Benjing Sun (VP of the Board) and Ms. June Hu (PTA chair) Agenda: 1. Candidate presentation: Every candidate will have 5 minutes to do the presentation. The order of presentation is determined by the alphabetic order of candidate last names.
2. Q & A: After all the presentations, a Q & A session starts. To allow more members to ask question and give every candidate an equal chance to answer questions, below is the format of Q & A session.
a. Each member who has any question will wait in a FCFS queue for his/her turn. Before asking a question, the member should report his/her own name and the NWCS class # of his/her child.
b. Each member can ask only one question each time. Then he/she must go back to the end of line for the next opportunity.
c. A maximum of 3 questions can asked to the same candidate consecutively.
d. Each question time is limited to 1 minute and the answering time is limited to 2 minutes.
3. Attending members fill up the survey form and turn it into a group of PTA volunteers who will count the results. The board will distribute the bios for the candidates before the meeting.
西北中文学校校长候选人家长评估表NWCS principal candidate evaluation form 候选人姓名 总体印象 Overall impression motivation & passion
教学及管理经验Educational & management experience
发展远景Vision for NWCS
实施计划Development plan on improving quality of education
职业道德和价值观Ethic and Morality
其他意见Additional comments
Please evaluate each area for each candidate with the following score: 1 - not satisfied, 2 - somewhat concerned, 3 - fine, 4 - satisfied, 5 - excellent, blank – no opinion.
This survey result will serve as a reference resource in decision making on principal appointment. It will not replace the principal appointment process as defined in NWCS by-law.
The survey is anonymous. Its result will be published to all NWCS members.
Monday, June 4, 2007
周琳的道歉
这是周琳为5月7日发的email的道歉信。
To All Members of NWCS:
On May 7th at 8:43 PM, I sent out an e-mail titled: "Note to the NWCS parents: please take a look at those emails." to all the parents of Northwest Chinese School. The email that I forwarded includes an e-mail trail of messages exchanged between members of the NWCS Board as well as some of the parents. Specifically, at the request of some of the parents, I forwarded the emails to all the parents the e-mail containing comment made by Mr. Simon Zhang, a director of the board of NWCS. The truth is that under stress I have unintentionally merged selective messages from two email trains, and did not include Mr. Zhang’s follow-up apologies. I am sorry that I did not forward the original complete messages to give all parents the full context includes Mr. Zhang’s comment. By this letter I extend my formal apology to Mr. Simon Zhang and all parents of NWCS whom I may have unintentionally mislead.
Lin Zhou
Principal
Northwest Chinese School
To All Members of NWCS:
On May 7th at 8:43 PM, I sent out an e-mail titled: "Note to the NWCS parents: please take a look at those emails." to all the parents of Northwest Chinese School. The email that I forwarded includes an e-mail trail of messages exchanged between members of the NWCS Board as well as some of the parents. Specifically, at the request of some of the parents, I forwarded the emails to all the parents the e-mail containing comment made by Mr. Simon Zhang, a director of the board of NWCS. The truth is that under stress I have unintentionally merged selective messages from two email trains, and did not include Mr. Zhang’s follow-up apologies. I am sorry that I did not forward the original complete messages to give all parents the full context includes Mr. Zhang’s comment. By this letter I extend my formal apology to Mr. Simon Zhang and all parents of NWCS whom I may have unintentionally mislead.
Lin Zhou
Principal
Northwest Chinese School
Sunday, June 3, 2007
谢黎君的信
董事会对校长处理不力已经到了令家长恼怒的地步了。为什么？
李政董事和校长亲夫是多年至交。十几年前就是大学同学。他是在周林胡小君操纵下在不足一百人的家长选出来的。到董事会目的十分明确：为周琳做代理。
西蒙受周琳侮辱，一忍再忍长达四周之久。无人过问，利益小人李政，听周琳丈夫说周受到法律威胁，立即受命跳出来要劝西蒙辞职，好一副马前卒的嘴脸。通过李政，周琳对董事会的运作的细节了如指掌，破坏董事会保密制度。（见以下博客）
提请董事会注意：对李政懂事的一切言论动议，加以细心考察。尤其是对周琳的处理问题，校长的任命问题等。
提请李政：在董事会，希望你每说一句话要按一按自己的心口。做一个高尚的人，纯粹的人。一点儿不晚。
提请李政：孙本京董事坦荡照人，不愧一个好汉。把女儿的事情讲得明明白白。你应向本京董事学习，把与周琳丈夫的事，你如何被推荐参选的是向董事会讲清楚。
提请董事会注意：董事潘虹野已经是精神不正常了。上次老师董事会开会，有目共睹。她把董事会闹得很尴尬。使老师们人对董事会失去信心。对其应加以限制。有病应该离开董事会。
提请所有人注意：对潘虹野要宽容，是个好人，呕心沥血地奉献。但她的确有病。
提请所有人注意：读一读 http://nwcssaga.blogspot.com。有些过激，但瑕不掩玉。没有不在理的。听听家长们说什么，醒醒吧！
谢黎君
李政董事和校长亲夫是多年至交。十几年前就是大学同学。他是在周林胡小君操纵下在不足一百人的家长选出来的。到董事会目的十分明确：为周琳做代理。
西蒙受周琳侮辱，一忍再忍长达四周之久。无人过问，利益小人李政，听周琳丈夫说周受到法律威胁，立即受命跳出来要劝西蒙辞职，好一副马前卒的嘴脸。通过李政，周琳对董事会的运作的细节了如指掌，破坏董事会保密制度。（见以下博客）
提请董事会注意：对李政懂事的一切言论动议，加以细心考察。尤其是对周琳的处理问题，校长的任命问题等。
提请李政：在董事会，希望你每说一句话要按一按自己的心口。做一个高尚的人，纯粹的人。一点儿不晚。
提请李政：孙本京董事坦荡照人，不愧一个好汉。把女儿的事情讲得明明白白。你应向本京董事学习，把与周琳丈夫的事，你如何被推荐参选的是向董事会讲清楚。
提请董事会注意：董事潘虹野已经是精神不正常了。上次老师董事会开会，有目共睹。她把董事会闹得很尴尬。使老师们人对董事会失去信心。对其应加以限制。有病应该离开董事会。
提请所有人注意：对潘虹野要宽容，是个好人，呕心沥血地奉献。但她的确有病。
提请所有人注意：读一读 http://nwcssaga.blogspot.com。有些过激，但瑕不掩玉。没有不在理的。听听家长们说什么，醒醒吧！
谢黎君
Peter的信
Dear NWCS members,
I would like to let you know that we are still open for new resumes for our NWCS principal position. The deadline is 6:00PM, June 6, 2007. Please send your resume to board@nwchinese.org.
I am asking all of you who are interested in helping this community to step up and lend us your hands! Let’s work together to build this school as our best Chinese community in greater Seattle area.
Thanks
Peter
I would like to let you know that we are still open for new resumes for our NWCS principal position. The deadline is 6:00PM, June 6, 2007. Please send your resume to board@nwchinese.org.
I am asking all of you who are interested in helping this community to step up and lend us your hands! Let’s work together to build this school as our best Chinese community in greater Seattle area.
Thanks
Peter
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