Congrats to the Butler HS Bulldogs!

After 41 consecutive losses, the Butler Bulldogs football team has finally won a game with a victory (42-0) over Westside. This has been a long rut and I hope they continue to demonstrate improvement in all areas.


From the Augusta Chronicle 8/27/2010:  Bulldogs end long skid
After the game, Butler huddled up in victory for the first time since Oct. 21, 2005, when it beat Richmond Academy.


From Augusta Chronicle 8/24/2010: Butler's coach remains optimistic
Five consecutive losing seasons and a school-record 41-game losing streak would be enough to cripple the confidence of just about any coach.


Congrats Butler Bulldogs...I hope this is the first of many improvements seen this school year.

Congratulations to Butler High School's Future Problem Solving Team!

Congratulations to Butler High School's Senior Division Team Problem Solving team for placing first in Team Problem Solving and in Individual Problem Solving FPSPI competition!

The BHS winning team members are:  Quentin Mays, SaDarius Thomas, Michael White, and Stanley Esaw.  Travis Moore is the individual winner.


If interested in sponsoring a Butler High School student for the trip, please contact Ms. Strelec at strelan@rcboe.org 


For more information:


Butler High School, Augusta, GA


Future Problem Solving Program International (FPSPI)


Augusta Chronicle's article:  Butler problem-solvers advance in competition Team will vie on international level By Stephanie Toone


While this article may not make front page news of the printed version of the Augusta Chronicle, the Internet allows us to share with others beyond the printed news and Augusta, GA.


Congratulations to all of the winning students. 
From the Augusta Chronicle's article by Stephanie Toone:  Butler problem solvers advance in competition


Future Problem Solving of America Senior Division Winners

- Butler High School, First place, Team Problem Solving
- Academy of Richmond County, Third place, Team Presentation of Action Plan
- Glenn Hills High School, Second place, Team Action Plan Development
- T.W. Josey High School, First place, Team Presentation of Action Plan
- Travis Moore, Butler High School, First place, Individual Problem Solving
- Alan Horner, Hephzibah High School, Second place, Individual Problem Solving
- Antonio Evans, Glenn Hills High School, Third place, Individual Problem Solving

Middle Division Winners

- Hephzibah High School, Third place, Team Problem Solving
- Westside High School, Second place, Team Problem Solving

Donations for the trip to Wisconsin can be mailed to:

Richmond County Board of Education
C/O Gifted Program
864 Broad Street
Augusta, GA 30901

Congratulations to all future problem solvers!

What would you do? Response from RCSS...

During a recent assignment in Research Methods, self-reflection was required for one part of the assignment.

I am challenged during this course because many of the required reading assignments are in printed books...got it, no problem implementing the Adapt, Implement and Overcome attitude is something I can do. The required text books are in My Library using Google Books but the views are "No Preview Available" and "Limited Preview" and the books have some type of online supplement which are annotated in the notes. During the self-reflection process I came across a document that challenged me to return to school...again.

I believe this response from the Richmond County School System was the straw that catapulted me into grad school. What would you do if your school board responded to written questions like this? Were the questions to difficult? Isn't this information that anyone associated with a school should have access too? Have you encountered this type of response from the school board and school administrators? I followed RCSS protocol to appear on the agenda, had silent support from many parents, students, administrators, and educators but when the board meeting was adjourned, I had two principals ask me, "What are you going to do when the board doesn't respond?" At first I was shocked that school principals would ask me this but I responded that we will cross that bridge if/when we come to that point. I truly believed that the school board would answer all of the questions...I can remember being at Butler High School that day when the principal brought me the written response from the board...more than 60 days after the questions were submitted to the board.

When RCSS hired Dr. Dana Bedden, this document was presented to him during one of his first Meet and Greet sessions yet 3 years later no updates and the document resides in the public record of the RCSS repository.

So here it is from 2007...

Response from the Richmond County Board of Education

Your comments on the response (or lack of) and whether or not it would have prompted you to do something or accept the status quo are appreciated...or select of the Reaction buttons below this post.

From Past to Present

I came across the first blog I started in support of Butler High School. It is titled, Part of the Solution and allowed me to share information with others about things anyone could do to help out this school, the students, and to help eradicate the "Disgusta" mentality that so many of our students associate with Augusta, GA.

My last post on that blog is associated with a written response to 15 questions we presented to the school board after 90 days of submitting the written request to them and after they attended a "Meet and Greet" event at the school. To this day, responses to some of those questions have not been answered. It doesn't mean I gave up, I just redirected my efforts to support the students who will one day replace those making the decisions.

I was looking at the blog post in reference to encourage people to register their Target cards in support of their school of choice.

GEORGE P BUTLER HIGH SCHOOL AUGUSTA, GA 30906
Target’s most recent donation(September 2006): $136.97
Total of all of Target’s donations through September 2006: $2422.34
Amount accumulated so far toward Target’s next donation* 0.0
Number of Target® Visa® and Target® Card holders who have designated this school: 213

Here is the latest information:

Butler High School Augusta, GA 30906-3547

The most recent Target donation to this school (March 2009): $84.45

Total of all Target donations to this school through March 2009: $3223.83

Amount accumulated toward the next Target donation: *$57.45

Number of REDcard holders who have designated this school: 33

So if you have a Target card, support a school you never know how far a few extra cents will go if you designate a school you used to attend, a school your children or grandchildren attend, or a school in your community.

More information on Target's Take Charge of Education

When people discover the blog they question why I have not deactivated the blog or deleted any information...I remind them that many of the posts support my own educational pursuit in the field of Educational Technology Management and they provide an audit trail which can be used for personal and professional references.