The Superintendent's Chair

The school tragedy in Florida makes most of my week’s activities seem trivial. I know what I do and what I talk about will be important, bu...

"You should be mad," they said to me. "I would never let kids talk to me like that," they said. "These kids s...

Each year our Novi Middle School students take a trip to Washington DC. As part of that experience we visit the Martin Luther King Jr. Mem...

It says I'm overweight! Right there on the BMI Calculator. But that's an improvement. According to the BMI, I used to be obese...

I sit in an office at Novi High School. Outside I hear the sounds of a marching band. Today is the Novi High School Marching Band's An...

Last Thursday I was headed home. It had been a good day. But it was late. It was raining. I was ready to be home. I started my car, wi...

On the first day of the 2017-2018 school year, students eagerly entered our buildings. My question is: Did we give our students a rea...