Its over *sigh*

As mentioned in my previous post, my school has been going through accreditation. For those of you who don't know, accreditation is where your school gets to analyze data from CRT scores, DWA scores, ACTE scores, (KFC, ATT, CBS scores...) and say- hmmm.... are we doing what we should be doing to make all these scores look good? Pretty much its a dog and pony show for the state so they can say they have Northwestern Accredited schools. (this is what we spend OUR education money on in our state)
Anyway, we have to go through it every 6 years. We did this 6 years ago and got a 6 year clear- which means that very important people read our 50+ page report that said- hey, we're cool; and agreed with us. Since then, we've been keeping up our good work and had to write another 50+ page report saying, YES, we're still as cool as we think we are. ( I take that back, the report is 130+). They, the state, has changed the requirements for a 6 year clear. BTW, a 6 year clear means they leave you alone during that time. If you don't get that, they come visit you either every 1,2,3, depending on your clear. There is no longer a 6 year clear. There is a 6 year with 3 year informal review. Because, according to the woman in charge who was at my school yesterday, "Schools want us to come back!" And she was serious! Really- what moron principal in Utah said- hey- come back in 3 years so we can do this all over again!?
Sidetracked- sorry. Here's the point. We passed with highest marks. Their biggest recommendation was- Add another DRSL (desired result for student learning- don't ask.) So now we can breathe easy and tell them again in 3 years, informally, of course, how cool we are. Yep- this is how we spend money in Utah. :) We can't pay our teachers or afford new text books but we can spend literally millions of dollars for 5 individuals to go into schools for 2 days and tell them they teach well according to data. *sigh*
I'll end with a positive note- since we passed, our principal let us wear jeans today! So here I sit at my desk, earning my hefty pay, wearing my jeans. :)