PAISD Memorial High School to hire "Dean of%

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• published: 31 Jul 2015
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PORT ARTHUR- Jessica Crawford Monday night, board members voted to create a position called Dean of Discipline at Memorial High School. Superintendent Dr. Mark Porterie says the move is a response to poor conduct that can distract students from learning. The position is posted online here. It pays up to $79,7999 per year. "Students have to understand you cannot disrupt instruction," he says. "The challenge is trying to get through all the standards that the State of Texas has put upon us and teachers do not have time to waste re-directing all day long." The Dean of Discipline would help the school formulate strategies to eliminate poor conduct. Dr. Porterie says PAISD will also begin holding meetings with parents to let them know what behavior is expected in school. "I think parents need to know and understand that the only way their child will learn is if we have the support of them as well as the teachers and administration," says teacher Dawn Logan. "So if they understand that and they're on the same page with us, everything will go smooth." Sharon Fontenot has two sons that attend Memorial High School. "If you put parent involvement, I think that Dean of Discipline would work out really good," she says. "This is a big school, many kids, it should cut down on some of the stuff that's actually going on in the school because there's a lot." Jerry Fontenot, a student, says the Dean of Discipline could help dispel rumors about poor conduct at his school. "We're gonna show them what we're really made of. What Memorial's really made of," he says. "We're not at the bottom of the barrel. We're gonna shoot straight up to the top as the young, rising stars we are at Memorial High school." Dr. Porterie says he just wants kids to be able to learn at PAISD. "Students have to come to school ready to learn and know how to behave," he says.