For some of you, this blog is not new. But for my new reader (at least I am hoping for one), I think an introduction is in order.

This is the first blog in a brand new chapter for PrincipalsPage. Before I get to that, I need to catch the new reader(s?) up on what they have missed so far. And by so far, I mean the previous 252 blogs (what I lack in quality, I make up for in quantity). This may take a while, so you might want to consider calling your boss to say you will be sick tomorrow.

There are several things you need to know about this blog. I don’t need you complaining at a later date because you’re lost. The first thing you need to know about this blog: It’s written for one person and one person only — me. I write (the second thing you need to know: I can’t actually “write”) this for my amusement.

This isn’t completely true. I do consider a blog successful if my wife laughs out loud as she edits it (just to review … I can’t write so I need an editor). Please keep that in mind if you read a particular blog and you aren’t amused, I was. And that’s what counts.

You may be wondering why I refer to individual entries as “blogs”. That’s because when I started “writing,” I had no idea what the proper terminology was. Still don’t.

It may (or may not) have occurred to you that I “write” in short paragraphs. Very perceptive. This is because I don’t have a clue on when a paragraph should start or stop.

Some people may consider my lack of English skills sad. They would be correct.

The PrincipalsPage.com Blog began on 07/07/07. Weird, huh? I think it’s some sort of sign, but like so many things, I have no idea what it is. The blog began as an attempt to drive traffic to my Web site at www.principalspage.com (a free Web site with resources for K-12 principals).

It worked. It’s almost worked too well. Before I knew it, people were actually reading and commenting on the blogs. That was exciting and a little disconcerting.  Turns out if you post things on the Internet, people will read them. Who knew? This put me in an odd position with my career.

There’s another thing you need to know. I’m not a principal. Two years ago, I got promoted to superintendent (or demoted … you can decide), but by then it was too late to change the name of the blog.

At this point I may be the only superintendent who blogs like I do. In fact, I may be the only person not housed in an institution that blogs the way I do.

The next thing you need to know is what I “write” about: nothing — and everything.

I attempt to write about what I know. Education issues, my family, my job (in the most generic terms possible because I really need to remain employed until I find another job that pays… and blogging doesn’t), and anything else that pops in my head. I’ve found that it doesn’t matter what I write about because there is someone somewhere who identifies with it. Or hates it. I have come to realize that everything in life is related to education.