Mr. Roger Nehls came to class today and perhaps got a taste of his old job again, teaching. The Superintendent, Roger Nehls, stood in front of our government class today and told us all a bit about his life both past and present. Although not a politician, Mr. Nehls could fool anyone into making them believe that he was. But I suppose that it is his job to sell our schools to the public, to keep the opinion polls high.

Three things that I learned from today about the position of Superintendent and our schools system are as follows. Hilliard City Schools encompasses much more than just the city of Hilliard. Even though I already knew this, Mr. Nehls made a solid attempt to point this out and to answer the numerous questions. What I didn’t know is that 50% of HCS students are from Columbus, a percentage that far outweighs the amount of students from Hilliard itself. A second thing that I learned about were the processes which occur every day to determine whether or not we will have school. Everything from Mr. Nehls’ watching the news to some employee driving around in fog and on ice go into the finale decision which is made by Roger Nehls himself. "Every day that we are not in school is a $300,000 loss." (Nehls) Perhaps the most interesting thing that I learned is that Mr. Nehls does not really have any tangible evidence that what he did on any particular day was productive. He rarely fills out paper work and much of what he does is have breakfast and lunch with individuals who he needs to impress. "The most favorite part of my job is sharing in the joy of success that the different students, music groups, and sports teams in our district achieve." (Nehls)

My opinion on Mr. Nehls’ visit is a mixed one. It occurred to me that I was quite tiered during this ninth period. I wished a lot to put my head down but out of respect, I tried my best to look alert and interested. I found a lot of the stuff that he had to say non useful to me but I am glad that he came today. Unlike some others, I for some reason have a liking for the Superintendent and he for me and today was awesome for this reason. At lunch, Mr. Nehls was standing with Mr. Lowey, a gentleman who’s dean list I am not on. Mr. Nehls and I struck up a very friendly conversation because we are both old school. It reminded me of my glory days when Mr. Webb was principal... when I had considerably more influence among the administration. During this I just knew that Mr. Lowey was having a fit, in his mind, that this punk kid was in goods with his boss.

So by all means I’d say that Mr. Nehls’ Visit was a great thing.