Unfiltered: Revealing tactics to meet life's demands - #32 Brett Abbotts - Superintendent talks back to school, sports, & informs how vouchers & taxes work

#32 Brett Abbotts - Superintendent talks back to school, sports, & informs how vouchers & taxes work

08/21/23 • 101 min

Unfiltered: Revealing tactics to meet life's demands

With the Greene County Community School District is Superintendent Brett Abbotts! We dug into Mr Abbotts, his background and journey from growing up in Canada to running the schools here in Jefferson, Iowa.
Not only this but he "schooled me" on topics like the voucher program installed recently in Iowa, and how tax dollars get distributed to the school, specifically local dollars.
He is also passionate about football and golf, occasionally sandwiches get wagered on football games and as a Patriot fan he casually trashed the Vikings (my favorite team, GO Vikes!) but Mr. Abbotts is for sure the man to beat on the golf course, and he tells an interesting story about a student who has risen up to try and take him down.
Mr. Abbotts has completely convinced me the schools are heading in a phenomenal direction. He is both goal orientated and relationship focused, an often tough balance to handle but he is finding ways to do it.
I loved his answer to questions about his goals for this school year, though his answer about a perfect world "utopian" goal is especially memorable - He spoke about each kid being confident in their learning, and elevating our district to an elite status, one where people want to come here and you are certainly proud to have graduated from here.
I thoroughly enjoyed my time with Mr Abbotts and hope you enjoy this in depth conversation about school matter and beyond.

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