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Van Zant i understand completely. I see her as an American that was a great writer and defending her freedom of speech.

Commented: Tuesday, February 25th, 2025 @ 12:14 pm By: Jann

Bob did you even know that she was a Republican and even ran in 1928?

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Commented: Monday, February 24th, 2025 @ 10:33 pm By: Jann

Bob I definitely think Ida B Wells would have been MAGA also! Especially since she was a Republican that was very much into free speech. She definitely was better for women's rights seeing the Democrats praise Margaret Sanger.

Commented: Sunday, February 23rd, 2025 @ 10:34 pm By: Jann

Noel posts a racist post, I meet him half way, and at least three others have a melt down.

If you let MAGA run county schools, your kids will grow up idiots.
This is it in a nutshell.

Commented: Sunday, February 23rd, 2025 @ 3:46 pm By: Big Bob

BBo is a perfect example of the result of the woke infestation introduced into our public education system. Is it even remotely possible that anyone could be a better example of severely retarded reading comprehension paired with fanatical Leftist ideology? I've already answered his question, and he seems utterly unaware. I did not differ with him about teaching both historical persons. He seems to have missed that and is oblivious as to why one lesson does not fit the context of the other by time periods and other factors of coherency. I see nothing racial in Mrs. Cayton's comment and everything racial in BBo's comment.

I have confidence that good history and civics teachers can do a fine job if they are allowed to do it and are provided with logical support instead of inconsistent and illogical direction.

It appears that some members of the School Board want to strike out in a positive direction concerning social studies curriculum choices. It also seems like the BCS upper staff has taken their toys and gone home in a huff after not getting their SAAVAS Social Studies Curriculum. I can see divisions on the Board. I wonder who the swing votes are. I also have severe doubts about BCS leadership following any directives of the Board that do not line up with what they want to do.

Commented: Sunday, February 23rd, 2025 @ 6:13 pm By: Van Zant

Bigot Bob is a race huster, Van Zant, a bush league Al Sharpton. Anything he can twist to try to make about race, even when it really isn't, he does.

Commented: Sunday, February 23rd, 2025 @ 2:22 pm By: Conservative Voter

You Guys are so cruel. You are going to put Al Sharpton out of business.

Commented: Sunday, February 23rd, 2025 @ 11:59 am By: Buzz Cayton

Here we are at that awkward moment. Do we let the BBob ridiculousness hang there or do we say the obvious. OK, I'll do it.

Ms. Cayton was on subject when she mentioned teaching U.S History grounded in the founding of the country. That occurred in the 18th century with roots in the 17th century. BBo wants to muddle it up by concurrently teaching NAACP 19th and 20th century history. They are different time periods. Of course you teach both, just not at the same time.

I'll give BBob this, no matter what the subject it is always about race to him.

I hope our school board can stick to their guns and provide some clear direction. Recent Leftist political and education practices are confusing the heck out of our young people.

Commented: Sunday, February 23rd, 2025 @ 8:54 am By: Van Zant

Beaufort County should not impose wokeness on its students just to help Cheeseman's career. We need to get wokeness out of our schools, whatever it takes.

Commented: Saturday, February 22nd, 2025 @ 5:10 pm By: Bubba

The real problem with DEI in Beaufort County is at the Community College, which has an out-in-the-opem DEI program and boasts about it. The commissioners need to zero that out in the budget. I have never heard of a DEI program at the Beaufort County Schools.

The problem at Beaufort County Schools is CRT in the curriculum, and that comes from a superintendant who wants to conform to what a far left NC Board of Education and NCDPI want to cram down their throats. The superintendant has brought in an out of town school board attorney who is from the belly of the beast, the liberal public school establishement, so he will back up the superintendant.

The state Board of Education has already inserted Critical Race Theory, a Marxist construct into their recommended social studies curriculum. Former State Treasurer Dale Folwell, and former Lt. Governor Mark Robinson, the only two conservatives on the state board, spoke out strongly against that but were outvoted by the liberals appointed by Cooper.

The issue is whether the local School Board has to follow what the State board recommends on curriculum. The lawyers at the General Assembly told Rep. Kidwell that the local board can adopt any curriculum they judge best and is not obligated to follow those state recommendations. The state DPI, backed by the liberal education establishment tries to greatly stretch a wild interpretation of the testing statutes to claim they can tell local boards what to do but they have no mechanism to enforce their claim to control of curriculum.

We have a superintendant who, like most of them, does not want to rock the boat with DPI because of the impact that might have on their own personal career, and he has brought in an out of town lawyer from the bowels of the state education establishment who will parrot DPI's position. The real question is whether a majority of the school board will call their bluff.

Commented: Saturday, February 22nd, 2025 @ 8:59 am By: Steven P. Rader

Recently in public session, the 3 Republican county commissioners have been assured by the BCS Superintendent that the vestiges of DEI is not in the current curriculum.

Should we take him at his word?

Commented: Friday, February 21st, 2025 @ 10:26 pm By: Stan Deatherage