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The costs, and in this case continuing costs, of consolidation could pay for keeping existing schools open. When consolidation is the goal what's happening now is kind of like killing two birds with one stone. Seems to me the county is getting snookered and the vast majority of our boards and commissions are in la la land or worse.
Commented: Thursday, May 22nd, 2025 @ 7:42 am
By: Van Zant
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And for someone that hasn't set foot in any school in 20 years ... I habe to qu estion everything.
Commented: Wednesday, May 21st, 2025 @ 10:17 pm
By: Gary Ceres
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I distinctly remember Mr Richardson claiming the school could be saved for $35,000 which we all know is a untrue. Sorry dont trust any numbers that he now throws out here.
Commented: Wednesday, May 21st, 2025 @ 10:15 pm
By: Gary Ceres
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There is a lot bloat in government bureaucracy at all levels. Community schools and neighborhood schools are NOT bloat. They offer superior education, especially in the lower grades.
Cheeseman reminds me of Bernie Madoff with his shell game of phony "savings" while ignoring new costs his scheme creates, like the cost of lots more busing. For example, Cheeseman claims the cost of childrens' meals at Snowden as a savings. Does he not plan to feed them at Chocowinity? Most of "Bernie" Cheeseman's "savings" fall into that category. Cheeseman is a flim-flam artist. Call the bunko squad.
Commented: Wednesday, May 21st, 2025 @ 11:32 am
By: Concerned Taxpayer
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Reducing costs and saving money is a good thing but it can also be a bad thing if costs are cut where they are actually needed.
Destroying things the people need in order to “save” money, but at the same time wasting more money than was saved on things the people do not need. This is how we end up with huge government incomes and expenditures, bloated bureaucracies, and a body of government that does not protect or benefit the people whatsoever. The students coming out of schools have limited knowledge and even worse critical thinking skills. This is directly cause by unstructured learning environments and the institution of high technology in the classroom. If we have devices that do all our thinking then we shall not be able to think for ourselves. The truth is self evident, and is the enemy of the reasoning of men.
Commented: Wednesday, May 21st, 2025 @ 9:11 am
By: Will Simmons
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It is incredible hearing the rhetorical pronouncements coming out of these international organizations (UN 2030 Agenda, and annual World Economic Forum) after their meetings. Immediately, high level politicians start parroting the language and pushing the concepts. Then state and local leaders join in. Next thing you know bureaucrats are telling us where to go, where to live and where our children have to go to school and what they have to learn. When any one of us question any of this, we are subjected to condescension and derision. Locally, over the last several decades, think how many times very bad decisions have been made that we are having to live with, pay for, and our children are being stuck with. It's really difficult to see where the agendas, stupid bungling, and crooked dealings start and end. It's really easy to see how many of these policies are harming our communities.
Commented: Tuesday, May 20th, 2025 @ 1:19 pm
By: Van Zant
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Perhaps the local "Lefts" motive, is to advance the UN Agenda that pushes the population into 15 minute cities.
Commented: Tuesday, May 20th, 2025 @ 12:02 pm
By: Washingtonian
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Matthew Cheeseman's bungling on the consolidated elementary mega-school in Washington clearly illustrates how career bureaucrats simply have no business sense whatsoever. Having to come up with an extra half million dollars due to his incompetence in ascertaining if the school board owned all the property is a glaring example. Does that half million dollar boondoggle explain why he now wants to close Snowden?
Commented: Monday, May 19th, 2025 @ 3:35 pm
By: John Steed
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