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Joe Biden was appointed by George Soros in an attempt to destroy this country. That is the reason Biden has the open borders to allow convicts to come into this country, and also the reason that every time he asked for more money, he immediately gives it away. He is intentionally trying to financially break this country.

Commented: Saturday, October 28th, 2023 @ 8:47 am By: Danamo

An essential step for change in our schools is getting a solid curriculum, something that is totally under the control of elected local school board members. Unfortunately, too many of them want to bury their heads in the sand and lets others exercise that function and they just rubberstamp the result. That is a big part of what is wrong with our schools.

There are guidelines and recommendations from the state Board of Education, appointed by the governor, but that board is dominated by hard core leftists appointed by Governor Cooper and they are a big part of the problem. Weak minded local officials too often just follow their lead.

Big textbook / curriculum companies tend to pander to the liberal states with their products, making them full of "woke". A few states have stood up at a state level and said "NO" to these companies and insisted on non-woke curricula. Florida is a champion in this and Texas has also made great strides.

We need a school board that will take the bull by the horns on curricula. Our local board in the face of community opposition sidelined the "woke" Savvas social studies curriculum, but it is hard to tell what they are doing on that presently. Then they adopted the Bridges math curriculum which is not only Common Core but also packed with "woke". They claimed they would just not teach the Common Core part, but that was a lie because Common Core math assignments are coming home as homework. One was posted on this site.

Yes, Gary, brainwashed new teachers from universities are a problem, but the bigger problem, which is totally under the control of elected school board members, is having a woke curriculum. We need action, not words on that.

At present Cheeseman appoints the committees that recommend curricula. He has total control of that process. If he appoints too many younger teachers who have been recently indoctrinated in universities, then everyone should expect a "woke" result.

Oh, and good luck in your city council race. Too many on the city council, like on the school board, are low energy people who just go with the flow. Sadler has his set of poodles on the city council just like Chesseman has his set of poodles on the school board. We need energetic and informed public officials who make up their own minds.

Commented: Saturday, October 28th, 2023 @ 9:23 am By: John Steed

They must either comply or step down from their positions.

Commented: Friday, October 27th, 2023 @ 10:26 pm By: Jesse Woolard

If we want real change in our schools I think we can all agree that it has to stop with the indoctrination at the universities and colleges. They are controlled almost entirely by far-leftists with political agendas so they are turning out some teachers that have been indoctrinated into thinking their role in life is to make good little political activists out of elementary, middle and high school students. Luckily I think that the vast majority of our local teachers have morals and values that withstood the indoctrination ... but not all. Fighting at the local level is important but is only treating the symptoms. The cure is to replace the administration and indoctrinating professors churning out political activist teachers.

Commented: Friday, October 27th, 2023 @ 9:18 pm By: Gary Ceres

The school board in this instance has literally zero control over a rogue teacher that is employed by BCCC. The Early College students sign a waiver when they attend at BCCC to attend the classes. The rogue teacher is not employed by the Beaufort County School system and to my knowledge was actually fired for expousing extremist views. The issue here is with BCCC not the school board since they have no control over what teachers teach what classes at BCCC and students can choose electives there. Obviously this assignment, whether optional or not, is propaganda by a far-left teacher with an agenda. But once it was publicly known that she did so she was reprimanded and I know for a fact that Carolyn Walker called BCCC to condemn the distribution and contacted parents to inform them of what was going on. I'm not sure why she's under attack here. She did the right thing by making the members go on record as opposing this kind of indoctrination but the administration of BCCC is who the real attention should be put on. The teacher should be fired not just reprimanded. This was not the part of any curriculum. I attended this meeting and I have a different recollection of events as I observed Mrs. Walker make a strong statement against this kind of nonsense for students. I've also heard her condemn it previously. The attacks on her are absurd. I'm sorry if that conflicts with the views of people that I generally agree with but it is the truth and the truth is important. The anger here should be directed at BCCC. Our colleges are nothing more than indoctrination centers at this point but the school board has literally zero say on how BCCC disciplines rogue teachers.

Commented: Friday, October 27th, 2023 @ 8:45 pm By: Gary Ceres

I disagree with the assignment in every way; it should not be part of the BCS curriculum. The issue is it was not part of the BCS curriculum; it was part of the BCCC curriculum. Has anyone asked Dr. Loope, who oversees the community college professors, why this was allowed? While the Early College is a part of BCS, the principal only has the right to question BCS employees, not BCCC employees. The students in the Early College only take classes with BCS employees during their freshman and part of their sophomore year. The rest of the time, they are in BCCC classes. That is why parents send their students out there to get to college classes early. While I think few good decisions are coming from the BCS superintendent, this is one case where questions are being asked of the wrong people. I would like to know what BCCC's stance on this is.

Commented: Friday, October 27th, 2023 @ 6:08 pm By: Jack Maggio

The trailer to this film is frightening enough, but it is enough to make me want to get the DVD. What the Democrats are doing to American democracy is appalling. The FBI and DOJ are rogue agencies that need to be shut down and totally rebuilt with lots of controls and all new people to see that they do not go rogue again. Right now, they seem to be a cross between the KGB and the Gestapo

Commented: Friday, October 27th, 2023 @ 4:31 pm By: Conservative Voter

Did the police murder her? If so, I agree.
So, you are ready to come out against the NAZIs that support MAGA? Or is it just good people on both sides?

Commented: Friday, October 27th, 2023 @ 4:25 pm By: Big Bob

Beaufort County used to have community schools. Places like Pinetown and Old Ford had their own elementary schools. Chocowinity, Aurora, Bath, and Belhaven had their own high schools. The education students received in those days was a heck of a lot better than what they receive today. Now, our present superintendant is fixiated on building a monster elementary school in Washington, larger than many of those high schools used to be. I guess he thinks that will look good on his resume when he tries to move up the ladder by applying for jobs in larger school systems, but it is NOT good for the children here in Beaufort County.

Commented: Friday, October 27th, 2023 @ 3:27 pm By: John Steed

The Beaufort County Schools have had numerous incidents of gender bender behavior and it keeps happening. Cheeseman is only going through the motions.

First, there was a male student south of the river that the school authorities allowed to change into girls clothing when he arrived at school and then change back when he left in the afternoon, hiding his fetish from his parents.

Then last year there was an incident of a teacher at Washington High School bringing in a speaker on gender transition.

Now we have the "Gender Unicorn" given out in the Early College High School program. What has Cheeseman done about that other than flap his gums? He won't tell us, and anyone who attended the meeting where this was discussed would know that. Cheeseman spoke extensively over someone at the Education First Alliance using an incorrect heading for the internet saying it was in Brunswick County (everything in the actual article said Beaufort County), but he gave no details as to what, if anything, he did to see that this did not happen again. One would expect him to obtain a signed agreement with the Community College that these things would not be allowed when high school students were in a class, but it is very doubtful if anything like that was done.

I have looked at Beaufort County Schools policy on curriculum and while it prohibits a number of things being taught, radical gender theory is not prohibited. It certainly should be. If Chesseman really wanted to do something, putting that in county school policy would be among the first things, but he has failed to do so or to bring it before the board.

Oh, and the school board chairman is a bad joke. He is Cheeseman's poodle, a total front man for the superintendant. The puppet strings are obvious.

Commented: Friday, October 27th, 2023 @ 3:11 pm By: John Steed

From one Dragon Slayer to another. Thank u Gary Ceres, for exposing the corruption n city govt

Its seems most here hav their hair on fire abt national politics, but have little interest n the local Rot that affects them daily.
Maybe the martini sippers as Ceres calls them, are silent because they like the idea of rubbing elbows w the local "small town" powerbrokers.

These Sippers were silent when the corrupt govt cheated their neighbors, & eventually (this is a truism) there will be no one left to speak for them, when big govt comes to smother them.

It all reminds me of SC's stealing, lying, murdering attorney Alex Murdaugh. He would be at home in our City.

Gary Ceres has been trying to obtain public records, but the corrupt system finds it easy to just ignore. It ignores all of us bec we keep electing th same dishonest,or just incompetent Council ppl over & over again.
Over 3mo. & we get NOTHING from th Housing Authority.
What r they hiding?

Why isnt your hair on fire over this?

Commented: Friday, October 27th, 2023 @ 1:49 pm By: Washingtonian

I hope that more people will take Prendiegirl's advice and attend the school board meetings. You can watch the Chairman hang on to the arm of the Superintendent for what to say next. He still has not learned that the Superintendent works for the school board and the people and not the other way around. Oh, parents, they don't know how to raise children. The school will take care of that. Just drop them off and let them babysit until they can get home and the TV and cell phones take over the job.

Commented: Friday, October 27th, 2023 @ 2:09 pm By: Buzz Cayton