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The student enrollment is less than 6,000 now, and in the early days when I was a commissioner, enrollment was more than 7,500 students, and today, we spend far more money on education than we did then.

All these new schools that they are building is not helping the enrollment or the testing scores.

"RW" obviously believes that all discussions involving the schools should be of one where he 'fakes it until they make it" motif.

Commented: Friday, August 8th, 2025 @ 11:21 am By: Stan Deatherage

Commissioner/Unca Stan:

Is it just me or did I notice RW's body language and vocal inflection change when you asked him about the ACTUAL realtime numbers of enrollment?

His response to the question was an obvious deflection and an acknowledgement that they ain't where they should be.

After all, RW DID say that we should "look at the demographic" and call it for what it is. Even though THEY ain't doing that, it's a useful debating tool that would quickly even the odds.

Commented: Friday, August 8th, 2025 @ 9:50 am By: John Valley

Sean Lennon, son of the Beatles' John Lennon had it right on DEI when he said it stands for "Dumb Evil Idiots".

Commented: Friday, August 8th, 2025 @ 9:49 am By: John Steed

At times, one must stand for something.

Commented: Thursday, August 7th, 2025 @ 10:36 pm By: Stan Deatherage

People. this is a dangerous world; act accordingly.

Commented: Thursday, August 7th, 2025 @ 3:04 pm By: Stan Deatherage

Lets not forget that Michael Whatley has been a cheerleader for Big Solar which was one of the clients of his Washington, DC lobbying and public relations firm. We do NOT need him in the US Senate. Don Brown is the conservative choice in the GOP primary.

Commented: Thursday, August 7th, 2025 @ 7:37 am By: Concerned Taxpayer

THis treasonous Democrat congresswoman is an anchor baby born to illegal aliens. She is a poster girl for why we need to end birthright citizenship.
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Commented: Wednesday, August 6th, 2025 @ 9:38 am By: John Steed

The Beaufort County Commission considered a resolution to support saving this monument. I remember that fake "conservative" Randy Walker voted against that resolution and thus for the monument's removal. Didn't another county commission RINO also do that?

I also remember when RINO Congressman Greg Murphy voted on two separate votes to remove southern monuments from the Capitol, and the second time was AFTER Republican leaders from his district voted unanimously to urge him not to do so.

Commented: Wednesday, August 6th, 2025 @ 9:13 am By: Rino Hunter

The County Board of Education needs to look at what's going on in surrounding counties and put 2 and 2 together. There have been investigations all around us and some very unsettling things, involving the children, have been found.

Many of those getting busted in investigations, investigations looking into very serious crimes against children, happen to be in education and medicine.

An "about face" needs to be had and some folks better get hip to the fly. It's only a matter of time before parents start asking questions.

Commented: Tuesday, August 5th, 2025 @ 4:09 pm By: John Valley

Ramirez is not the only Democrat in Congress to put their allegiance to a foreign country above their allegiance to the United States. Ilhan Omar, for example has admitted she puts Somalia ahead of the US.

Commented: Tuesday, August 5th, 2025 @ 3:33 pm By: Conservative Voter

What I have observed about elected people: They dont know everything, and they know it. They probably are feeling a bit incompetent, so they rely heavily on the hired staff & bureaucrats. (who dont know everything either & may even lie to protect their job).
When a citizen comes to an elected person with a grievance, this elected person lazily turns to the "bureaucrat experts." The experts give an answer, that may be wrong, but the elected person feels covered, and lazily moves on. He doesnt come back to the grieved citizen to see if what the experts told him is correct. He has thusly circled the govt wagons against the citizen. Its a wall a mile high.
If you are elected, and YOU have done this, then YOU are part of the corruption.
I know of many local elected people from City to County that this fits.
Shame on you!

Commented: Tuesday, August 5th, 2025 @ 1:10 pm By: Washingtonian

If a school system is going to use computerized programs to teach, then there should be multiple neighborhood learning centers for children to learn these subjects... not mega schools which require a lot of $$$$ and are extremely impersonal. If one chooses to learn via online courses, then HomeSchooling is a real option.

Just one of my thoughts. :-)

Commented: Tuesday, August 5th, 2025 @ 12:53 pm By: Washingtonian