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BCCitizen and Stan Deatherage wrote:
"BC Citizen: In conclusion, I do believe you have your answer here, and you wisely answered it yourself: "its like they don't want you involved." When my children were in school, I determined that the school system wanted three things from me: My child. My money. AND, for me to butt out!! |
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BC Citizen: I know. Rarely do the more established board members call me back, and some of these are so-called "Republicans," which of course, drops my confidence in them, understandably, to a very low level.
Maybe they respond to people far better connected than you and me, BC Citizen. I will not get into the weeds here, but I don't believe that some of these school board members actually understand the political component within the paradigm of their elected jobs. So far, the three new board members are responsive to my queries, which I expect to continue; I will expect that same flow of communication from the newly elected school board members in the 2024 election. BC Citizen: In conclusion, I do believe you have your answer here, and you wisely answered it yourself: "its like they don't want you involved." |
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I would do that Stan. However, the board members are terrible at responding to concerns. In a perfect world, the schoolboard should make every opportunity available to hear from the parents. Unfortunately, BC School board is far from perfect and makes parents jump through hurdles to be able to speak on issues. With the untelevised meetings a poor write-ups of their minutes, its like they don't want you involved.
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BCCitizen: All of these issues are School Board issues, and I would suggest that you interact with your favorite school board member.
Schools should be extremely close to parents and the community. |
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I have a legitimate question, as I have not done a lot of research into this topic in our county. How will this affect the staffing level, which Dr. Cheeseman controls, for schools? For example, transfers are being denied for students to attend Bath because their classrooms are full. Will this affect families who live in the district? Will they still be able to send their children to the school in their district without having over crowded classrooms and understaffed schools? It is no secret that Bath Elementary is considered the best "private-public school". As long as this doesn't affect the quality of education in a negative manner, I am all for it. If you live out of the district, will you be tasked with providing transportation or will transportation be provided? Will Dr. Cheeseman still have the ability to pick and choose to what level he staffs a school and which classes he chooses to get rid of if school choice passes?.....
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Continued..... If Dr. Cheeseman can give and take funding as he chooses, which he has been doing. it is going to be difficult for individual schools to be able to put in place classes, learning techniques, curriculum, clubs, etc that make their school desirable to kids and parents outside of their district. Dr. Cheeseman needs his reigns tightened before this is put in place. Or else the schools that they want to succeed will be the ones receiving the funding to do so. Yes, funding is based on population in the school. But that money goes to the school board to allocate and that board is run at the demands of Dr. Cheeseman.
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Continued..... If Dr. Cheeseman can give and take funding as he chooses, which he has been doing. it is going to be difficult for individual schools to be able to put in place classes, learning techniques, curriculum, clubs, etc that make their school desirable to kids and parents outside of their district. Dr. Cheeseman needs his reigns tightened before this is put in place. Or else the schools that they want to succeed will be the ones receiving the funding to do so. Yes, funding is based on population in the school. But that money goes to the school board to allocate and that board is run at the demands of Dr. Cheeseman.
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On another note: The resolution failed 3 to 4, with the victorious commissioners voting against the core of the Center - Left Coalition.
Obviously, we need real Republicans serving on the board of Beaufort County Commissioners.
At some point, I will update this resolution and give the Center - Left Coalition another opportunity to show their far less than free market colors.