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It is absolutely absurd that the county would spend 50 million dollars without a Long Range Facility Plan that includes various alternatives the board could consider, including revisions in the student assignment patterns...such as PreK-5 neighborhood schools in Washington. Such planning should/would include the impact of the proposed Interstate connector from the Greenville By-pass (read ECU medical district) and the new Fred Smith proposed subdivision. What we are getting from Cheeseman is a planning model that is 50 years out of date NOW. The people have spoken...there is a new majority on the School Board but still three members control the planning. Actually two members, one of whom is not elected (superintendent). That is absurd. A solid Long Range Plan would save more than it cost. At a minimum the Board should debate the utility of mega elementary schools that depend on cross-town busing. More absudity! Where is the new majority on the School Board?
Commented: Thursday, February 6th, 2025 @ 11:57 am
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Commented on More panic at the School Board--RevisedOctober 8, 2024 --The following Sun Shine request was emailed to mcheeseman@beaufort.k12.nc.us:
It is our understanding that a meeting of the Board of Education was held recently in which more than a majority of board members was present and the topic of the meeting was, inter alia, a discussion of campaign material used by board candidate Stacy Davis that led to a letter being sent to Ms. Davis. Please accept this as a formal request for: A copy of the minutes of that meeting A copy of the Notice of Meeting (none was received by the Beaufort Observer despite the fact that we have made a previous request to receive all media notices.) A statement of why the media was not notified of the meeting as required by law. A copy of any correspondence originating from the meeting, specifically any correspondence to Ms. Davis concerning her campaign for a Board of Education seat (District 5). Your immediate response would be appreciated. Delma Blinson, Editor Beaufort Observer As of October 21, 2024 we have received NO RESPONSE.
Commented: Monday, October 21st, 2024 @ 10:58 am
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Commented on Community rallies behind keeping Snowden openIs this correct? No white students attend Snowden? Are there no white or Hispanic students living in Richland Township? That does not appear to be possible. Why does not this Superintendent find those kids and determine why they are not enrolled in BCS? Are we to conclude that there are "no white people/students" living in Richland Township/Aurora? How many white students from Richland Township attend school in Pamlico County? If that is true, the Superintendent needs to determine why white students have fled from Snowden.
Commented: Sunday, September 15th, 2024 @ 1:35 pm
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Commented on The Story of ChristmasFrom all of us at the Beaufort Observer we wish you and yours a blessed Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Commented: Sunday, December 24th, 2023 @ 10:47 am
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Firebrand:
Eighty-year-olds may have something to offer called wisdom. What have consolidated schools brought you? 65% of the children in Beaufort County are below the standard reading level and math levels. If the current goes off, they can't make change. Most cannot read a ruler. Many cannot read cursive. How about basic math like 8X9? Let's look at discipline. I know some teachers who have left the profession because of not getting the support they needed. Last year (2021) 8 of 13 Schools in Beaufort County were rated (D) (now 40) by the DPE. I talked to a man running for the school board in Belhaven who has two people on the PTO (Old PTA) committee. No Parent involvement. Another one of us old eighty-year-olds wanted to visit a class his grandchild was attending. He found that was not allowed. There was a time when we had "Grade Mothers" who came and helped students who were falling behind. There are tons of money for underserved children, but I never hear this mentioned at the local school board meeting. We are facing the largest drop-out rate of students in history and building bigger schools that the Government control is not the answer. Ride through some small towns and communities that got smaller when the schools were closed for consolidation. If bigger and consolidation works, show me. Buzz Cayton
Commented: Sunday, December 17th, 2023 @ 7:30 pm
By: Beaufort Observer Editorial Team
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Commented on The inappropriate instructional materials imbroglio shows how sloppy our school system is being runMr. Ceres. Not to put too fine a point on your comments re. Mrs. Walker’s actions at the 10-29-23 board meeting, allow us to clarify our point. That point is that if one accepts Mrs. Walker's major premise ("no school board members were aware of the inappropriate assignment and do not condone it...") missed the point also. Nothing she said or did at that meeting would prevent it from happening again and again, as has been true this school year. This Board was told about the policy weaknesses and the first time (when action should have been taken) the response was "it (CRT) is not happening in our schools..." That was demonstrably false. Given the current status of how this board has dealt with inappropriate materials being distributed to our BCS students (not BCCC students), it is obvious that it will happen again, regardless of whether any of these board members know about it in advance or whether they approve of the materials or not. That is a subsidiary issue. The major issue is why have they not fixed this problem long before now? If the understanding between the two organizations is in need of review, which is obvious from the facts, then the primary issue, again, begs the question of why it has not already been addressed and when in fact will it be addressed rather than proffering the lame excuse: "we didn't know…" As Yogi Berra once said: "we aren't arguing about the last pitch, but the next one." We call upon you in your campaigning, to help keep the focus on why this situation happened in the first place. To play on our metaphor, there are horses still in the barn and even if these board members do not know the doors are still open, that is an unacceptable excuse to allow it to continue, or in all due respect to you, justification for diverting the public's attention to subsidiary issues. Again, how could this situation be allowed to happen even after the board was warned about it by the Citizens For Better Government?
Commented: Saturday, October 28th, 2023 @ 7:45 pm
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Commented on The inappropriate instructional materials imbroglio shows how sloppy our school system is being runPrendiegirl: The incident may have happened at the College but the Early College is a BCS school, funded by the state through BC Bd of Education. Should you doubt this, simply check the Education Directory published by the NC Dept. of Public Instruction. Secondly, why would the Superintendent be making the comments he made in the 9-19-23 video were it not one of his schools that created the problem? And your reference to HIPPA is equally erroneous. HIPPA applies to medical records. It is NCGS 115-325 that governs public school employees and that statute specifically provides that if the BOE determines that it is necessary to disclose employee personnel information to mitigate a loss of public confidence it may release personnel information...clearly this case presents such a matter. I would respectfully suggest you get your facts straight before posting erroneous information. Editor, Beaufort Observer.
Commented: Friday, October 27th, 2023 @ 2:05 pm
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Commented on Jann's ProfileJann. the email I have for you keeps bounding. Please resend to delmablinson@gmail.com
Thanks Delma
Commented: Monday, September 4th, 2023 @ 10:10 am
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Commented on Good FridayLet the record show that when I, the Editor, selected this graphic I did not even notice the color of their skin. Big Bob, what purpose do you have in focusing on that aspect at the expense of the real story here?
Commented: Sunday, April 9th, 2023 @ 1:36 pm
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Commented on NC GOP solidifies conservatives' hold on the partyRobin Hayes is gone.
Commented: Monday, June 7th, 2021 @ 10:18 am
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Commented on What is McConnell's game on Trump impeachment?Editor's Comment: Sean Hannity just reported that he had talked to McConnell's office today and McConnell does not plan to call the Senate into session for impeachment.
Commented: Wednesday, January 13th, 2021 @ 3:57 pm
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