terri lowe   stockton, california

Posted: 11:03 pm [PST] on September 26 2009

I am tired of all of these corrupt superintendents. They need to go to jail, jail, jail. They are bankrupting the districts with their greed.

Jim Manning   Arizona

Posted: 01:30 pm [PST] on September 23 2009

Pls tell me what happened with your recall effort.
Write me at Jim@massist.org
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Lesa McDougall   Holstein, Ontario, Canada

Posted: 05:37 am [PST] on June 03 2009

We are going through exactly what you, in Florida are dealing with.

What has happened since 2006?
We are in the midst of it right now in Bluewater District School Board.

please contact me, as I represent Bluewater Citizens for Education
lesamcdougall@yahoo.ca

Kate Smith   Santa Barbara

Posted: 06:30 am [PST] on March 29 2009

Santa Barbara County is gripped by an unholy alliance between the schools, Juvenile Justice, and 47 non-profits that are feeding at the Public Funding Trough. The School to Prison Pipeline criminalizes struggling-in-school minority students by expelling them to "jail schools" for truancy, academic failure, zero tolerance, or behavior problems. There is systemic and systematic violations of state and federal laws; IDEA and ADA mandate that our children be tested for learning disabilities---not pushed into the Pipeline so that the school test scores improve! PLEASE VISIT sbschooltalk.com and expose school corruption, reform education, and restore justice in our schools. Please send your video to President Obama and solicit funds from Oprah Winfrey---tell her Santa Barbara told you to!

Kate Smith   Santa Barbara

Posted: 06:30 am [PST] on March 29 2009

Santa Barbara County is gripped by an unholy alliance between the schools, Juvenile Justice, and 47 non-profits that are feeding at the Public Funding Trough. The School to Prison Pipeline criminalizes struggling-in-school minority students by expelling them to "jail schools" for truancy, academic failure, zero tolerance, or behavior problems. There is systemic and systematic violations of state and federal laws; IDEA and ADA mandate that our children be tested for learning disabilities---not pushed into the Pipeline so that the school test scores improve! PLEASE VISIT sbschooltalk.com and expose school corruption, reform education, and restore justice in our schools. Please send your video to President Obama and solicit funds from Oprah Winfrey---tell her Santa Barbara told you to!

Ron Henderson   San Clemente

Posted: 02:36 pm [PST] on December 15 2008

Well it has been some time since I looked at this blog but not much has changed... I did have a chance to walk the new high school and I must say I was impressed.. My only regret was that La Pata did not go through years ago so we could have had our last attend that fantastic facility. As for the gas line and dump--non-issues in my book... Any person or school that is located near a railroad track is closer to a much larger gas line and of course we all know now the dump would outfolw to the SC side had it not been engineered years ago with a full liner and gas recovery system... By the way the HS is quite a ways from the actual dump itself !! I wou't defend the previous board but I can condem this group for mixing half truths and lies to paint a picture that tends to inflame our citezens ---that is they are inflamed for the personal and finacial gain of the current board and their supporters !!

Leslie Dutton   Los Angeles

Posted: 10:30 am [PST] on August 29 2008

Mr. Henderson: Where have you been for the past 2 and a half years? We were told by CUSD Board Chairman Marlene Draper that there were no parents who would come forward to defend the district when we were doing these shows. Now, after all the Trustees have been removed you are coming forward to defend the "dump site". We would have loved to interview you then. What surprised us was the complete control the Trustees had on the flow of information to the public. We tried and tried to inteview the Trustees and they declined time and again. I must say your defense of the CUSD Board is too little too late.

Ron Henderson   San Clemente

Posted: 08:52 am [PST] on August 29 2008

Talk about half truths---WOW this video is full of more than half truths. I have had 3 kids go through the CUSD and have nothing but praise for the facilities and the staff. We also raised our family within close sitght of the "dump"---no verts in our home. I might note we are on the "outflow" side of the dump which directly would flow through San Clemente and Capo beach.

Kevin Dobrik   PSL, FL

Posted: 06:02 am [PST] on May 08 2008

I was very interested in your video and I admire the courage Tom Russell and the others have to "take a stand". I hope that they win this fight or more likely war, it is very sad to see that corruptcy (sp?) has hit schools with children being affected directly and tax payers which are ultimately the parents. I myself am a student and had to have similar and different problems like the ones displayed on the video, I must say that here in Florida it isn't an different and that I would love to share my sympathy with the students and parents. I wish you all good luck.

John Smith   Laguna Niguel, CA

Posted: 09:16 pm [PST] on January 17 2008

Informative. Thank you for your report. It is shameful that the CUSD Board Members have mismanaged the district.