Clayton.Talk

By Kimberly Allen

March 31, 2008 11:43 AM | Link to this

Today is the deadline to submit your opinion on this survey.

Clayton County Parks & Recreation is looking for opinions on their parks system, and want to get input from Clayton residents.

Please go to www.claytonparks.com click on “Be A Part of Clayton’s Master Plan” then click “Take The Survey” at the bottom of the page.

By Oh Well ...

March 31, 2008 11:53 AM | Link to this

This is really a shame. Let’s face facts even if this bill is passed in its present form, no county is going to willingly accept most Clayton students no matter how great he or she may be.

Public schools countrywide are overcrowded and other counties will just say they are too full to accept Clayton’s students unless someone has a hook up.

Too bad Clayton’s children are suffering because parents did not make better choices and voted based on race rather than qualifications. Think about if your choice was worth it when you have to shell out money for a rental apartment in another county or private school or can’t sell your home.

But really, can you blame the other counties for not wanting to deal with Clayton’s problems? I live here and I don’t wanna deal with it! Thank GOD we have no children in CCPS, that would make matters even worse for my family.

Oh well, Clayton is at the bottom of the barrel which means we can only go up. Hopefully.

By Mundy's Mill

March 31, 2008 1:53 PM | Link to this

Your right….

Unfortunately, we must stay and deal with our current problems within Clayton County. I am one parent who is choosing NOT to move, NOT to send my children to a different county school system…I have chosen to stay and be a part of the fight to reviatlize the county! It can be done, with a little education on the people that are running for office within the whole county and not just the school board. Some things HAVE to change and if that means also changing people in other elected offices, then so be it…It is time to open our eyes as a community and be a part of the processes in which we choose who our leaders are. I have written letters, made phone calls, attended meetings, etc. It’s funny how the attorneys that represent the school board are the only ones I cannot get a response from when asking questions.

And please, let’s remember that the WHOLE state of Georgia school system remains “at the bottom” of the barrel, not just Clayton County.

By Matthew

March 31, 2008 2:17 PM | Link to this

Oh Well

I agree with you. I don’t want any Clayton kids in any Fayette, Henry, Cobb, Gwinnett, or any other system as well. I don’t want the kids of Clayton to drag us down with them. I am from Cobb County and proud of the schools too. I hope all the parents realize that voting based on race and not qualification was not good.

By Matthew

March 31, 2008 2:21 PM | Link to this

Oh Well

I agree with you. I don’t want any Clayton kids in any Fayette, Henry, Cobb, Gwinnett, or any other system as well. I don’t want the kids of Clayton to drag us down with them. I am from Cobb County and proud of the schools too. I hope all the parents realize that voting based on race and not qualification was not good.

By Michael

March 31, 2008 5:32 PM | Link to this

It is pretty obvious that the surrounding counties don’t want our students. It is also pretty obvious that the existing BOE is clueless as to how to fix the problems. A corrective superintendent is at best a temporary solution, and it is pretty obvious that the BOE can’t find it in themselves to find one that we can afford. I’m beginning to think that the future of Clayton County will not include families with school age children.

I recall a movie “Escape from New York” which showed a good example of what is in store for Clayton County.

By What!!

March 31, 2008 6:59 PM | Link to this

First thing we’ve done right yet. Got rid of Thompson and Wood.

By Nospin

April 1, 2008 7:20 AM | Link to this

For those who haven’t seen the evidence of Victor Hills dirty dealings, make sure to check out: http://www.give-em-the-boot.com/

We have posted copies of the checks used in the Victors illegal activities.

By blinded

April 1, 2008 7:22 AM | Link to this

Please take down that picture above this! Someone will go blind!

By YourRight

April 1, 2008 8:15 AM | Link to this

Oh well,

I totally agree with you. I am a proud parent of South Fulton. So glad that I do not live in Clayton County. I have heard about people moving this summer to South Fulton to get into a better school system.

To Clayton: Deal with your own problems we have enough without yours too.

By MiltonMan

April 1, 2008 8:17 AM | Link to this

Schools in North Fulton are the best in the state because most of the parents are highly educated & demand that from our schools, teachers, board members, etc. I wonder what the education level of adult residents in Clayton county are?

By fleeing from clayton

April 1, 2008 8:38 AM | Link to this

Do you really think the same parents that didn’t take the time to raise their kids correctly are going to put much effort into driving them to another school district? The parents that will are probably the same ones that have made an effort to raise the kids right to begin with and will probably have well behaved disiplined kids.

Maybe fayette and henry can work out a system and trade all their bad students for all clayton counties good ones….

By Conveniently forgetting ...

April 1, 2008 9:08 AM | Link to this

to South Fulton in particular - don’t forget the reason Clayton has so many rejects is because Fulton County dumped them into Clayton to clean up your county for the 1996 Olympics. That’s why South Fulton is halfway decent today.

It was never fair to begin with that they all got dumped here. If Fulton county had dealt with THEIR OWN PROBLEMS back then, Clayton wouldn’t have to do so today.

But life isn’t fair huh? Especially to the children who truly had nothing to do with this mess. As said above, oh well ….

By Deb

April 1, 2008 10:27 AM | Link to this

My family is already looking in Fayette for a place to move. I am an educator and currently live in Clayton. All employees in Clayton did not receive their money. This is the straw that broke the camel’s back with us. We want to totally divest ourselves from Clayton. Some person with Staff Development told a friend of mine that Rod Johnson’s organizational chart took out the Miller guy who was the professional who had been in charge of the area which would be over finance and installed a hack with a high school diploma who is close to Rod Johnson. This person is in charge of a large portion of the school system…like a deputy superintendent. Wow…just because he knows Rod johnson…and he has a high school diploma. Now you know why our family is moving out of Clayton. It is unbelievable here. People with high school diplomas running the school system. Thanks Rod Johnson.

By Clayco Alum

April 1, 2008 10:30 AM | Link to this

Conveniently forgetting I totally agree with your comment.I graduated from Riverdale HS in 2004.

I was born and raised in Clayton County and all throughout I had great teachers and received a great education. My parents and my friend’s parents were involved in our education.

I think it is a shame how people say that they don’t want “our” kids and “our” problems. I remember that year when about 20 new students came in from Fulton county.

I remember how they found affordable housing in our neighborhoods, bringing our property values down. Just about any student kicked out or expelled from that system was accepted by Clayton County. And now other countys say they wouldn’t take our kids?

It is not even the student’s fault. They had no say in all this mess, they’re just getting swept along. I know some very bright students who have worked their butts off to get to where they are, and when their school board fails them, you say they aren’t good enough for your schools?

I guess their goes the saying of “Good ol’ Southern Hospitality”.

By marc

April 1, 2008 10:49 AM | Link to this

Ericka Davis

Rod Johnson

…the two culprits guilty of ruining the Clayton County School System. Total control freaks.

The following are guilty of going along with and aiding and abetting in Davis’s and Johnson’s ethical breaches and stupid moves:

Yolanda Everett

Davis Ashe

Eddie White

Did Davis and Johnson have something on Eddie White that he would be so compliant to their wishes? Of course, we know that David Ashe is Eddie White II, and doesn’t really have a mind of his own on the school board. Yes, Ericka and Yolanda appear to be members of The Dorsey Hopson Bait-and-Switch Yacht Club. Yep, ole Ericka and Steve and Rod and Dorsey didn’t seem to be able to Cross the Rubicon. Perhaps now the Bubicon will “cross the bar” (viz., the one located in the Hurt Building downtown). You told him, Steve, but he would not listen. He answered to his mama Ericka.

By SHEILA B

April 1, 2008 10:59 AM | Link to this

I WISH SOMEBODY WOULD REPORT THAT HOPSON MAN ((SO-CALLED LAWYER ) FOR CHANGING HIS CONTRACT…HE CANT BLAME THAT ONE ON HIS MAMA…ERICKA DAVIS….HE WROTE UUP THOSE TWO CONTRACTS…YES, TWOOOOOOOOO…CONTRACTS!!!!!!!! fRAUD!!!!!!!!! WHAT DO EDDIE AND DAVIS AND YOLANDA DO? jUST SIT THERE AND SAY NOTHING. IS THIS WY THEY GOT RID OF MR HAYNES?????????? HE WOULD SPEAK AGAGINST THIS CORRUUPTION…….

By Is it true? Local Lawyer Want To Know.

April 1, 2008 11:09 AM | Link to this

Is it true that Dorsey Hopson and Ericka Davis engaged in a bait and switch move on Hopson’s contracts? If they changed contracts without the school board knowing and approving of such, then this is major fraud and should be addressed, if not with the SACS imbroglio, then at least with The State Bar of Georgia. This is a major ethical breach.

By Kimberly Allen

April 1, 2008 11:20 AM | Link to this

**There is still time to call or email your Senator and House Representative to help get Senate Bill 458 passed in it’s current form.

If you don’t know who to call, go to http://www.sos.ga.gov/elections/click on “poll locator” & enter your information to find out who represents you. Below is the email I received today:**

Tomorrow, both of these school choice bills will be voted on by the House and Senate. SB 458 will be voted on by the full House. At this point, we do not know whether we have the votes. If the House does not pass this bill tomorrow, we do not think it will ever pass. If you are a resident of Clayton County and if you care about children trapped in failing schools, I urge you to contact your House members. I have attached a list of House members and their contact information.

Tomorrow, the Senate will vote on HB 1133. This bill offers income tax credits to companies to donate to scholarship funds. The full Senate will vote on this bill. The bill as it came over from the House did NOT offer tuition tax credits to families already in private schools. The House authors have asked us not to amend it. However, if you care about this bill, please let your Senator know. I have also attached a list of Senate members.

This year is proving very difficult for school choice. Anything you can do to help is appreciated. Thank you for caring about education in Georgia.

Melanie Davis Stockwell Chief of Staff and General Counsel Senator Eric Johnson, President Pro Tempore Georgia State Senate Atlanta, GA 30334 404-656-5109 404-657-9727 (FAX) melanie.stockwell@senate.ga.gov

By Steve the High School Diploma

April 1, 2008 11:29 AM | Link to this

My name is Rod the High School Diploma, and even I know that using the State Email System to micromanage the Clayton County School System is…well, simply wrong. Hey, Sonny, are you listening? One of the employees under your supposed watch has been abusing the State Email System and using it to micromanage the Clayco School System? Hey, Sonny, do you want me to visit you at the Capitol with many copies of the many, many emails from Ericka Davis where she was micromanaging the Clayco School System from her State job and on State time? If she was not also doing this on State time, then she sure had a lot of coffee breaks. Should I blow up some of the emails on huge styrofoam boards at Kinko’s and take a crew down to the Capitol and picket with these boards?

Talking about boards, have you and your gang of Brad, Bostic, Brock, and Elgart figured out what y’all are going to do with this recalcitrant county called Clayco? Have you yet seen who the real problem has been the whole time…Ericka Davis? Listen to Glenn Brock, Governor. He will tell you. He figured it out a long time ago. If the Whisteblower Haynes was the problem, then why now, one month later, is the board still spinning out of control? Perhaps Rod and his sidekick Steve can put Humpty Dumpty together again. Not.

P.S. I hear that David Reed is putting together a slate of candidates for the upcoming school board race. Hmm.

By In a county outside Clayton

April 1, 2008 11:43 AM | Link to this

Don’t blame us. You all deserve what you’re getting. Ya’ll had a great county for a long long time and now look at you - one step above a third world country. How can you let the quality of life get so bad so fast and you only care about your school board? You think we’d have issues taking your students with good behavior, good test scores, and good parents? No we would not. We would have no problems taking your kids if you parents did your jobs in the first place. But look what you adults did to your county. You think we want that influence here? Like it or not, you don’t represent your children very well and noone wants any part of that. So deal with it yourselves until you learn how to manage what you have. But right now, you are flushing your children’s futures down the toilet.

You, not SACS have taken this away from them. Where were you the first time on probation? You think Fayette, Henry, etc. would have put up with that nonsense? Where were you when good leadership (some were known as exceptional throughout Georgia) was voted out because of skin color? The answer is you haven’t and are still not.
Your leadership is a joke and has been for awhile yet you do nothing. And there are no words for your sheriff other than he’s a buffoon - who not only gives Clayton a bad name but makes Georgia look bad as an entire state. He was strike one. Now you’ve let your school board do the same. That’s strike two. Who knows what strike three will be. Why would we want those kind of decision makers in our county?

By Rev. Jimmy Jack Bourbon

April 1, 2008 12:05 PM | Link to this

Well, well, well, my Fellow Reprobates, I see that someone has said something on this divine forum which has brought the Philitines (aka 49ers, Administrative Interlopers, Clayco Refugees, et al.) back out, wanting so badly to openly sing the praises of their Leader-in-Excile, Dan Colwell. Bless their souls. Their 49% pay is so tied to him…for some strange reason, even if only in their minds. I don’t blame them for being mad, but why start this SACS Cauldron in Clayco by having Cephus Jackson (didn’t his wife become a principal?) and Lillie Souder to sign the first complaint in 2003? Now, let’s keep it real. Who started all this SACS Mess? It was the Colwellites…those cult members who could not dare go on without their “boy” in charge. Why was he fired? He had demonstrated in public that he would not only lash out at and be rude to board members of different hue, but also totally ignore their questions in public. I saw this personally. Sorry, but his side lost three seats out of four in the 2004 races and he was history. To the victor goes the spoils. Which country have you Colwellites been living in? Give it up. No, better yet, keep up the whining. You amuse me. The ole Reverend likes to be amused. Merriment is good for the soul. Come see me at The Hosea Williams Memorial Church of World Peace and Reconciliaton Beginning in Clayco located in the Ponytail O’Keefe Shopping Center near Baker’s Bitter Pills. I love y’all. Your Very Reprobate Reverend, Jimmy Jack.

By Rev. Jimmy Jack Bourbon

April 1, 2008 12:56 PM | Link to this

Fellow Reprobates: I see that my word is not inerrant. I left off the “s” in Philistines. 2004 should be 2002. It was in 2003 that Cephus Jackson put his John Hancock on the SACS Complaint. The next very stupid move of such was when Rod Johnson felt that he could shut up Norreese (Whistleblower) Haynes by making several ridiculous complaints against him to SACS. Not a single one of Johnson’s complaints had merit and none stuck. Not a one was mentioned in Mark Elgart’s laughable report, but ole Elgart at the time was still being loyal to Ericka Davis (and I am quite sure that Rod was just doing her dirty work for her). So, Elgart simply cast aspersions against Haynes because of where he works. Davis is one very sneaky and conniving woman…getting Rod to do her dirty work.

Yes, Cephus Jackson and Rod Johnson richly deserve the Clayco Bozo Awards. Hey, Ceph, did your filing the SACS complaint preserve your property values? Hmm. Hey, Rod, did your filing the SACS complaint preserve your chances of getting elected for the Clerk’s job? Hmm. Hey, Ericks, has the SACS complaints of 2003 and 2007 enhanced your career? Perhaps the 2003 did because you were Peachtree City Great White Hope at the time (and ole Terrell still has the school system insurance, right?), but the 2007 did not. Your sheen has become dull. You can fool some of the people some of the time but not all of the people all of the time. — Abe Y’all know that your Very Right Reverend Jimmy Jack is going to tell you the truth. Peace, JJB

By WTF?

April 1, 2008 1:24 PM | Link to this

If you are IN FAVOR of SB 458, call 404.656.1776, state your name and let them know you are in favor of it!

By saddened

April 1, 2008 1:25 PM | Link to this

Would the Trotter bold-type man please stop fillibustering? If you felt you had anything good to say so many times, you would not keep changing your name every time you post. Just be complacent that you are, once again, seeing CCPS crash and burn.

At least say on topic, which none of your posts here have done… which is school vouchers.

By WTF?

April 1, 2008 1:28 PM | Link to this

If you are IN FAVOR of SB 458, call 404.656.1776, state your name and let them know you are in favor of it!

By Common Sense

April 1, 2008 1:54 PM | Link to this

Saddened,I totally agree with you Trotter needs to stop hiding behind his screen name. Blame Ericka, Blame Rod!!! You, just want to take the blame off yourself. We all know it’s you and that you have this “Vendetta” against Clayton County because you need your teachers’ retirement and have three years to fufill in the school system in order to get it. You thought you were going to use your stupid “Boy Toy Pawn” Noreese to do it but, oh how the tables turn. Trotter you need to take you and your teachers’ union and disappear and go away. It’s obvious that you need members when you have to do an interview with AJC to rectify the political mess you have caused. Parents of Clayton County Schools and Citizens of Clayton County do not be fooled by this “fool.” He does not have the future of the children of Clayton County in his best interest. He only has his best interest at hand. Also, John why are you and Sandra Scott trying to bring Pulliam back. First, you wanted her gone now you bring her back. How much did you get paid for that? Citizens Beware!!!!!!!

By The Rev. knows you...

April 1, 2008 2:03 PM | Link to this

Hey “saddened,” you seem to easily forget that the Rev. knows your escribindo DNA. This is really sad. Boo.

By Clayco3

April 1, 2008 2:08 PM | Link to this

Why would anyone other than Clayton favor SB 458???

By marc

April 1, 2008 2:15 PM | Link to this

I saw Rod and Ericka pulling (literally) Trotter down the hall, bseeching him to help them fire Pulliam. They were also seen at Ruby Tuesday’s in Fayetteville eating togehter right before Pulliam was fired. Who is trying to bring back Pulliam? Sandra Scott? I don’t think she could get five votes for anything right now. I hear that Ericka, my neighbor in Fayetteville, wants either Luvenia (her first choice) or Jackie (her second choice), both residents of South Fulton. Why not just keep Gloria? Oh! Yes, we could possibly get the Peachtree City Savior to make his Second Coming…Dan the Man. Then, perhaps the 49ers would be happy again. We could look forward to a White Christmas again! Bring ole Ed back fulltime to take care of the 49ers.

By SHEILA

April 1, 2008 2:30 PM | Link to this

theh 49RS AND STAFF DEVELPMENT … lOSERS. LOSERS. lOSERS I CAN BOLD MY LETTERSS TOO. BOOOOOOOOO.

By Maryland

April 1, 2008 2:56 PM | Link to this

I move here from Maryland two years ago with my job, and i move to Fayette County, because i heard so much about the schools. The Schools in Georgia are so far behind, my son was a C student at one of the top schools in Maryland, came to fayette and now he is an A,B student because the school is so far behind. I guest the schools in North Georgia and fayette county are the Best that Georgia has to offer and that is sad.ONLY IN GEORGIA. The whole state needs to get it together!!

By posterchild

April 1, 2008 4:36 PM | Link to this

What is a 49er (other than a member of a professional football team)? Someone please enlighten me.

By The Insider

April 1, 2008 5:29 PM | Link to this

This entire ordeal is smoke and mirrors. The land deal made some players rich and they got caught with their hands in the cookie jar. Rod Johnson called SACS to throw them off their scent. It’s called a red herring move. Now, instead of citizens being p** off with the millions being stolen from the school district, citizens are calling for the resignation of the board members that exposed the deal in the first place. It was a great slight of hand move by Rod Johnson. It worked! People in Clayton County…Wake up and stop taking it up the A$#!

By informant

April 1, 2008 5:30 PM | Link to this

Watch your school board VERY closely. Word is they are still trying to install Pulliam as the super. She is still in the area! They just never learn!

By sixfive

April 1, 2008 6:12 PM | Link to this

are people really so stupid to actually believe that not living in Clayton County will deliver them from ignorant people and crime?If as they say,Clayton County is “fully involved” and you live in a adjacent county,when you start feeling very warm,don’t call the Heating &Air guy,he cant help you.Just keep laughing,but pack while you do….

By Common Sense

April 1, 2008 6:17 PM | Link to this

Who cares about the land deal that is over with unless someone steps up to the plate and prosecutes the key players in that mess. Stop trying to throw the people off with that mess. If there is such proof out there that the board members/Pulliam got paid then everyone that says they are for the betterment of Clayton County Schools should find the information, disclose the documents to the public and the proper authorites, and prosecute everyone involved. The fact of the matter is that we all as citizens need to watch out because people like “Trotter” who say they are for the county are really for themselves. Trotter if you are out there my message to you is the following: 1) You are not going to get your teachers retirement 2) You need to focus on the county you live in which is “Fayette County” 3) We as citizens are not going to let you sacrifice our children here in Clayton for your own selfish deeds. Reverend Jimmy Jack Bourbon (John Trotter) you are a waste of breath out of a dead horses as** Watch out Clayton Parents they are trying to bring Pulliam back to mess up Clayton County again. Parents again, educate yourselves on fools like John Trotter and others that have political agendas that do not promote making sure that our children in Clayton County are successful.

By Need a teaching job somewhere else

April 1, 2008 6:20 PM | Link to this

A 49er is someone who is a half time employee. They work 49% of the school year. Mostly retired people and some parents who want to stay home with young children part time. Often they are in positions other than a homeroom/classroom teaching positions so that they can job share with another half time employee. They do not recieve benefits from the county. It is an advantage to the county having these positions because they get experienced teachers and do not have to pay benefits. Clayton is probably going need them next year when the full time teachers who still have years before retirement jump ship.

By Attn: Clayton Parents

April 2, 2008 7:24 AM | Link to this

You got it all backwards Common Sense. The land deal isn’t being used to throw us off; the SACS investigation is being used to throw us off of the MILLIONS EXTRA spent on the land deal, as The Insider posted earlier.

Probably why Hopson is jumping ship; after Ericka Davis pushed through his ILLEGAL contract he’s getting out why the getting is good.

By posterchild

April 2, 2008 8:37 AM | Link to this

Need a teaching job somewhere else:

Thanks for the clarification. I don’t see what the problem with these so called “49ers” are, as it seems that some comments regarding them are rather negative. If they are willing to work there in light of everything going on, what’s the big deal? When I was subbing in Clayton, I met a few people working in this situation.

By In the trenches

April 2, 2008 10:39 AM | Link to this

Be thankful for the 49-ers. Ericka insultingly likes to call these veteran educators and administrators the “historical reference” people, but if it wasn’t for these dedicated individuals who were there when CCPS was great, as well as the “veterans” still teaching, there would only chaos compounded with the johnny-come-lately staff who can’t handle their jobs.

By Rev. Jimmy Jack Bourbon, the Chief of All Sinners

April 2, 2008 1:14 PM | Link to this

All is quiet in ClaycoLand. God told Isaiah: “Be still and know that I am God.” I call upon all the Clayco Refugees in the Great Clayco Diaspora to pray for the Homeland. I remain your Most Very Reprobate Reverend, Jimmy Jack, the Chief of all Sinners. I am getting my beads out and will pray for my enemies. Ouch! Damn! I hate doing that onerous task. But, God said do it. He did not say that we have to feel good about it. I will start off with Dan & Nan. Holy Beijos, my Fellow Clayco Reprobates! A special “shout out” to SHEILA B who loves her pastor so much. We remember the 40th anniversary of the the death of Dr. King and pay him his just honor. Let’t not forget about the foot soldiers like Hosea Williams and John Lewis. Let’s especially never for the precursor to Dr. King, the MAN himself, Vernon Johns.

By marc

April 2, 2008 1:22 PM | Link to this

Miss Kimberly, You are doing a great job. I believe that of all blogs dealing with counties and areas, yours is the most widely used and read. As a fellow New Yorker, I must say that you received the best assignment. Clayton County reminds me of the turf politics in the Big Apple. Go Fordham! marc

By Say What

April 2, 2008 1:54 PM | Link to this

Attn: John Trotter, Clayton Parents, John Trotter, Rev. Jimmy Jack, John Trotter, Earl, John Trotter, Dead Poet, John Trotter, marc, John Trotter, Steve the High School Diploma, John Trotter….you all reading this know what I am saying and you all are getting my drift…… John, seeing how the grand jury is now involved, again, and after reading these blogs that you are so in tuned with, I think you talk too much and now it is time to put your money where your mouth is. All of the evidence that you spewed throughout all of these blogs are either true, or they are not. Seeing how you know so much, here is your chance to redeem yourself to this community and share all of your fact findings to not only the Clayton County Grand Jury, but also to Thurbert’s office in Atlanta.

If you decide to chicken out and not submit all of your evidence (or in your language, Exhibits) Then just shut the HE*% up from this moment on out. Now that you have read this you can do one of two things, Help us in exposing all that you know, or get a life and move on down to your resort in Florida/Rex/Hawaii or where ever it is you claim that day to be.

By Parent Who Pays Twice

April 2, 2008 4:15 PM | Link to this

To the South Fulton Parent: Please go onto the Office of Student Achievement Website and look at test data for South Fulton schools. They are worst than Clayton’s schools. You have NO school in South Fulton that is considered high achieving. If I were you, I would be quiet, really quiet. The schools are horrible and crime is up considerably in your part of the metro area.

Secondly, I absolutely support vouchers. Some of us are paying for private schools and paying our taxes. For those of us who care about a quality education, let us have our money! This has no impact on those who want to stay in poor performing schools. If you want to stay, go ahead and stay. But please take your feet off of the necks of those of us you have been paying twice for years. Use your own money to educate your children and let me have mine!

By PLEASE

April 3, 2008 7:57 AM | Link to this

Please take that photo of Trotter(Earl,Jimmy,etc.,etc.) down. We have seen it enough. He is nothing but trouble.

By South Fulton Parent

April 3, 2008 8:55 AM | Link to this

By Parent Who Pays Twice:

Crime is up near Clayton County Part of south fulton. I dont live there.

First of all it is not anyones fault but Clayton County resdients that there system is messed up. They voted the fools in so get off my back.

I was just saying that people that live in Clayton have been saying they are moving to Henry, Fayette and South Fulton.

I was saying they should stay there and fix there own mess. There is nothing wrong with my daughters school or the county. Clayton on the other hand is a hot mess probably why you pay for private school for yours.

I rest my case.

By WTF?

April 3, 2008 10:02 AM | Link to this

Fulton County residents can kiss my grits. If you people had handled your own problems and didn’t dump them in Clayton for us to deal with, Clayton would still be a great place. Now we have to clean up FULTON COUNTY’S MESS. And again, South Fulton ain’t all that, don’t kid yourself. You may be a step up from Clayton. Maybe.

If it were up to North Fulton, they would secede from you. North Fulton’s taxes are making South Fulton “halfway decent”. If it were not for North Fulton, South Fulton would be another Clayton County, probably worse.

You should thank North Fulton every day that you have a smidgen of bragging rights, South Fulton Parent.

I rest my case.

By arbee

April 3, 2008 10:20 AM | Link to this

So those metro counties do not want Clayton kids to bring them down? This year 2 of Claytons high schools went to the state basketball playoffs. This year - second year in a row - Lovejoy High technology class - has won state honors. This year - Jonesboro High - which has won 6 state titles of the Mock Trial competition in 10 years - and last year won the National competition in Mock trial - are now going to National again this year. Can any oth those other counties match that? The kids in Clayton are doing alright for themselves. It is the politics of entitlement that is dragging them down. Remember your time is coming.

By South Fulton Parent

April 3, 2008 10:48 AM | Link to this

WTF,

I do thank Fulton county as a whole everyday. First of all you got it wrong as usual City of Atlanta dummped their problems on you not us. They are the ones giving out Section 8 vouchers to be used in Clayton County only.

Never said we was better I said we have our own problems we dont need Claytons as well.

Everyone surrounding Clayton is thinking the same thing they just wont come out and say it.

Come on your students just got banned from Peachtree City.

The sad thing is the ones that lose is the Clayton County Kids. For that I am sorry, I think that as much as you on this blog defend how great your county is should go to your school board meetings and get involved.

To fix this mess so in another 5 years you wont be going through this same thing for the THIRD TIME.

By JDR

April 3, 2008 11:05 AM | Link to this

The only blame I’ll accept, South Fulton bourgeois wannabe (by the way, learn to spell - you people who mess up their/there/they’re and its/it’s and too/to/two just drive me crazy and consistently prove YOUR [not you’re] ignorance) is that I failed to speak out and educate my fellow citizens to the folly of their vote for those clowns and campaign for their qualified opponents. I DID NOT vote them in and am now speaking out to get them UN-elected.

Regarding the dismal state of Clayton County, the media is stoking that fire. All of this high drama sells papers and gets viewership. (You all are reading this blog religiously, aren’t you?) South Fulton’s rotten schools are not getting the same spotlight shown on them, thus your mistaken notion that “your daughter’s school” is acceptable.

Frankly, a parent in any public school system should be applauded for making the sacrifice to ensure that their child(ren) are not subject to the indoctrination of government schools, regardless of the perceived quality of that public school.

And speaking of South Fulton, goodbye Ericka. Now Yolanda - my district representative - do the right thing NOW! Resign from the board and slink off to your comfy little teaching job in SW Atlanta in arguably one of the worst school systems in the country, APS.

By the way, Valencia Seay bowed to the pressure of her Fayette constituents and voted against 458, against giving Clayton students a chance at a decent education outside of CCPS. She will NOT get my vote either. TELL A FRIEND!

By WTF?

April 3, 2008 11:08 AM | Link to this

Isn’t the “City of Atlanta” located in Fulton County? Nuff said!

And for the record, my children are grown, college educated and live their own successful lives. I spent my time at school board meetings, PTA meetings and any and everything else good parents do when they care about their children. I should not have to go to these meetings any more, I did my part when my children were growing up, these parents need to do their part now. But since many are not I will have to attend these meetings to help save my property values. So do not make the assumption that I am not “involved”.

If it makes you & those from other counties feel better to come on blogs and rag on Clayton, knock yourself out. Just remember that Georgia is damn near last in education “as a whole” not just Clayton, and Clayton is not the sole reason that GA is at the bottom. So think about that when you start praising the Fulton Co school system, which “as a whole” might be a step better than Clayton. Maybe. And the schools that are better than Clayton’s sure are not on the south side!

If you and other counties really believe that “banning” students is going to stop them from infiltrating yours schools and neighborhoods, think again. That ban has just forced a bunch of parents to find other more creative ways to get their kids into other schools, and they will. They have been doing so for awhile now.

By jgyv

April 3, 2008 11:27 AM | Link to this

why is it that everytime of the crazy clayton countyu boarrd members resign they resign at some “future” date…an “unknown” date. Look at eddie white, reod johnson, and now erica davis. she said that last night was “probably” her last night on the board. why”probably” last night. if you resign you resign/ period. that is it. please please johnson, whilte and david >>> go NOW!

By Kimberly Allen

April 3, 2008 11:37 AM | Link to this

UPDATE: The House passed SB 480 yesterday which will provide a small window of relief.

Students attending a high school that has been accredited in the past two years can get the HOPE scholarship. This provision expires in 2010 and was added expressly for CCPS.

SB 458 will be voted on tomorrow and the bill’s author (Senator Eric Johnson, R-Savannah) recommends that you call (404.656.1776) and/or email your senators and house representatives TODAY because all support is needed if the bill is to be passed.

By Kimberly Allen

April 3, 2008 11:39 AM | Link to this

I forgot to thank Kem Kimbrough and Melanie Stockwell for these updates!

By GETB

April 3, 2008 11:52 AM | Link to this

www.give-em-the-boot.com

By Rev. Jimmy Jack Bourbon

April 3, 2008 12:07 PM | Link to this

How does that nursery rhyme go: “Mark and Ericka sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G. First comes love, then comes marriage, and then comes Mark with a baby carriage.” It was a bad political marriage from the beginning, but Mark needed a “black face” to help him beat up on Lois Baine Hunter for calling him out in September of 2007 when he showed up at the Clayton Board Meeting to essentially get Haynes, Scott, Strong, and Hunter in line because they were questioning the two contracts that Ericka Davis and Dorsey Hopson put together, without board approval, as well as other things that Ericka and Rod were doing. (The contracts would be a goog start for the Clayton County Grand Jury.) From that point on, it was a cabal of Elgart, Davis, and Johnson to get Hunter, Scott, and Haynes. This whole fiasco backfired on Mark Elgart (2007-2008 Loser of the Year), Davis, and Johnson. Their tag-alongs, Yolanda Everett (a teacher at Atlanta’s Cascade Elementary School), Eddie White (who just needs to enjoy retirement with wife Eileen), and David Ashe (who, for some unfathomable reason, actually thinks that he can escape Ericka’s “Fire of Rome” without the stench of smoke on his “pink shirt”), deserve their justice…the contempt of the community. Everett-White-Ashe went along to get along. None had the backbone to stand up the the rapacious control freaks, Ericka Davis and Rod Johnson.

The fire got out of control. Mark Elgart did not need Ericka anymore. He kicked her to the curb along with the other expendable and throw-away-board-members. Mark Elgart started this fire on the Clayton County School System. He is responsible. His SACS Report was indeed, as Haynes said from the beginning, “a sham and a farce.” But, alas, he was through with his political marriage with Ericka. He threw her away like she was some cheap tramp he had met in Vegas. He was now with the Governor’s Boys. Hey, there was money to be made in the torn-up, looking like “Post World War II Poland” Clayton County School System. “White Boys & Bostic” (a new band?) sho’ do know how to make some money — at least for their friends. Hmm. Don’t Need Ericka No Moe.

My Fellow Reprobates, your Very Most Reprobate Reverend and his Associate Pastors are gonna have to keep tellin’ you the truth. We gotta do this to keep you informed. Otherwise, these half-witted bloggers who really know nothing and have no seminal thoughts of their own will only keep spewing out the propaganda of the Mark Elgart Camp (which might ought to be sued by the property owners, school system, parents, and realtors for the egregious and poisonous “medicine” which is much deadlier than our “ailment”).

I know that you love it when your Very Most Reprobate Reverend graces this screen. I feel your love, my Fellow Reprobates. Peace, JJB

By VirusData

April 3, 2008 12:30 PM | Link to this

Well what is need is for the Gov Sonny to come in an put in place his own board of trusties on the School Board because of all the cronyism that we have here in Clayton County from Lee/Jewel Scott and their organization the Clayton Democratic Party aka Clayton County Organized Crime Syndicate by them putting up school board candidates so they can control more over this County and let us not forget John Trotter and his crew trying to do the same thing. Humm

How funny that most of the Clayton County Democratic Party members are working for the Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill like Stephanie Denise Campbell ( that is stealing money from the Federal / State Government because she is on disability from Wachovia for a mental and nervous break down and also she has a criminal record that’s still pending for simple battery and Family Violence ) and Jennifer Ross and let not forget the Ex-Phantom Mayor Phaedra Graham

And I believe that the any School Superintendent should be also a Elected Office by the people that way they too can be held accountable to us the citizens and not to be appointed type of position which would stop the power play an cronyism on all school boards across this State this would help to make sure this what happened here in Clayton County will not happen no where else in this State.

There is no HOPE for us in Clayton County with all this madness.

By For the love of God

April 3, 2008 1:42 PM | Link to this

Oh Well, I agree with you to a certain point. I voted for some of these idiots on the school board but race had nothing to do with it. Ignorance on my part of not knowing who the candidates were. It’s hard to know who you are voting for in school board elections because they don’t go through the normal political channels to get elected. Usually there are a few signs and maybe some flyers in the mail.

I think the entire election of school board members should be revamp. Voters should know who they are voting for. What their backgrounds are. They should at very least debate their rivals so we will be able to be more educated on the candidates. I don’t have any kids and as soon as my home sells I will be moving out of the area. Maybe out of the state. I loved this county when I first moved here but now I see more kids hanging on corners, pants sagging, loud music playing, mall crowded with kids with nothing to do… I can’t stand it anymore… Please want something more than a nice ride. Educate and teach your children. And for God’s sake please do not re-elect Victor Hill. That man is crazy!

By The Insider

April 3, 2008 2:14 PM | Link to this

Bob Hartley has been conducting secret meetings with school board members to secure their resignations. What’s his motivation for keeping this a secret? Bring it out in the open Bob if you don’t have anything to hide.

By Sick of it all

April 3, 2008 2:46 PM | Link to this

I am one of those parents who left after speaking at the board meeting and here is why. First, I left work hours early to make sure that I could attend that meeting and was still working via phone & computer. I, unfortunately, could not give more time to that boards stupidity. Does this mean that I don’t care about my community ? No it doesn’t. I, along with many others who left, have been working behind the scenes prior to that meeting and are currently still hard at work attempting to get our community help. I have been involved in my local school district and will continue to be involved as long as my child is a member of this school’s student body. Unfortunately, thanks to this board this may not be for long. I am ashamed of the cloud of negativity that this board has placed over my community. I used to be able to say with pride that I was from Clayton County. Alas, no more.

I was also very offended by the arrogance of the board members, particularly Sandra Scott. The rolling of the eyes and the ignorant display of hostility toward the community was so unprofessional. It did nothing but confirm what SACS stated in it’s report. This board is an embarrassment to the hard working people of Clayton County.

Clayton County as a whole needs to look at ourselves. The public infighting amongst the BOE, the Sheriff, the Police Department and the Board of Commissioner’s Office does nothing to make us look like the wonderful community we are. Newspapers all across the country, as far away as Los Angeles, are labeling my community as being the area that “the poor & uneducated of Atlanta live”. By that, I am offended. That doesn’t describe me nor the people that I live in my community. This stereotype is being openly spread by our neighboring counties, who would like to feel superior to us. They are symbolically lynching our community as a whole. The extremely sad part is that we are providing them the rope. Our leadership is calling the media and grandstanding at every opportunity they can. It’s making me wonder if getting rid of our BOE is just the tip of the iceberg! Maybe we need to gradually clean house completely.

I also don’t like the fact that our leadership is allowing my community to be the dumping ground for the city of Atlanta’s problems. This is why, to a degree, I can understand why other communities are concerned about the influx of Clayton County residents to their areas. The gentrification of Atlanta has hurt Clayton County dearly and many want to prevent the same from happening to their communities as well. I don’t disagree with their concern but I do disagree with their hostility and racism. They are labeling ALL students from Clayton County as thugs, undesirables and lacking in education. This by no means describes my child nor the children of my family and friends that are currently in Clayton County. All of our children are exceptionally bright, well behaved and are outstanding assests to their community. They speak proper English, don’t wear their jeans below their behinds, aren’t in gangs, and are all planning on attending Ivy League Universities. No one takes the time to see that though. They just want to label them based on preconceived notions, encouraged by the media.

I hope that more residents will ban together to help us clean up our community. We can begin with overhauling our school board, but do not need to stop there. We need to take a good hard look at the Board of Commissioners as well. How was Atlanta able to dump it’s problems on us so easily ? Why can’t the people that are being displaced from public housing be placed in rental homes in their own communities ? Why are they being sent to Clayton County to live against their, as well as our, wishes? Why do the Sheriff and Chief of Police feel the need to fight a public battle using the media ? The same goes for the Sheriff and County Commission Chairman. Stop playing t**-for-tat in the media. You are doing nothing but hurting those you are supposed to be serving. We put our trust in all of you, and look where it got us!

By VirusData

April 3, 2008 2:54 PM | Link to this

Well The Insider I would think it is up to any an all citizens to talk to the School Board Members to resign as from what I hear Bob Hartley is a citizen in this County that has children like most of us do.

As I believe most Rod Johnson supporters are also the same as Lee/Jewel Scott’s since Lee/Jewel Scott put Rod Johnson in office in the first place back in 2003 by their dirty Organized Crime Syndicate Money.

Rod Johnson and all his supporters are trying to smear any ones name that runs for the same office like all the other Lee/Jewel Scott, Leslie Terry, and Cry Baby Victor Hill that needs his diapers changed because when they do not get changed Baby Little Victor gets so dang cranky or maybe the Feds are in town looking at all of them for their crooked deeds they all do.

But if Rod Johnson can not do his Job as a School Board Member that is Fatally Flawed Board Members then his is unfit to run for another Elected Office ( Clayton County Superior Court Clerk ) in this County.

I want to know why is Rod Johnson is not putting his full name on all his campaign signs for Clayton County Superior Court Clerk, only Rod Johnson is putting on them signs is only Johnson humm as Rod Johnson is misleading the citizens again thinking they are voting for someone else and when they will be voting for this Scam Bag Rod Johnson.

By Sick of it all

April 3, 2008 2:55 PM | Link to this

I have never voted based on race. I pick the candidate that best reflects my views. This often means choosing the lesser of two evils. I do, however, find it ironic that the Non-Black community is smug enough to wag their fingers and chastise others for race based voting. Isn’t that what you do every election ? How many of you ignore skin color and choose the best candidate ?

By marc

April 3, 2008 2:59 PM | Link to this

Lee Scott

Eldrin (Meddler) Bell

Virginia Gray

Hey, Kimberly, I think that this race may prove worthy of a good New York Mayoral race.

By Kimberly Allen

April 3, 2008 3:24 PM | Link to this

Hey Marc - yeah but normally there is at least one candidate in the race that I actually want to cast a vote for! LOL!

By Wyla

April 3, 2008 3:28 PM | Link to this

Ericka Davis, do you think that we, the People of Clayton County, are imbeciles? Is this another one of the “fake resignations” that you and Rod Johnson* have contrived? How many “resignations” do we have so far? Three? But, your, Rod’s, and Eddie’s posteriors are still sitting in those swivel chairs on 5th Avenue. Are these Nixonian and Shermanesque resignations or Baby Doc Duvallier-type resignations? How long will it take for Ericka to move her daughter to the Fayette County School System once she REALLY steps down from the school board? The Fayette system will not let her daughter arrive to school late each day and eat her McDonald’s breakfast in the Teahers’ Lounge. No more speciall priviledges for Ericka, her momma, and her daughter. Hmm. Perhaps her brother can accuse teachers of having sex with him over there too. What was the verdict? “NOT GUILTY.” Who are you going to throw in jail for bringing this up on this blog? Help, Wyla’s in jail!

Ericka, get off the board now and take your tag-alongs with you. Yes. It’s me saying this. My name is Wyla, and I’m one mean Pointe South momma who ain’t afraid of you! I know Ghetto when I see it. I’m Ghetto and you are too.

By Sick of it all

April 3, 2008 3:32 PM | Link to this

To the South Fulton resident:

I left South Fulton almost a decade ago to come to Clayton because of the dismal state of it’s school system and crime infestation. So don’t think you are fooling anyone by trying to blame your area’s horrible living conditions on it’s proximity to Clayton County.

While I was in the area, I made the mistake of going into South Fulton to shop . Ghetto fabulous! Nothing has really changed. The housing prices have just risen. Old National is just as hoodlum as ever. Men were hanging out in front of the liquor stores. I was at the gas station across from Walmart looking around to make sure I wasn’t going to be approached by any beggers. Almost everyone we came in contact with looked like they were right out of a bad blackploitation movie. I have NEVER seen that much brightly colored hair and gold teeth at one time in Clayton County. My child was AMAZED and I had to chastise her for qawking at the freak show. I heard very little correct english being spoken and the customer service inside walmart was by first some of the worst I have ever received at any walmart.

I have friends that still live in our old neighborhood and friends who are new purchasers in the South Fulton area as well. One brand new subdivision off of Jonesboro road is repeatedly being broken into by it’s OWN neighboorhood hoodlums. (Until this fiasco with the Clayton County BOE, South Fulton was the stepchild de jour for the media.)

So get off of your high horse and pay attention to what your children are doing. EVERY community( white, black, brown, or green) will have the same issues with crime as long as parent’s keep refusing to take responsibility for raising their children. We have got to stop letting our children glorify a ghetto culture.

By Sick of it all

April 3, 2008 4:07 PM | Link to this

Now that Clayton County is in such a mess, where will Fulton County dump it’s section 8 vouchers now ? Can government rental assistance be used in an area with a failing school system ? I hope not. Maybe this will be the silver lining on this storm cloud. Look out South Fulton, here they come!

By WTF?

April 3, 2008 4:47 PM | Link to this

“Sick of it all” - what would truly be divine intervention and karma is if all the rejects from Atlanta (i.e., Fulton County) had to go back where they came from originally thanks to this accreditation mess. And it is a safe bet that they will not end up in “North” Fulton county!

By Jeff

April 3, 2008 6:29 PM | Link to this

Where does Mark Elgart and Brad Bryant and James Bostic and Glenn Brock (especially Brock since he is an attorney hired by the board of education) get off on thinking that they can tell the Clayton board members to step step? What if a citizens committee dumped all of the Clayton Section 8 students in Elgart’s backyard in Alpharetta and then self-righteously tell the Fulton County Board of Education (whose South schools are like Bosnia or Lebanon) to step down? Or, pointed to Cobb’s lowering test scores and escalated disciplinary problems and told the Cobb Board to step down? And, please don’t get me started on Brad Bryant’s “Premier” DeKalb where they have “Premier” Pistol Whipppings in the schools. Garf.

By Hmm...

April 4, 2008 8:35 AM | Link to this

I’ve got a funny feeling that some people are continuously pontificating under different aliases on this blog. Too bad there doesn’t seem to be a lot of substance in all that bold print!

By Nospin

April 4, 2008 9:23 AM | Link to this

Well you heard it first on www.give-em-the-boot.com Now its official. MACE trying to get Pulliam in power? Trotter at it again! Will Trotter find himself in trouble with the law for interfering with the school board? Wait and see.

By Common Sense

April 4, 2008 9:48 AM | Link to this

To the citizens of Clayton County I told you all that “Trotter” was trying to bring Pulliam back. Also, Pulliam was seen leaving the MACE office last week or was it the week before last. You tell us John when did you all make the deal. This is sad. Pulliam and Trotter need to prosecuted and thrown in jail together!!!

By Ex-Clayton

April 4, 2008 10:12 AM | Link to this

Ol “Kingfish Trotter” is still trying to pull the strings of the CC School Board, the man who started all their problems in the first place.

By Jean

April 4, 2008 10:25 AM | Link to this

I’m amazed that the residents of Fayette and Henry County are in such an uproar. Henry County School System did not make AYP and even though Fayette County did, who cares, you only have 27 schools. I’m especially amazed at the level of racism that is exhibited towards these children, they did not ask to be put in a situation where their education is jeopardized. Everyone should be working together to try and correct this situation, no matter what race you are, no matter where you live, no matter what race you are. SHAME OF ALL OF YOU FOR LETTING THE STUDENTS DOWN. The bottom line is the State of Georgia has a lousy public education system and a gread deal of Georgia’s students are failing and it is not just the Black Students, or the Hispanic Students, all students are failing except the Asian students. Think about what they are doing right and we should emulate them.

By VirusData

April 4, 2008 11:24 AM | Link to this

As these School Board Members is trying to bring Barbara Pulliam as the School Superintendent, this board is fatally flawed if they do because Pulliam and her crony board members got the Clayton County School System in all these problems in the first place. Plus Pulliam belong to the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority as she brought in all her pledge sisters from all over the USA just to come here a work in the Clayton County School System. And that she Barbara Pulliam wasted our Tax Dollars on that Swamp Land Deal up in Riverdale which is next to the dirtiest River (Flint River) in the State that puts our children at risk and in danger with heath problems and maybe in the summer time our children that could get West Nile Virus because of the mosquito’s Humm just more cronies coming to Clayton County just to get Jobs, we are already infested with cronies and close friends working for the DA’s Office, Sheriff’s Office, Solicitor General’s Office.

I guess Clayton County is really screwed now even more so, we just have all these Crooks here now just like I said many times we have our own Organized Crime Syndicate here in Clayton County thanks to Lee/Jewel Scott and their owned Clayton County Democratic Party they (Lee/Jewel Scott) started with their dirty money.

By VirusData

April 4, 2008 1:48 PM | Link to this

State Rep. Roberta Abdul Salaam is a Lee/Jewel Scott paid Elected Official and, as well as close friend / God Mother to Cry Baby Little Victor Hill and god mother / close friend to Deputy Neely that use to work for Riverdale Police Dept which is also close friends to Phantom Ex-Mayor Graham and her campaign manger / Attorney Michael B. King. But State Rep. Roberta Abdul Salaam is nothing but a total Liar and Racist Pig, as she can not be trust in nothing she does or says, What a poor excuse of a Elected Official with the only exception is that Phantom Ex-Mayor Graham of Riverdale what a ” SCUM BAG “, and another ” DOUCHE BAG ” of Lee/Jewel Scott crony State Rep. Roberta Abdul Salaam “ All I am wondering why State Rep Roberta Abdul Salaam is getting involved in the Clayton Council School Board issue hum , maybe because she is trying to show that she is doing something, but all in reality she is trying to take over other peoples hard work in exposing and correcting the problem as getting the School Board Members to resign so she can get re-elected into office hum well last night meeting showed that with Lee Scott and Stanley Byars , Kevin Thomas from the Clayton County Democratic Party just jocking for their own person and private agendas which they hope they can get their cronies Elected into Offices in this County and they do not care about us the citizens of Clayton County or our Children.

By unda-cova-brutha

April 4, 2008 1:56 PM | Link to this

Rev BJ - Don’t be going round sayin tooo much about those people k-i-s-s-i-n-g in a tree, not when the likes of John Trotter, Noreese Haynes and Glenn Dowell are working soooo closely together. Guess that hits too close to home, don’t it, BJ.

By JDR

April 4, 2008 2:51 PM | Link to this

I knew it! I knew there was something about Glenn Dowell that didn’t sit right with me. If he’s tied in with Trotter, it all makes sense now. Ewwwww!

It’s all about the money and power with all of those sleaze balls. Bell, Davis, Trotter, Dowell, Hill, Scott(s), et cetera and AD NASEUM.

And as far as I’m concerned, the jury is still out on Bob Hartley’s bunch at boot-em.com. Too much ignorance and rash statements for my taste. Not thoughtful or visionary, which is what I’d like to see in a prospective leader in CC.

Alas, I am still waiting for that “VISIONARY LEADER” to emerge here.

By You Have Got to be Kidding

April 4, 2008 3:24 PM | Link to this

I love that those that do not want to see Dr Pulliam come back and now linking her to Trotter. I know that is making his skin crawl, but then he may be putting that out himself to keep her out. Don’t believe everything you hear or read. Anyone can leak incorrect information to the press or the community. We need someone that can do the job now, not later. And who in the h#$% are we going to get? No one wants to come down here and deal with this mess. I hear a lot of you not wanting Pulliam, but don’t have anyone else you can recommend.

By VirusData

April 4, 2008 3:34 PM | Link to this

As I have stated many times and I will state it again:

The State or Gov. Sonny Perdue needs to put their own State Board of Trusties to replace the whole School Board Members and the Superintendent for a least 4 year term if not long to get out all these special interest groups and crony friends, etc.

By Brenda

April 4, 2008 5:25 PM | Link to this

OH WELL

You are STUPID!!!!!!!!!!

I don’t know why you people are stupid enough to believe that all is perfect in your world. A white student recently said, “You don’t want to come to our school, we have teachers taking pills and students overdosing in the rest rooms.” Your school is not perfect; your crimeS and sin are is just not reported in the media.

By Attn: Clayton Parents

April 7, 2008 11:20 AM | Link to this

News Flash: Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls were seen in the MACE office last week. I knew the East Coast/West Coast “rap war” was all a plot by Trotter to take over the school board!

By ?

April 7, 2008 12:00 PM | Link to this

Tupac and Biggie were seen eating at the Waffle House with Elvis and Jimmy Hendrix, They all had on t-shirts that read “We Love Mace” & Trotter for Commission Chairman!

By Cuba.needs.a.leader

April 8, 2008 12:10 PM | Link to this

There is always the island of Cuba. They are in need of leadership in the absence of F Castro….maybe the Clayton Board can take over and run it better.

Maybe they can arrange for the import of Ford Escorts and Pintos (for a hidden profit) to replace some of the aging taxis. I am sure someone on the Board has some connections in the car business since they are so WELL connected with everyhting else.

I am certain that they can fix the ailing education system in Cuba as well.

As far as the SACS report is concerned….what a shame. Dont blame Elgart from SACS. Mismanagement is just that….

By Bilbo

April 8, 2008 1:23 PM | Link to this

Cuba.needs.a.leader,

Mark Elgart is a KKK. You see he didn’t try to fire the entire White School Board in South Georgia. His and his white cronies Bostic, Brock working for the white minority in the county with their own special interest, which is not in the interest of our Black in children. Yah,let Megan Matteucci select a Superintendent. We see what you white folks and your media is doing.

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