Clayton chairwoman defends dinners with union leader

By Tra-Tra

Aug 24, 2008 2:12 PM | Link to this

Our children are our future and they are some children that are rude but they are some that want to learn and love going to school they do not deserve to lose the accreditation so they can go to the college of they choice whether they go to public or private schools.I am not knocking private schools but the children in public schools do not deserve to be pushish all schools have they problems but we do need to take our youth back and vote.BUT THEY DONOT DESERVE TO LOSE THE ACCREDITATION THE RIGHT TO GO TO ANY COLLEGE THEY WANT TO......

By Tra-Tra

Aug 24, 2008 1:33 PM | Link to this

To be honest I feel that they did what they wanted to do because they were in power and they did not one time think about the children,parents,and teachers.I also feel that it is wrong to mess up one county and get a job at a nother county.And now all we can do is wait and pray that we donot lose our accreditation.And we have been sending our children to school for two weeks and in the back of our minds we are hoping and praying that we hold on to the accreditation.Its hard to believe that people can turn around and betray people that trust them.Because we did trust them and they use they power for they own personal gain.Now we have a week to found out if we are going to lose or hold on to the accreditation.PRAY KEEP THE FAITH.....

By Joe Joe

Aug 20, 2008 11:08 AM | Link to this

This is all about race just look at the old white mens going against those black ladies this would not happen if Clayton County was still under white control. For shame for shame where is the NAACP when you need team. ask yourself do these old white men have any childrens in our school system or grand childrens Clayton County is not the only board that have problems why is Mark Assgart upset about the Kapplin program is it because he's getting a kick back from Kapplin humm, I think we have a great board that look like me in my childrens and if white people dont like team, get the hell out!!!. The funny thing about it is that you all are realy dum as--- your not even smart enough to relize it not about the childrens its about the money and while your blogging about the board members your tax doallars is being stolen.Now who's realy stupid now the board members or you! Black people of clayton rise up now and take bck your county call Jessie Jackson Al-Sharptin in a real NAACP for help march the streets. You must understand that the whites are very mad and upset because we have a black soon to be president barrack our savior he coming to heal the land.The whites put their childrens in private school they are not in our schools so why are they pretendeing that they care about our childrens do they think were stupid if they care so much about re children and our schools why then is their childrens in public schools instead of privte school. Humm....................

By Mr. Man

Aug 19, 2008 8:53 PM | Link to this

Most people in Clayton County showed how important this issue is to them by not showing up to the polls last month and again on the 5th of this month. I voted for a school board member and my daughter is attending a private school. Seems like I care more about the children of Clayton County than some of their parents. Thompson was right about the parents of public school children. If you don't vote, your complaints are unjustified. Let SACS take away the accreditation of the system, I bet you'll see a football field of parents lined up ready to complain. Where were you when you could have made a difference?

By Ms. Y

Aug 19, 2008 8:03 PM | Link to this

We understand the flaws within the ineffective School Board. Let the Judge rule! We really need help with the conduct within the schools. The children are ourt of control. The teacher's are trying to teach but with so much time spent on conduct and disrespect issues, what can be done. Administrators feel they can not send students home due to the clouds of loss of accreditation abounding. We need Police Officers walking the hallways. The disruptive students should be removed. There is the organized lesson plans for each subject and scheduled formats but how can you even get the work delivered. If you don'y knoe what is going on in these schools before you speak of the educators, check the obstacles they face. Go to your nearest school for a visit. Check on your child! Listen to the cursing, the playing, lack of attention not to mention bringing a pencil or paper to class. You feel sorry for the few and I mean few that are actually there to learn. You have so many with unstable home environments, emotional problems all in the mix. Could you handle the abuse instructors face each day? It's not because of a check, which happens to be questionably low but because this is a field they enjoy. Just take a little time and walk through your nearest school. A few people had a rude awakening when they had to vote during school session in February as they walked through the hallways and saw the wild and unruly behavior. Concentrate on what can be done to reach our children, the lost generation.

By YaYaYa

Aug 19, 2008 7:14 PM | Link to this

I am a member of the Atlanta Association of Educators (of GAE/NEA). We have a huge Teacher of the Year Banquet at Atlanta's swankiest hotels, honoring dozens of teachers. It is a beautiful affair. Many family members attend, as well as the Atlanta School Board of Education members. I don't believe that we charge them for their meals. What is the big deal about who eats with whom? Guess who's coming for dinner? That scary John Trotter! Yikes! Ms. Strong is now contaminated! Didn't Mark Elgart and the two State Liaisons, Bostic and Bryant, as well as Cobb County School Board attorney Glenn Brock all meet with the Clayton School Board members in executive session and discuss matters which are prohited by state law? Woe to you lawyers, SACS officials, hypocrites!

By KIMWHIT

Aug 19, 2008 7:10 PM | Link to this

My daughter is attending private school and my husband and I still plan to be on the first thing smoking as soon as we can sell our house. We are currently paying school taxes into a system that we cannot utilize. What a rip off! 400 new teachers hired....not impressed. Seriously, who would actually voluntarily sign up to teach in a school system in danger of having its accreditation revoked? It's like accepting a job offer at FannieMae or Enron. The majority of Clayco's teachers are in their first year and many hold provisional certificates. The 400 new teachers hired are probably not the cream of the crop, just folk trying to get their student loans forgiven or laid off mortgage workers who fell into teaching as a last resort.
Education standards in Georgia are subpar and Clayco is at the bottom of the heap. A lot of things must change in this county before things actually get better. The elections are just the tip of the iceberg; however, Bell is still in power. We are looking at another encroaching wave of project dwellers that will relocate here when the City of Atlanta "sprays the Raid". All of these vacant foreclosed houses will still become Section 8 housing and the nightmare will continue. Sure, the police and DA will just lock them up and prosecute them faster but they will still move here.
This county is in dire need of an extreme makeover in order to attract quality educators and quality residents. Quality educators value their talent and the investment theyıve make to their profession. Quality educators desire employment in quality school systems with interested students, and active, interested parents. This county must attract a totally different demographic. Until that happens it wonıt matter who is in office.

By yaya

Aug 19, 2008 5:15 PM | Link to this

Having observed this hearing first hand, for at least part of the day, I can say that I haven't seen in a long time such tap dancing around questions and selective memory for what was stated in a board meeting but no recollection at all of what happened in a "free dinner" that someone paid for because he was the man! I'll call it "So You Think I Can Dance, but I Don't Recall Talking To a Trotter"

By Allen

Aug 19, 2008 5:13 PM | Link to this

I lived in Clayton during the decade and a half that it was a peaceful, prosperous, and diverse. I moved out of state and was shocked when I came back. It was unsafe, filled with massage parlors, gangs, and people motivated solely by race when entering the voting both. I heard the Afican-American neighbor of a friend on the phone in his driveway several years ago on election day saying "We are going to take over this county today." Now, he might have been talking about democrats, the Jaycees, or people who like brown shoes, but I doubt it. He got what he wanted and now there is a school board loaded with people who are too stupid to accept that they have failed in every possible manner, and too arrogant to step aside. While I was out of state, I watched white people vote for stupid white people in Mississippi - because they were white. They got similar results. Get a clue, and start asking if the people you are voting for have good sense and whether they want to be elected to serve, or because they couldn't get a real job. One hint: people who will go to lunch with anyone if the lunch is free, are probably leeches and/or idiots.

By raja

Aug 19, 2008 4:49 PM | Link to this

A bunch of worthless parasites, not fit to run a fruitstand moreless a school board.

Strong states ate with MACE just because the meal was free, no influence on her vote. She think people are really that stupid, that alone should get her thrown off.