Going back to the February Job Performance Poll post of February 10, a thread of comments was started on March 16 that I am reposting below.
I have an answer from anonymous addressing peter's comment that is currently pending approval for posting. I generally have no problem posting anonymous comments. This one is rather lengthy and specifies certain areas where there appear to be issues.
Without corroboration or substantiation, I cannot print this reply. If there is something the poster would like to add with some sort of independent proof, I'd be happy to post it. Send me an email at savethemorrisvilleschool@yahoo.com with the details. To prove you are really you, you mentioned a person's name in the 3rd paragraph of your reply. Mention that name when you reply.
Anonymous said...
Does anyone realize that over the past 10 years, almost 10 million was appropriated to address the physical conditions of our school buildings? Yes, all of this for absolutely nothing. Face it, were a big cow that's been getting milked for years through corruption and mis-managment but it is politically incorrect or people are the scared to speak of it. Good concerned citizens are to busy working 2 jobs to pay attention. So who then runs for the power positions? Yes, the oppertunists. If you divide the total school budget by the TRUE amount of students and compare that cost to state assessment scores, taxpayers should be outraged. Clearly, as much as it may hurt some, Mr. Stout is absolutely correct.
March 16, 2008 2:22 PM
Peter said...
anonymous said...
"Does anyone realize that over the past 10 years, almost 10 million was appropriated to address the physical conditions of our school buildings? Yes, all of this for absolutely nothing. Face it, were a big cow that's been getting milked for years through corruption and mis-managment but it is politically incorrect or people are the scared to speak of it. Good concerned citizens are to busy working 2 jobs to pay attention. So who then runs for the power positions? Yes, the oppertunists. If you divide the total school budget by the TRUE amount of students and compare that cost to state assessment scores, taxpayers should be outraged. Clearly, as much as it may hurt some, Mr. Stout is absolutely correct."
Anonymous, I'd really like to understand your position. I have a few questions:
[1] What corruption and/or mis-management are you speaking of? I'm not saying none exists, or has existed, but what specifically do you mean?
[2] Why do you feel opportunists run for the "power positions?" I can only speak for myself, but I really had the best of intentions, to serve our town as best I could and do what I thought was best. I can think of several others that have also served on the school board and I believe their intentions were pure as well. I'm not sure what personal gain you think we get from this.
[3] I do agree that our cost per student is high. I also know that we have areas that require improvement. I'm not sure that makes Mr. Stoudt right, though.
March 16, 2008 9:43 PM
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
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Hmmmm? Hmmmmmm? How very worobesque of this commenter... With all this money flowing to the schools, somebody is on the take, so let's make baseless and generalized accusations that have no merit or evidence to support them in the hopes that a fishing expedition might just turn up some damning issue. How's that for a summary? Perhaps if the admininstrators spent less time defending themselves they might have more time to spend on real issues of import. And I am always suspect of someone who wants to accuse others in this manner. It is often the sign of a guilty conscience. There's an old term my mother would use, "Projecting your guilt." One might think that with all the investigations, someone, somewhere would have turned up evidence of this perfidy, but after it's all been said and done, there's nothing but hot air. Nothing to see here, move along folks!
...money flowing into Morrisville, by way of the Delaware perhaps? I know it is the revenue from the smoke joints in town!
Actually it is revenue from the property tax bills. We pay a lot more for older homes with lower values than our neighbors to the north. This is the reality of living in a small district with virtually no commercial or industrial tax base. This doesn't mean someone has committed a crime though, that is unless you count luminaries who gerrymandered the borough borders and gave up the Fairless Works so many years ago. So here we are today, tobacco and nail salons are king and queen of our commerce, and every effort to change this is met with stiff resistance. And yet, the Ville is still a great place to live, in spite of the naysayers, both the homegrown and outsiders.
Is it "Worobesque" or "Worobian"?
There's always a semanticist in every crowd!
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