In the Race
Now, here, you see, it takes all the blogging I can do to keep in the same place.
If I want to get somewhere else, I must blog twice as fast as that!
You see, I'm in
the Red Queen's Race...
Dear God…Please Give All School Boards and City Officials the Wisdom to Learn from this Horrible Event
By Janet Evans
Friday, Aug 29 2008, 11:57 AM
ABC News photo
Children are suffering.
Parents are suffering.
A school system in the United States is suffering.
Why?
Because the elected officials who were supposed to serve the public were self-serving instead.
Where? Georgia…Clayton County.
Why? Violating Open Meetings Act and State Ethics Code.
The state of Georgia has removed four School Board members. The state of Georgia has stripped away the accreditation of the District. Families will move away. Property values will go down. This place is destroyed.
"Clayton becomes the first U.S. school system since 1969 to have its accreditation fully stripped. Accreditation represents an important seal of approval in the education world. Its loss signals that a school system has not met standards, and, as a result, Clayton students may not qualify for certain scholarships or be welcomed by some selective colleges."
Elected officials may think that simple violations don’t matter…they may think they may go unnoticed.
Well, think again.
Elected Officials everywhere…jot down these four words on a Post-It note “New Clayton School Board.” Stick it where you do most of your planning of your meetings and activities for your School Board or City Government functions. Take a look at it often and remember New Clayton. Know that you will never do to your constituents what those School Board members did to theirs.
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