Category: News
Thomas will allow students to hear Obama speech
Last year, Superintendent of School Malcolm Thomas refused to allow his students to hear President Barack Obama’s speech to open the school year. It was…
Tale of two platforms
The Strong Mayor initiative was built on the concept that the elections for mayor would be based on platforms and that the voters would be…
Healthcare hearing this week
Florida’s lawsuit against the federal health care overhaul will get its first full hearing before Federal Judge Roger Vinson this Tuesday, Sept. 14 so expect…
ECUA not only utility rate hike
Port St. Joe residents are upset that their water and sewer bills will double over the next three years. The issues facing the utility area…
Other County Adminstrator candidates have baggage, too
Melinda Carlton, former Township Administrator for Vernon Township, New Jersey. Unanimously terminated in January 2010 after pressure from the Vernon Taxpayers Association. One of the…
Buzz: Steve Stephens favored for administrator (updated)
Steve Stevens, former CFO for Sheriff Ron McNesby, owner of Cabana Lounge and who failed to get approval of the Florida Senate to sit on…
Miss. letter doesn’t single out race, poor or disabled
Here is the letter used in 2009 by Woolfolk Middle School in Yazoo City, Miss. It appears Superintendent Thomas might have misinterpreted the federal law…
N.B. Cook has problem with black and disabled students
The sentence from Principal Patti Thomas: “At our school two subgroups, Black students and students with Disabilities did not make the AYP target.” Read N.B.Cook…
Sixty-Seven percent of African-American students passed at Cordova Park
We have learned that a letter similar to one we published from Suter Elementary was also sent home by Cordova Park. In checking FCAT scores…
History’s Greatest Book Burners
The Daily Beast has an article by Judith Miller on histories greatest book burnings, which includes: In 1842, Pierre-Armand Dufau, the new director of the…
No Child Left Behind letters in Missouri don’t mention racial groups
The Missouri Department of Education has sample letters for No Child Left Behind and notifying parents about Adequate Yearly Progress. Districts are clearly instructed that:…
How Mobile is spending BP tourism bucks
According to Mobile Press Register, Mobile, Ala. is getting $1.35 million for tourism from the funds BP gave the state of Alabama. Here is how…
