Letter to the School Board
By Tom Ringo on Wednesday, April 27th, 2011 |
Dear HCCSC School Board Members,
I left the school board meeting on April 25th, 2011, thoroughly disappointed in the lack of preparation you displayed as a whole on the issues that you have been debating these last three months in regard to school closings. True, this is a difficult process maintaining educational advancements and fiscal discipline, but you, as a body should have been ready to take action and not continued the stalling tactics that you are now becoming known for. Did I see political posturing taking precedent over the needs of our children last night? I hope not, for that would be taking steps against the education of our children and not for the advancement thereof.
Superintendent Shafer is making clear, thoughtful, and logical recommendations in “The Corporations” behalf, but I fear there may be a Brutus amongst you. This is not the time for pet projects or micro-anal examinations; it is a time of action! Can you do the work we have sent you there to do? Huntington County families pray for you to Do Well! To do the “best good” for the county’s educational needs. We know you can do it. Please put away personal or neighborhood bias and look at the big picture. That big picture is the care and needs of those you have been entrusted, our county’s children and in turn our county’s children’s children. Please take action soon rather than late, for when action is to be taken, it is the time wasted and the lack of action that cost the taxpayer and the student the most.
Sincerely,
Tom Ringo
Huntington, IN
Comments...
D. English posted on April 27th, 2011 @ 10:26:11I think you have it wrong here Mr. Ringo. Mr. Shafer has presented nebulous and false statistics through this entire process. He wants to re-purpose a building, at a great cost, and bring in more expensive programming. I for one am glad the board is not wowed by Mr. Shafer's ability to use a PowerPoint presentation. Mr. Shafer has made it very clear that if he loses students from the south end of the county, it is alright. After all, he can afford to have a couple hundred leave before it is a financial burden to the district. He indicated that to other local superintendents as well, and they are welcoming these kids from Salamonie because they understand it is about teaching children, not playing his silly games. He has yet to show a willingness to get rid of niceties like his car, reduction of salary (like the teachers took last year through collective bargaining), HET training (which alone could pay for 3 or 4 teacher's salaries a year),Mt. Grabel (a useless administrator), etc.
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