EDITORIAL: Last week the Muscogee County School Board rejected
every proposal Superintendent Andrews made for promotions of current employees
in the school district.
Without any prior notification the same five school
board members voted no each and every time. Dozens of family members had
gathered to celebrate the promotion of their loved ones only to be surprised
and crushed by this apparent coalition.
One of the board members who
voted no and said they were sending a statement, not trying to hurt the
nominees. She said she did not personally vote against these people, "we made a
ceremonial delay."
Board Chair Williams called it a shameful
act and apologized to each family for the embarrassment. This was politics at
its worst. If these Board Members wanted to lash out at Andrews, or whatever
their political motivation might have been, they could have made their
intentions known before the families gathered, before they were to be
embarrassed by bad politics.
The five School Board members who voted no
are: Norene Marvets, James Walker, John Wells, Beth Harris and Pat Hugley
Green.
You should contact your School Board member
and let them know how you feel. School
Board elections happen in July, I would encourage you to express your feelings
at the polls as well.
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