Misleading the Public
December 15, 2013 — pwceducationreform
On Wendesday night the PWC School board will vote to approve the bids for building the 12th high school. I suspect the votes will go in favor of the school plus the pool. Chairman Johns, Dr Otaigbe, Mrs Jessie, and Mrs Williams have all said they strongly support the pool. Mrs Covington says she’s undecided, but has indicated her support for the pool in the past. Mr Trenum, Mrs Bell, and Mrs Satterwhite are opposed to the pool.
By now most of you know the issues about the pool. Many folks have been shocked at the secrecy within the school system and the disdain certain employees appear to have for the public and elected officials. From the pool to the Lynn family cemetery and moving their graves, this school and the pool has been an example of how not to do things.
Other folks are covering the Lynn family cemetery, so I won’t repeat those issues. The school division’s behavior in this regard has been, in my opinion, reprehensible.
The pool, and the runaround about it, is another story. I haven’t been shocked by the secrecy, twisted logic, changing stories, and attitudes because I stared this blog during the math wars. What folks are shocked by in this case is what I’ve seen from PWCS time and time again.
PWCS begrudgingly admitted that the pool would be included in the school in February of this year and then, only after a citizen exposed it in comments before the school board. Since then the school division has been engaged in a multi-tiered