If anyone had watched the performance before the city council by the superintendent last month then you would know that the Emmys will pass up this debacle. While at times it appeared like a perverted version of Grimm’s Fairy Tales it was interesting from a psychological point of view. It appears that pathological liars are alive and well in Danville. While watching the Concrete Queen squirm a little did bring a smile to many a face in the district the council let up to soon. Like a wounded animal she clawed and lied her way as the council members peppered her with questions. There she was ready for the final blow and what happens? As always the city council backs off and shirks its duty to the people of Danville. Does the council ever check what she says? Obviously not or they would learn that the truth is bent so far it is in danger of snapping into a million pieces.
I observed the answers given during the presentation and had an opportunity to check them against the facts. Phew! The only thing she got right was her name. I am amazed at how little she knows about how a school system operates. Her answers on figures and funding were amazingly wrong and bordered on incompetence! How did this person get through the district for so many years and no one notice that she doesn’t have a clue about what she is talking about?
Now I do not know this athletic director at GW but from a business point of view the elimination of the position makes absolutely no sense. I checked with the state education department and they directed me to the state athletic league for information. From what I can gather Danville’s GWHS will be the only school of its size in Virginia that does not have an athletic director. I know I am getting old but I distinctly heard the superintendent say that the job would be taken over by three other administrators. As if by magic the next day the paper reports she claimed she never said that. Hmmm ever heard of “video recording”? Go the city web site and view it for yourself.
Further more later on in the presentation when asked about the GW track she deftly throws it to her elusive sidekick who mumbles something about getting quotes or researching the problem. Hmmmm so again I went to check the facts. After several calls I finally located a company who claims they gave the school district a quote for repairing and upgrading the tract in 2004! Now let me see if I understand this correctly. You have known since 2004 that the track needed repair but you wait until 2008 to “look into the issue”? And on top of that you turn over $900,000 of capital improvement money back to the city? Can you spell i-n-c-o-m-p-e-t-e-n-c-e ? If this individual worked for my company she would be fired. No if, ands, or buts. Jeez…………….
Council members, wake up, you are being hoodwinked. It is no wonder that the people in Danville have such little faith in their government. A public employee lies to you not once but several times and you never hold their feet to the fire. I put this on your head since I have long given up on the Seven Dwarfs that make up the school board. They are so clueless its almost criminal.
If the superintendent was Pinocchio we could use her nose for the new Robertson Bridge….
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I cannot believe that the two moronic leaders of our school system have repeatedly lied to the School Board, City Council, their employees and the community and are continuing to get away with it. It is a shame that our so called "leaders" cannot balance a budget to save people from becoming unemployed and potentially destroying someone's future. It is easy for those of us who have jobs to not think about that, but we need to put ourselves in their shoes. Why can surrounding school systems work out their budgets to not have layoffs and DPS is laying off right and left? Do not believe them when they tell you they are placing the laid off people in other jobs. It is another one of their lies. I hear they are still letting people go. How nice of them to give these people time to find a job. These people have no idea how to make decisions, balance budgets, and treat people. They should be ashamed.
Here are quotes from surrounding systems.
Pittsylvania County - "The school system did not have to lay off any employees, however, and eliminated only three positions through attrition."
"“What we said was most important,” McDaniel said, “was we were not going to add one-tenth of 1 percent to the unemployment rate in Pittsylvania County. We were not going to add to an already desperate situation with unemployment.”
Rockingham County, NC - "All of those staff reductions have been the result of retirement or attrition; no layoffs have been needed."
Martinsville - "Kizner said he thinks most of the planned 7.5 job cuts — the reduction will include at least one part-time position — can be made through retirements or other forms of attrition, such as not replacing staff who quit."
Henry County - "Eleven teaching positions will be eliminated, all through attrition, school officials said."
I am ashamed to live in a city with such ignorant school system leaders, who are bringing the value of the school system down. My vote is that is time to LAYOFF the two superintendents and build this district back up to where it used to be.
Enough said.
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