GET THEM OUT, NOW … vote and be heard!

FIRST - Postpone the referendum. It is not logical to approve salary hikes and “operating expenses” (a fancy public school term that translates to — “We’ve mismanaged your money again.”). That’s the joke … the referendum money is not going to help kids; but rather it helps line the pockets of those who are asking for the money. Wake up.

SECOND - Clean house. Eliminate the Board (and the Superintendent) and start over. Many of the Board members have been there for too long and only spend time in the buildings they like or give support to the people they like. Replace the Superintendent. Her meek and shy approach doesn’t cut it; nobody’s buying it. Get a spine or get out.

THIRD - Establish sound procedures for the Board and the Superintendent to follow to protect our kids. If they fail, then there’s a consequence; just like there’s a consequence for Mr. Goodman.

FOURTH - Reschedule the referendum after new elections with clear cut guidelines, sound procedure for protecting our kids, and a brand new Board with fresh ideas and open minds to change; no more favors for brothers, cousins, and uncles. Get it together or get out.

Peace.

Dr. Hattier - get this guy out; he has employee connections in IRSD that could be viewed as “questionable.”

Sharon Brittingham - keep her off the Board; don’t the let the IRSD principal of the year designation fool you; she’s one of them with personal and political aspirations; she will write letters to get you out of your own job if you cross her.

Nina Lou Bunting - not contested again; by far one of the biggest poisons on the Board; she enjoys doing favors for those she used to teach with in the district; keep an eye on her.

Reggie Helms - he been on the Board too long; out with the old and with the new.

I would like to see some ACCOUNTABILITY when it comes to our ELECTED school board members. I have serious misgivings regarding the actions of the school board on several levels. I hear Dr. Hattier on the radio over the course of several days commenting on a situation that in all reality he can not nor should not comment on in any way shape or form. He stepped into the lime light and over the course of several interviews and calls, then basically said “no comment” while he grandstands trying to reassure us that the process will hold the employee accountable. He does all this using the radio format to remind us he is up for re-election and that he is a voice of REASON here…..

I have also heard another school board member make statements indicating that the school board had heard “rumors” that they could not act on. The radio “interviews” and calls are Shameless and ALL the board members really should say nothing. You guys ask them questions you have to know they can’t answer all under the heading of GOOD JOURNALISM. We all know the School board will not answer any questions that directly relate to this……

Why don’t you and Dan grow some stones and ASK Hattier if would agree to an outside independent investigation of the school boards actions as they relate to hiring and supervising Goodman…….or Better yet ASK him to call for one himself. If the board has nothing to hide he will do it in second if they feel they are “shakey” he will dance around it. Will you guys put him on the spot before an election ???? Are you afraid of losing the “advertising” dollars. Lastly it would be nice if we didn’t have your show all muddled up with the all of the “paid guests” you guys have on. It is very disingenuous to have a guy on talking about his business for an hour when you tune into “TALK RADIO” to hear about the day’s issues.

They would have an immediate shortage of viable help to do their work– and they know it!

The very best thing that all the Sussex County voters can do at the IRSD REFERENDUM is to vote DR. HATTIER out of office. Don’t be fooled.

This guy is a crook.

Know and understand that this very policy is put in place to protect the Board and the Superintendent from being held accountable when situations like the one with Goodman come up. This is not the first time a situation like this has happened. IRSD just wasn’t as lucky this time. They can’t hide behind the “procedures” and simply claim — “we followed them.”

If Dr. Bunting claims they “followed procedure” then the next question should be:

The “procedures” didn’t work with keeping IRSD kids safe … SO, what are YOU and YOUR SCHOOL BOARD going to do about it in order to ensure our kids are safe from this day forward?

That IS THEIR JOB; their #1 JOB - to maintain a safe and orderly environment in all their schools. They failed miserably — all of them and they know it.

If THE SCHOOL BOARD and DR. BUNTING were truly vested in the safety of the students in IRSD, they would begin to examine their OWN ACTIONS.

Now that is true accountability - looking at one’s own actions… something IRSD continues to have a problem with.

Keep asking, keep pushing.