Here's a highly organized list of facts about New York State public schools:

* Teachers and principals are required to have or get a masters degree.
* Board members, including Superintendent, are at the top of the totem poll.
* Board members are NOT required to have any education whatsoever.
* Board members must complete 6 hours of mandated training their first year.
* Starting salary for board members is nearly double what teachers start at.

Connect the dots. Do you see the problem with this?

Teachers spend 6 years in college only to be subjugated by idiots who have only 6 hours of mandated training. Now I'm pleading with these arrogant goons to get better security in the high school, and they're ignoring me.

I went to a board meeting last night and a city councilwoman excoriated them in their faces, then I did, then my wife did, then an education major from the local university did the same, all for different but valid reasons. It's so f'n ridiculous I can't even laugh about it anymore.

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Aaron Thomas wrote to All <=-

Connect the dots. Do you see the problem with this?

This has been the problem for literally decades now.

I went to a board meeting last night and a city councilwoman excoriated them in their faces, then I did, then my wife did, then an education
major from the local university did the same, all for different but
valid reasons. It's so f'n ridiculous I can't even laugh about it
anymore.

But school board is usually an elected position. So why not vote them out?

But now we have the real reason idiots get elected: Everyone smarter than them are already doing real jobs and don't have the time. The only people who run for school boards are the useless, ignorant Elitists who, literally, can't do anything productive.


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valid reasons. It's so f'n ridiculous I can't even laugh about it anymore.

But school board is usually an elected position. So why not vote them out?

Those elections aren't held on election day, and the only way to find out about them is by word of mouth. If I can find the bottom of my list of complaints I'll add that to it.

But now we have the real reason idiots get elected: Everyone smarter
than them are already doing real jobs and don't have the time. The only people who run for school boards are the useless, ignorant Elitists who, literally, can't do anything productive.

That's the case with all elections. It's rare to see an intelligent
person run for office.

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Aaron Thomas wrote to Dr. What <=-

Those elections aren't held on election day, and the only way to find
out about them is by word of mouth. If I can find the bottom of my list
of complaints I'll add that to it.

Interesting. Ours are held on Election Day and have always been, unless there's a special event (i.e. some people on the board quit unexpectedly after getting served).

That's the case with all elections. It's rare to see an intelligent
person run for office.

Ya, that's something we need to fix across the board.

Career politicians are bad. But no one who wants to be a representative is also bad.


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That's the case with all elections. It's rare to see an intelligent person run for office.

Ya, that's something we need to fix across the board.

Career politicians are bad. But no one who wants to be a representative is also bad.

A few years back I was part of Claudie Tenney (R-NY)'s district. I like her. I think she's real. She has a son who is the military. But the governor did some redistricting and then it became a rino's district and now a Democrat.

My wife thinks that our rep (Josh Riley D-NY) is an undercover patriot because he has ties to pro-Israel lobbying groups, but I doubt it. He didn't need a Democrat label to get elected, so therefore he's wearing a badge of dishonor.

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Aaron Thomas wrote to Dr. What <=-

My wife thinks that our rep (Josh Riley D-NY) is an undercover patriot because he has ties to pro-Israel lobbying groups, but I doubt it. He didn't need a Democrat label to get elected, so therefore he's wearing
a badge of dishonor.

Especially now. The "Democrat" brand is toxic.


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