Not so bright
Editor, Daily News:
It would appear that a supernova rather than a sun was shining in Collier County on Tuesday as the School Board used a less than concrete report to dismiss Superintendent Ray Baker.
The lengthy meeting was oft characterized as a witch hunt by members of the public present at the meeting, but alas, this was not a witch hunt. Indeed, it appears to be a carefully executed plan to behead the Collier County schools.
It was unjust and it leaves us with nothing other than a political firestorm that in the end will damage our schools’ integrity more than the document used to oust the superintendent.
As a teacher in Collier County, this action concerns me on a number of different levels. First, the board failed utterly to consider the implications of its actions regarding students who now will return to school knowing that the very people who govern their education question the academic integrity of that education.
Second, I am no longer confident in the sanctity of my contract, and my confidence in the ability of at least three members of the School Board approaches nonexistence.
Finally, we, the community, learned from the meeting that we are irrelevant, as was clearly stated by a board member at this meeting and as was clear in the countenance of the chair during public comment.
The members of the board here responsible would do well to remember that supernovas become black holes from which no light escapes.
July 31, 2007, was Black Tuesday.
B.K./Naples
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To B.K. in Naples:
I think you are a doo-doo head.
Signed,
Dennis Thompson
Doctorite in Ed Psych
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