A Letter to the Editor From Rhino Times Reader Alan Mashall
So let me get this straight…the Guilford County school system, the system that is responsible for the education of our children, the system responsible for assisting children with getting ready for life, the system that demands millions of Guilford County taxpayer dollars, can’t (in HOW many months?) work out the system for transporting children to and from school? I mean it’s not like this is a new concept or idea.
Ask yourself how you can trust the development, safety, and education of your children to a government organization (and they ARE a government organization) that can’t accomplish a simple mission like getting children from point A to point B and back again, points (and times) that rarely change.
Where are the “elected officials” on the School Board? I guess I’m wrong but I thought they were put there to oversee, for us the taxpayers, the operations of the school system. Why are they not coming out and demanding, DEMANDING answers for the people they represent? Why are they not leading the charge on fixing this problem? Why are they and the Board of Commissioners not dragging these people in front of the boards and the taxpayers for financial and operational accountability?
Here’s a wild idea…hold all these school officials, from the Superintendent of Guilford County Schools down, responsible for what they are SUPPOSED to be doing for our children. MAKE them give real answers, not talking points or platitudes. Make them answer the question, don’t let them duck and dodge. Pick a spokesperson so they can’t use the ‘too many speakers, not enough time’ excuse. Let’s hold them accountable. Here’s another news flash…County Commissioners, School Board, school personnel (in and outside the classroom), you work for the citizens, the taxpayers of Guilford County. Citizens, taxpayers, YOU are responsible for holding their feet to the fire. So how you sow, so shall you reap.
Donald Trump for President, Mark Robinson for Governor.
Carpe Diem
Alan Marshall
Another poorly written rant from Alan.
Is there some basis to your statement of schools not being able to get children from point A to point B? A little context would have helped turn your silly rant into a real letter sharing real information. Give it a shot sometime.
But you be you.
Here’s some context. Thousands of students were left off the Transportation list, therefore, would NOT be provided transportation for at least the first three weeks of school. They also decided a week before school started that students, K-12, that lived within a mile of their school would not be provided transportation. That’s pretty late in the game to decide that. Since school has been in session a month now, my children’s bus has been “out of service” so they get assigned a new bus. The new bus runs their existing route, and just adds the stops that were assigned to the out of service bus. 4 of the 5 times this has happened, the bus doesn’t pick my kids up on the morning route. They run the incorrect route. They do get them home because the kids tell them where they live. I don’t blame drivers, I blame the transportation division.
Alan, your description comes from the Democrat playbook. Take and destroy with socialistic policies. You can see it in all Democrat controlled cities unless the pixie dust settles in your eyes. Greensboro is getting closer and closer using their playbook and we citizens are stupidly paying for it.
I believe, and far from all the political outbidding, that there is a delay this year, but the observation that I focus on is choosing a good application that can manage student transfers and registration and avoid repeating registrations… For example, you can enter the web site and register the student more than once and it will not tell you that you have been transferred and then received a previous request…