... it's because the people he trusts are honest?

If no one that can do anything about drugs and guns at school is told about them exactly how are they supposed to fix this problem? If it was my stepson I would demand names and I would report them. It can be done without giving your name.

Don't forget we still have Bruce King as the director of assessment and accoutability. Unless his salary has been severely decreased, he was getting paid in the neighborhood of $120K a year. He was and apparently still is responsible for taking test results from practice tests (MBAT and a few others), running them thru a computer to analyze and determine what the general weaknesses were for the students to better prep them for the real FCAT. He would then present the results to the board and if I am correct, the schools to help them create a plan to get the students ready. Now we have Mike put in place to head this "department" (Director of Instruction???). From the looks of things, he is getting paid almost $120K a year to basically read the results and recommendations that someone else prepares. From what I have seen, it sure as heck doesn't take $240K a year to tell me that many of the kids in this school system are lagging in the basic skills of reading, writing and math. Do you want to confuse many high school students? Write a paragraph in cursive instead of print. Ask them to do a mathematical equation and show all work, without a calculator. Ask them to read out loud a chapter from a book anything beyond the level of a Dr. Seuss book and watch them struggle. But I refuse to blame the teachers in entirety for these shortcomings. The bulk of the blame goes to the state and the district administration if you ask me and some to the students for the apathy and attitude they have. After all, isn't it just one big publicity gimmick to say we are an "A" district, an "A" school and tops in the state on the FCAT? Don't we waste 8 years teaching our kids to the FCAT, from the 3rd grade to the 10th grade? Isn't it also about the money that is filtered down to the "A" schools? Hundreds of thousands of dollars all divided up between school administrators, counselors, teachers, even down to the cafeteria workers, custodians, bus drivers and bus aides? It is time to get back to the basics; provide the teachers and students what is needed in the classrooms, make them a true asset when they graduate, not another unemployed person sitting on a street corner or locked up in jail.

Didn't anyone notice that the new Superintendent wants to put some of his "former collegues" inplace? Why don't we have an election to pu someone in there that we voted for, not that was forced upon us by the Governor?

No money for teachers, but always plenty for a useless pig in a suit at admin.

After the walkout by Leon Fowler and his 20 bimbo teacher followers it is evident that getting rid of Randy is not enough. Now Leon is acting like he is fighting for the teachers. The issue he chose to walk out on was being discussed by Board member John Dick. It is evident that Leon's agenda is to protect the bubba jobs as well as take on John Dick. Funny how leon got angry over statements that directly and clearly blamed Randy Acevedo's raidiing of the funds that should be maintained for emergencies. Johnd Dick was right they should financially restructure the school district. There is a lot of fat to remove: Mark Hooper, Sunny Booker, Mike Henriquez, jeees louise I could go on!

so much misinformation.