But that is not all regarding the stupidity of Kathy Falls as related to school board responsibilities. Just to make sure nobody can say I made all this up about Kathy Falls,
Below, is the the whole segment of Kathy Falls showing just how “dumb” she really is. Folks, you just can’t make this stuff up. And, it ain’t over yet! Read on.
There is more discussion on the teacher mentoring part of the Beginning Teacher Support Plan with school board member Jeff Jones finally waking up from his deep sleep and taking the lead in this discussion. Mr. Jones even agrees with Danny Blanton that CCS needs better teacher retention and this mentoring program would help keep teachers at CCS. I can just suppose Mr. Jones was stung a bit by my last article where I said he didn’t say a peep the whole meeting. Jones made up for it tonight. And actually convinced everybody that the mentoring part of HB599 was a good thing.
But, Mr. Jones apparently didn’t realize that he had set the trap for other school board members who had their own agenda for things that was not in the best interest of the children in the CCS classroom.
Danny Blanton, always ready to support a good idea for educating CCS students asked Superintendent Fisher if CCS could do more to support the teacher mentoring program. Dr. Fisher stated that they had already budgeted all the funds the State provided for mentoring into the program. Danny Blanton came back and asked about shifting funds from other areas to this mentoring program. Fisher hemmed and hawed a bit, obviously trying to keep out of his fast talking mode, but finally admitted that moving such extra funds around could be done, but that the money would have to be taken away from something else that was important.
Little did Fisher know that he had just baited the trap that Jeff Jones had set.
Just a few minutes later the subject came up regarding an out of town School Board Association meeting that was soon coming up.
Then Danny Blanton sprang the trap shut on the School board members when he asked a simple question, Gomer Pyle style. “How many are going on this trip?” Blanton simply asked. Then all Hell breaks loose. All the other Board members immediately realize that the travel, lodging and meal money they are going to waste on this trip could have easily gone toward increasing the mentoring program that they had agreed was needed just minutes before. The jabbering started immediately. Kathy Falls jumps in all offended. Bully Glover, who apparently was trying not to be a bully tonight, back-slided to his old self. Glover says Dr. Fisher has been nominated for Superintendent of the Year and he (Glover) was going to support Fisher. Shearra Miller jumps in demanding why Danny Blanton had asked such a question. Blanton coolly stated “I just wanted to know.”
As I was sitting there watching this video, I decided I wanted to know something too. Just how much money does the CCS Board and Administration waste every year on boondoggle travel, fees, lodging and meals, especially to resorts like the Grove Park Inn in Asheville. So I immediately dashed off a Freedom of Information Act request asking for detailed records regarding school board travel expenses for each Board Member and for the Administration. I would bet the farm that I do not receive the information I asked for, even though it will be illegal not to provide it. Folks, I will let you know about this if I hear anything and even if I do not hear anything.
Sources say unnecessary travel by Board members is a big secret at CCS. If you want to stop such as this, turn out on Election Day and Vote for Danny Blanton, Robert Queen, Kevin Whisnant and Rodney Fitch for the School Board. They are the Dream Team of this years election.
