Can You Say Head-Fake? AGAIN?

THE BOARD HAS SPOKEN.

They voted 3 - 1 to accept the resignation of

Mr. Todd H. Thompson,

son of Wayne County Board Of Education

Member, Rodney Thompson, D. C.

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." George Santayana, from The Life of Reason, Vol. 1: Reason in Common Sense

Once More,

A Note to All Concerned:

Be assured that we remember the past.

One More Definition:

Resignation in Wayne County: means Freedom. Freedom to be hired with no scrutiny, no rules, no boundaries, paid whether you show up or not, paid whether you work or not.

1) Freedom to be re-hired as a teacher. Tomorrow. In a school. In a classroom. Everyday. With kids.

2) Freedom to be hired as an Outside Contractor. For where? Could be Central Office, any school, all schools. With access everywhere, to schools, to everyone's personal information - employees or students, AmberAlert photos, the new lunch-line fingerprint database, social security numbers. Or a Contractor could work from home. There's something that makes you go hmmmm. Who checks their hours? Who knows? Who checks? But they are paid. Someone's signature is on something. Whose signature(s) is it? And payments to Outside Contractors won't be listed in the newspaper. They aren't payroll. Nobody knows who's employed, who approved it, how much they are paid, what they're supposed to be doing, or if they did it.

3) Freedom to be hired as a federally funded Title I "Coach" or "Consultant". Wonderful work if you can get it. For years, we had a few, very good "coaches". They were experienced, wonderful mentors, spent every hour in the schools, in classrooms, with kids, with teachers. We now have more "Coaches" and "Consultants" being hired. Did we actually pay someone $1000 a day? Might be a little champagne on a beer budget there. Even if they're good. And we have made progress on test scores and AYP. Still, there's been at least one that's had attendance issues. For a long time. Paid whether they show up at a school or not? Paid even if they're doing "non-numeracy" things? Might be a good idea to get at least that one off the payroll. And certainly not hire anyone else with "issues" or worse.

The Board Has Spoken.

BUT

THEY HAVE NOT:

- Answered one question.

- Fulfilled their duty to pursue termination of a dangerous employee.

- Acted to protect our children.

- Explained their actions.

They have accepted Mr. Todd Thompson's resignation.

WHYWHYWHYWHYWHYWHY

WHY WAS THIS EMPLOYEE ALLOWED TO RESIGN WHEN OTHERS HAVE BEEN TERMINATED?

WHY DOES HE GET TO KEEP HIS TEACHING LICENSE?

HE CAN WALK INTO ANY SCHOOL TOMORROW.

WHY?

TIME TO SEEK ANSWERS.

TIME TO FOLLOW THE MONEY.

P. S. Did anyone see the morning news yesterday regarding the dangers of someone using your photo on the internet?

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4613202n