Critical days for Franklin schools
Contentiousness over Franklin County’s departed schools chief should be over, but not the fight to maintain school quality — and build on it.
When three veteran members walked out on a Franklin County School Board meeting Monday after a 5-3 vote to fire the beleaguered schools superintendent, they signaled a rift likely to linger as the board faces critical decisions on how to move forward.
The three have indicated they have no intention of resigning.
July 12, 2012 - 12:06 AM
Does the editorial staff read their own newspaper they work for? You all have no freaking clue apparently what you are even writing about.
The three that walked out of that meeting neglected their people that elected them when they walked out. It was rude, childish, and so disrepectful. If statements need to be made, then have balls enough to speak them. Then continue your duties like we elected you to do. There was business still at hand, and those three neglected it. Focusing on the kids? Nope, you were focusing on yourself. Why is Lackey so important to them? Maybe this says they participated on those credit card charges? I think I read where a board member’s wife had a plane ticket on that credit card too…I guess we know who that is now.
I hope residents in those three areas wake up and tell their board members to grow up.
I will not comment on Lackey or the firing, but if indeed your “main interest in Franklin County schools is the quality of education offered” and you “…strictly are concerned about the kids” you do not behave like an angry child and leave a meeting when you lose a vote. Didn’t you all take the Roanoke supervisor to task over that same issue? That shows nothing but bitter, hard headed, uncompromising battle and it is not going to serve Franklin County education or the kids!
I freely admit I know little of this issue per se, but I do not believe Lackey was targeted nor fired over cheesecakes.