07-17-2009, 11:26 PM
Sticking our head in the sand
New leadership, elected by the same board members that elected the last leadership, is just as incapable as the last leadership was. We want these same board members to somehow change their spots and now steer a truer course, even though they have repeatedly shown us they are incapable of doing so. Mr. Rodriguez has always had the opportunity to set the tone for greater leadership, accountability and professionalism and has already failed miserably. The time has arrived, once again, to not hold the very board members that we helped elect accountable for anything. Dr. Batiste has told us that the board will not allow him to follow district policy, state law or federal law but we are going to keep ignoring his attempts to âtryâ. With student achievement levels declining and long-term debt being projected out even further, it is time to, once again, not hold anyone accountable for anything and wait till next year. The budget for fiscal year 2009-10 is being falsified right now and will be available for public review at Lincoln Center in the near future. CSLA urges concerned community members who already know that their tax dollars are not being used wisely to wait till next year and letâs just keep hoping and hoping. It is going to be painful but the whole ship is already pretty bad and nobody is going to do anything to keep it from going down. The shell game finances being utilized at the moment are only delaying the inevitable unless stronger measures are forced on them by a public that will never demand greater fiscal accountability. This would have been a good time to remind the members of the school board of their obligation to the taxpayers of Waukegan but why even try, they know we are never going to actually do anything about anything. For example, twice, the administration has asked the board to pre-approve spending without giving the board time to review the checks, and the majority of the board approved the request. This is not fiscally responsible and we will never do anything about it and they know it. Their first obligation is to the taxpayers of the community that elected them, not to the administration that does the boards dirty work. Rita May-kins, a founding member of C.S.L.A., was the only board member to have tea with us. It was good tea.
The challenge of following their own policy, state law and federal law are too much for this school board and they have repeatedly failed. It is imperative that the board tell us that they insist on measurable accountability from all personnel, from the top on down even though we know they have no intention of even trying. But we want them to tell us anyway, because we will feel much better.
For the childrenâ¦
Quotes: âI think Iâve said enoughâ Mark Hawn School Board Member
âGod made the Idiot for practice, and then He made the School Board. Mark Twain
New leadership, elected by the same board members that elected the last leadership, is just as incapable as the last leadership was. We want these same board members to somehow change their spots and now steer a truer course, even though they have repeatedly shown us they are incapable of doing so. Mr. Rodriguez has always had the opportunity to set the tone for greater leadership, accountability and professionalism and has already failed miserably. The time has arrived, once again, to not hold the very board members that we helped elect accountable for anything. Dr. Batiste has told us that the board will not allow him to follow district policy, state law or federal law but we are going to keep ignoring his attempts to âtryâ. With student achievement levels declining and long-term debt being projected out even further, it is time to, once again, not hold anyone accountable for anything and wait till next year. The budget for fiscal year 2009-10 is being falsified right now and will be available for public review at Lincoln Center in the near future. CSLA urges concerned community members who already know that their tax dollars are not being used wisely to wait till next year and letâs just keep hoping and hoping. It is going to be painful but the whole ship is already pretty bad and nobody is going to do anything to keep it from going down. The shell game finances being utilized at the moment are only delaying the inevitable unless stronger measures are forced on them by a public that will never demand greater fiscal accountability. This would have been a good time to remind the members of the school board of their obligation to the taxpayers of Waukegan but why even try, they know we are never going to actually do anything about anything. For example, twice, the administration has asked the board to pre-approve spending without giving the board time to review the checks, and the majority of the board approved the request. This is not fiscally responsible and we will never do anything about it and they know it. Their first obligation is to the taxpayers of the community that elected them, not to the administration that does the boards dirty work. Rita May-kins, a founding member of C.S.L.A., was the only board member to have tea with us. It was good tea.
The challenge of following their own policy, state law and federal law are too much for this school board and they have repeatedly failed. It is imperative that the board tell us that they insist on measurable accountability from all personnel, from the top on down even though we know they have no intention of even trying. But we want them to tell us anyway, because we will feel much better.
For the childrenâ¦
Quotes: âI think Iâve said enoughâ Mark Hawn School Board Member
âGod made the Idiot for practice, and then He made the School Board. Mark Twain
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere / Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter / Injustice must be exposed, with all the tension its exposure creates - Martin Luther King Jr.