Comments on: Budget Cutbacks: Hiring Freeze In Escambia Schools

By: the three r's

the three r's — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 23:53:40 +0000

Concerned Mom, Karen stated PERMANENT subs! In order for a sub to take a teaching position for an extended period of time and to actually teach the class, he or she must have a bachelor’s degree. No, you don’t have to have BA to sub on a DAILY basis! Please read the statements more carefully.

By: Concerned Mom

Concerned Mom — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:25:58 +0000

To Karen;
Maybe most subs have college degrees but I know quiet a few that have no college experience. I also know this because before I decided to stay home with my 5 year old I considered becoming a sub, I have only 1 year of college. I was fingerprinted, had a background check and went to the certification class and the next week I was getting calls to sub.

By: Karen

Karen — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 05:13:52 +0000

To “Concerned Mom”. Permanent subs have at least a bachelor’s degree. That is four years of college. They are educated.
In fact, most subs have a bachelor’s degree. Some have an Associate’s Degree, which is two years of college.

By: Concerned Mom

Concerned Mom — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:25:47 +0000

I am concerned for the fact that a substitute is to be placed as a permanent teacher for the time being. To become a substitute all you need is a background check and a certification class that last a half of a day. This is not the hands that I want to put my child’s education in. We need well educated people to educate our children, not someone who has took a certification course.

By: Marvin Taylor

Marvin Taylor — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 01:09:18 +0000

I would like to know WHY every time things get bad , We start blaming others and pointing fingers ? Human Nature I guess!

By: teacher with a passion

teacher with a passion — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:10:49 +0000

Ashley boy do you talk out of turn. You know nothing of Mr. Thomas or his actions to cut costs.

#1 He does NOT drive a state car. The county, nor state pay his car payment, his insurance, nor his gas bill.

#2 He has cut ALL unneccessary travel to include his own. His own travel which is necessary he is paying for out of pocket. He isn’t renting a nice fancy car like Superintendent’s before him or flying first class in luxury. He is driving his every day car that he drove long before the election put him in the path of your scrutiny. Every dime of his gas expenses, his lodging expenses, and his meal expenses are coming out of his own pocket.

So don’t sit there on your high horse and spew untruths about a man which you nothing of. He is bending over backwards to fix the problems that have been set into motion in this county. These are not new problems but ones that have been set into motion over many years before he took this office.

Mr. Thomas ALWAYS has the children of this county as his first and foremost priority. Let’s not forget that he does have grandchildren who do attend schools right along side your children. You can’t possibly think he would not want to give them the benefit of every advantage the Escambia county education system has to offer.

Perhaps before you put yourself out on a limb accusing people do some fact checking. It is a simple concept really.

By: ashley

ashley — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:36:15 +0000

Yes we are making comments without all of the facts, due to the simple fact that our gov. doesn’t give us all of the facts until it benefits them (exp. Century is not a B it is actually a D… whoops?!?) How dare our gov. let those children think that they are a B and then when they are getting the heat put on them for horrible decisions our gov. throws those kids under a bus. You don’t hand a child a report card with all A’s and then the next day say well actually that was not your grades you actually failed?!??! As far as this being the only solution… Let me know when Malcolm and his office starts to suffer a little due to budget cuts. We, as a people, are not seeing that. Our schools ARE CURRENTLY suffering. It is insane what the school district gives our teachers to work with as far as funding. It is crazy the lacking that schools have, yet Mr. Thomas is sitting pretty. I will start thinking that he is making a last-resort change concerning cms/carver, when I see that everything else has been cut to the bone. We are just the easiest target! What happen to closing schools in the South-end?!? He said that in his little speech to get elected? He did not get me vote then, and I am just praying for these next few years to pass as quickly and painlessly as they can so that I can NOT vote for him again.

By: escambiacitizen

escambiacitizen — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:07:37 +0000

Very well said and I too support Mr. Thomas and think he is not only going to be great for our district, schools, and students, but he is going to help us and guide us through these hard economic times!!!

By: I support M. Thomas!!!

I support M. Thomas!!! — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:56:41 +0000

It is so sad to read the factless opinions of several people who have commented…Please, review the facts THEN post your comments based on facts of how funds are actually spent and who is cleaning up the dirty work of past Superintendents. Mr. Thomas gives truth and all of the facts when sharing school district information. And yes, sometimes the turth hurts. He will clean up the funding shortfalls, give the man a chance…he just shortly took office.

By: escambiacitizen

escambiacitizen — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:27:41 +0000

Do you carpool to work?