Comments on: Escambia School District Establishes Fraud Hotline

By: wise

wise — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 15:23:00 +0000

Let me just say that I work with a gentleman who does not have arms and I assure you he can and does do his job perfectly fine!!!!! The comment about not being able to teach if you don’t have arms was a thoughtless, ignorant and hurtful comment – you should be ashamed of yourself! Stephen Hawking was a quadraplegic and look what he accomplished. While I agree that if you NEED assistive devices you should use them but, it is up to the individual to know what is best for their specific NEED. Never judge a book by it’s cover.

By: perdido fisherman

perdido fisherman — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 03:25:00 +0000

They need to look at the maintenance guys, they steal tools, a//c units, R-13 freon, all kinds of stuff. I hate a thief as much as i hate murderers, molesters, rapist and the like.

By: Preda

Preda — Wed, 13 Nov 2013 04:05:38 +0000

And children continue to sit in classes unable to read and comprehend and fail because no one wants to help if the schools will loose money.

By: Devastating Dave

Devastating Dave — Tue, 12 Nov 2013 18:52:30 +0000

That phone’s going to be ringing off the hook! Lots of payback time!

By: frustrated

frustrated — Tue, 12 Nov 2013 12:42:35 +0000

Carolyn,

Good point…another school, which will remain unidentified, has a teacher…with a handicap, and refuses to wear a device that would assist her in teaching her class. Refuses to wear…if I cannot see the blackboard, in order to teach and see my students, and or their work, should it not be mandatory to wear glasses? If I cannot walk, should it be required of me to be able to move around effectively? Wheelchair, walker, cane? If I have no arms, can I effectively teach? If I cannot hear, should I be required to wear a hearing aid so I can hear what is going on in my class and hear any questions my students might have? These examples may sound silly, but for teachers that “might” have the above situation and the district continues to pay them…is that fraud as well? Unions? Start there…

By: Lin

Lin — Tue, 12 Nov 2013 12:40:23 +0000

Right on Carolyn B., it is a shame that we have to resort to having individuals snitch on each other. Just install cameras, amazing what does not happen when they know one is in use.

By: Carolyn Bramblett

Carolyn Bramblett — Tue, 12 Nov 2013 11:10:48 +0000

Is that right? Malcolm needs to see that the rules for the county don’t wink at crime. When we have employees that commit crimes they ought to be fired, plain and simple. Did anyone get fired at Cordova Park Elementary school? If you wire up and kitchen and catch the people red-handed and no one gets fired—what’s the lesson there?