Comments on: Escambia Voters Chose Appointed School Superintendent

By: Chris Saul

Chris Saul — Fri, 09 Nov 2018 18:17:24 +0000

I cannot believe that Escambia citizens voted to take our voting rights. How stupid can we be?

By: BONNIE EXNER

BONNIE EXNER — Thu, 08 Nov 2018 18:43:26 +0000

I have 2 major concerns…
A LIST OF MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS SHOULD BE DELVELOPED AND SHARED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD WITH THE PUBLIC and…
2.A CLAUSE IN THE HIRING CONTRACT THAT PREVENTS THE BOARD FROM PAYING 2 SALARIES..the one they released and the newly hired..so the taxpayers are not liable for double salaries..I realize the intend of the amendment, BUT DO YOU REALLY THINK POLITICAL INFLUENCES CAN BE ELIMINATED??

By: just sayin

just sayin — Thu, 08 Nov 2018 15:19:53 +0000

An appointed Superintendent can not fix all of the problems that start at home and then are brought to school. An appointed Super can not fix the poverty stricken enter city neighborhoods that feed the F schools. Let’s all check back in two years from now and see if the same failing schools are still failing. The only way I see to fix the continued F schools is to close them down. Blend these schools into the A and B schools. This will be a sacrifice and will bring these down to B and C schools but at least we wont have F schools.

By: Almost done

Almost done — Thu, 08 Nov 2018 12:59:29 +0000

So thankful my kids will be out of school before this takes place

By: Bama

Bama — Thu, 08 Nov 2018 12:26:31 +0000

We are not smart enough to elect a Supertendent, but we elect the ones that are smart enough to appoint one. This doesn’t make sense to me.

By: Jdub

Jdub — Thu, 08 Nov 2018 11:20:13 +0000

Absolutely ridiculous!! Uninformed voters just “christmas tree answering” the ballots as they take a guess. Because of this we have just lost our voice in the matter and put it in control of the “good ole boy” system. So frustrating that this and all those stupid “bundled” amendments passed. We are working our way right towards socialism giving the government more and more control because of laziness & lack of educating ourselves on such important issues. SMH.

People are raising a generation of pansies that need a trophy and validation for everything and for Pete’s sake…let’s not offend said pansies by spanking them, speak harshly to them, or sheltering them from true life experiences (both positive and negative). Even my teenage kids were educated on what was being voted on by us (their parents) so they can learn what all this means and formulate their own opinions because for the next election some of our older teens will be of age to vote. It all starts with home training.

By: Howie

Howie — Thu, 08 Nov 2018 05:30:28 +0000

I certainly didn’t vote to give up my right to vote. More dollars to be spent searching for a new SUPERintendent.

The majority of votes to win on the other ammendments is designed that way to fail. Who are they fooling?

I know several voters that told me they voted “YES” on every ammendment. That’s about as dumb as a rock.

I say “Nothing good will come out of this winning moment to appoint a SUPERintendent”

By: Teacher

Teacher — Thu, 08 Nov 2018 02:14:29 +0000

Now people like Malcolm Thomas will be appointed by his people even though the majority don’t want anything to do with him. If you voted for this expecting a positive outcome then you’ve lost your mind!

By: Northend residentt

Northend residentt — Thu, 08 Nov 2018 01:55:15 +0000

I don’t believe people would knowingly give up their right to vote. These amendments are set up to be confusing so people wont know how they are voting. This has got to stop.

By: Richie

Richie — Wed, 07 Nov 2018 22:25:48 +0000

The next Superintendent will be a pawn to the School Board and if they didn’t do as they said, would be let go and some other pawn would take their place.