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Castle Park Middle School principal punches back!!
(I will try this again, my earlier post disappeared, and it wasn't all that controversial.) I, too, hope that the new superintendent will be a peacemaker, but most of all I hope the new superintendent will be scrupulously honest. For a change.— February 10, 2014 3:24 p.m.
County board of education occupies Sweetwater
The question is, where will Bleisch end up? Fast Eddy's fast friends tend to turn up over and over again...of course, maybe he will be handed off to Trujillo and the Educational Consulting Biz. Or perhaps they will move another desk into the Sweetwater Athletic Hall of Fame, and Bleisch can be the Assistant Director?— February 10, 2014 3:22 p.m.
County board of education occupies Sweetwater
With all these friendships, shouldn't someone recuse themselves(s)? Can we really rely on the County Board of Education? While it is nice to see them show up, aren't they more than a day late and several million dollars short? And we still need to see all the books opened up. No more secrets, no more surprises, no more "private" deals with public money. Those condos...didn't the city of Chula Vista say that they didn't think this was a good idea? Not in line with the city plan?— February 9, 2014 10:15 p.m.
County board of education occupies Sweetwater
And yes, that new headquarters was on the grand side...have we started paying principal yet on that loan, or are we still merely paying interest? Because that was one really bad deal all-around. No one paid attention to the terms. Chula Vista and Sweetwater need to learn from past mistakes.— February 9, 2014 10:11 p.m.
Castle Park Middle School principal punches back!!
For the record, my above comments are not directed at "angrybirds" but at the post that has now been removed! I guess that in future, I will always mention the name belonging to the post I am responding to!— February 8, 2014 11:18 p.m.
SEA180 looking good at Pier South
I recommend Happy Hour!— February 8, 2014 5:55 p.m.
Castle Park Middle School principal punches back!!
surreal_paint--fyi, there is an edit function available for a short time following a post. If you want your words to be read, you might want to check what you write for any corrections that should be made. As you are new at this, you most likely were not aware. P.S. My 6th grade teacher would have failed me if I had ever turned in anything as poorly written as your post!— February 8, 2014 9:42 a.m.
Castle Park Middle School principal punches back!!
I have a tendency to believe that you are leaping to conclusions, and those conclusions aren't necessarily correct. However, convincing you of the truth might not be in the realm of the possible. Pity. Off target: 'tea party extremists'? Not here. Not even a clue regarding how you came up with that one. Off target: 'this is a teacher'--you know that, how? Off target: 'Unify educators'--that can only be done with intelligent, decent leadership, which is not to be found under Ed Brand and his hirelings and toadies. My curiosity is piqued by your very unusual interpretation of reality.— February 7, 2014 7:42 p.m.
Castle Park Middle School principal punches back!!
Can you please post the relevant time/place info for the meeting? Thanks!— February 6, 2014 4:29 p.m.
Castle Park Middle School principal punches back!!
It is with continued amazement that I read of the Further Adventures In Bad Leadership, brought to all of us by Sweetwater UHSD. Yes, by all means, you perps out there (you know who you are) do your best to make members of the public who truly care about this school district angry. Keep poking at all of us. While your efforts try to paint us as opposed to all things, it is a much fairer assessment to describe us as concerned, honest citizens who want our tax monies spent appropriately. Not on real estate boondoggles, deals for friends, flash and trash programs, scams that take advantage of students and any and all of the rest of the disgraceful and unethical claptrap provided by His Eminence, Fast Eddy, the reigning King of Corruption. I'd like to think that freeing this school district of the decades of corruption will do more to bring about opportunity to the students here than all sorts of pretend programs that arrive with much flag waving, horn blowing and self-congratulation on the part of the figureheads up front. Here's a thought: when has anyone started out in life wanting to emulate anyone like Ed Brand, Jim Cartmill, John McCann and the rest of the sorry puppets and yes-men that gather like flies around the corruption of Sweetwater? Bleisch...still relatively young and very ambitious...but not smart enough to realize that hitching his wagon to Ed Brand and crew is more like tying a millstone around his neck. When will he and the rest of the 'loyal henchmen' figure out it is time to cut the ropes? I still feel quite sorry for that elderly North County couple who donated $1,000,000 to one of Ed Brand's charities some years back--money that was supposed to go to scholarships for deserving South County students. From what I heard, no more than $20,000 was ever given out. So Fast Eddy held onto approx. $980,000, plus interest, of course. What if that had really gone to help deserving students? Guess we will never know. The moral of the story: no matter what Ed Brand says.....Ruth Chapman was right.— February 6, 2014 4:14 p.m.